Male mammalian meiosis and spermiogenesis is critically dependent on the shared functions of the katanins KATNA1 and KATNAL1
Dunleavy, J. E.; Graffeo, M.; Wozniak, K.; O'Connor, A. E.; Merriner, D. J.; Nguyen, J.; Schittenhelm, R. B.; Houston, B. J.; O'Bryan, M.
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Katanin microtubule severing enzymes are potent M-phase regulators in oocytes and somatic cells. How the complex, and evolutionarily critical, male mammalian meiotic spindle is sculpted remains unknown. Here, using multiple single and double gene knockout mice, we reveal that the canonical katanin A-subunit, KATNA1, and its close paralogue, KATNAL1, together execute multiple aspects of meiosis. We show KATNA1 and KATNAL1 collectively regulate the male meiotic spindle, cytokinesis and midbody abscission, in addition to diverse spermatid remodelling events, including Golgi organisation, and acrosome and manchette formation. We also define KATNAL1-specific roles in sperm flagella development, manchette regulation, and sperm-epithelial disengagement. Finally, using proteomic approaches we define the KATNA1, KATNAL1, and KATNB1 mammalian testis interactome, which includes a network of cytoskeletal and vesicle trafficking proteins. Collectively, we reveal the presence of multiple katanin A-subunit paralogs in mammalian spermatogenesis allows for customized cutting via neofunctionalization and protective buffering via gene redundancy.
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