MARC-3, a membrane-associated ubiquitin ligase, is required for fast polyspermy block in Caenorhabditis elegans

Ichiro Kawasaki, Kenta Sugiura, Taeko Sasaki, Noriyuki Matsuda, Miyuki Sato () and Ken Sato ()
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Ichiro Kawasaki: Gunma University
Kenta Sugiura: Gunma University
Taeko Sasaki: Gunma University
Noriyuki Matsuda: Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Miyuki Sato: Gunma University
Ken Sato: Gunma University

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: Abstract In many sexually reproducing organisms, oocytes are fundamentally fertilized with one sperm. In Caenorhabditis elegans, chitin layer formation after fertilization by the EGG complex is one of the mechanisms of polyspermy block, but other mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we demonstrate that MARC-3, a membrane-associated RING-CH-type ubiquitin ligase that localizes to the plasma membrane and cortical puncta in oocytes, is involved in fast polyspermy block. During polyspermy, the second sperm entry occurs within approximately 10 s after fertilization in MARC-3-deficient zygotes, whereas it occurs approximately 200 s after fertilization in egg-3 mutant zygotes defective in the chitin layer formation. MARC-3 also functions in the selective degradation of maternal plasma membrane proteins and the transient accumulation of endosomal lysine 63-linked polyubiquitin after fertilization. The RING-finger domain of MARC-3 is required for its in vitro ubiquitination activity and polyspermy block, suggesting that a ubiquitination-mediated mechanism sequentially regulates fast polyspermy block and maternal membrane protein degradation during the oocyte-to-embryo transition.

Date: 2024
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