scholarly journals Retinoblastoma protein represses E2F3 to maintain Sertoli cell quiescence in mouse testis

2019 ◽  
Vol 132 (14) ◽  
pp. jcs229849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmi Rotgers ◽  
Sheyla Cisneros-Montalvo ◽  
Mirja Nurmio ◽  
Jorma Toppari
Development ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 120 (7) ◽  
pp. 1759-1766 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Yomogida ◽  
H. Ohtani ◽  
H. Harigae ◽  
E. Ito ◽  
Y. Nishimune ◽  
...  

GATA-1 is an essential factor for the transcriptional activation of erythroid-specific genes, and is also abundantly expressed in a discrete subset of cells bordering the seminiferous epithelium in tubules of the murine testis. In examining normal and germ-line defective mutant mice, we show here that GATA-1 is expressed only in the Sertoli cell lineage in mouse testis. GATA-1 expression in Sertoli cells is induced concomitantly with the first wave of spermatogenesis, and GATA-1-positive cells are uniformly distributed among all tubules during prepubertal testis development. However, the number of GATA-1-positive cells declines thereafter and were found only in the peripheral zone of seminiferous tubules in stages VII, VIII and IX of spermatogenesis in the adult mouse testis. In contrast, virtually every Sertoli cell in mutant W/Wv, jsd/jsd or cryptorchid mice (all of which lack significant numbers of germ cells) expresses GATA-1, thus showing that the expression of this transcription factor is negatively controlled by the maturing germ cells. These observations suggest that transcription factor GATA-1 is a developmental stage- and spermatogenic cycle-specific regulator of gene expression in Sertoli cells.


2018 ◽  
Vol 478 ◽  
pp. 17-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elodie P. Gregoire ◽  
Isabelle Stevant ◽  
Anne-Amandine Chassot ◽  
Luc Martin ◽  
Simon Lachambre ◽  
...  
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1993 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1353-1361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiahn-Chun Wu ◽  
Christopher W. Gregory ◽  
Robert M. DePhilip

Author(s):  
Kazusa Higuch ◽  
Takafumi Matsumura ◽  
Haruhiko Akiyama ◽  
Yoshiakira Kanai ◽  
Takehiko Ogawa ◽  
...  

Abstract Spermatogenesis takes place in the seminiferous tubules, starting from the spermatogonial stem cell and maturing into sperm through multiple stages of cell differentiation. Sertoli cells, the main somatic cell constituting the seminiferous tubule, are in close contact with every germ cell and play pivotal roles in the progression of spermatogenesis. In this study, we developed an in vitro Sertoli cell replacement method by combining an organ culture technique and a toxin receptor-mediated cell knockout (Treck) system. We used Amh- diphtheria toxin receptor (DTR) transgenic mice, whose Sertoli cells specifically express human DTR, which renders them sensitive to diphtheria toxin (DT). An immature Amh-DTR testis was transplanted with donor testis cells followed by culturing in a medium containing DT. This procedure successfully replaced the original Sertoli cells with the transplanted Sertoli cells, and spermatogenesis originating from resident germ cells was confirmed. In addition, Sertoli cells in the mouse testis tissues were replaced by transplanted rat Sertoli cells within culture conditions, without requiring immunosuppressive treatments. This method works as a functional assay system, making it possible to evaluate any cells that might function as Sertoli cells. It would also be possible to investigate interactions between Sertoli and germ cells more closely, providing a new platform for the study of spermatogenesis and its impairments.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. e11797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roopa L. Nalam ◽  
Claudia Andreu-Vieyra ◽  
Martin M. Matzuk

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 451-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soren Hayrabedyan ◽  
Krassimira Todorova ◽  
Shina Pashova ◽  
Margarita Mollova ◽  
Nelson Fernández
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BMC Genomics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Soffientini ◽  
D. Rebourcet ◽  
M. H. Abel ◽  
S. Lee ◽  
G. Hamilton ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 1289-1302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Xiong ◽  
Caixia Wang ◽  
Zilong Wang ◽  
Huaiqian Dai ◽  
Qiancheng Song ◽  
...  

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