Effects of total ablation of male accessory sex glands on preimplantation embryonic development in the golden hamster

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oi-chi Chan
Keyword(s):  
Embryonic Development ◽  
Golden Hamster ◽  
Accessory Sex Glands ◽  
Male Accessory Sex Glands

scholarly journals Golden hamster piRNAs are necessary for early embryonic development and establishment of spermatogonia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Loubalova ◽  
Helena Fulka ◽  
Filip Horvat ◽  
Josef Pasulka ◽  
Radek Malik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Embryonic Development ◽  
Golden Hamster ◽  
Developmental Competence ◽  
Early Embryonic Development ◽  
Spermatogenic Cells ◽  
Adaptive Nature ◽  
Pirna Pathway

ABSTRACTPIWI-associated RNAs (piRNAs) support the germline by suppressing retrotransposons and genes. In mice, piRNAs are essential for spermatogenesis but not oogenesis. To test how this applies to other mammals, we deleted Mov10l1 helicase in golden hamster, whose piRNA pathway is configured more similarly to that of other mammals. Mov10l1−/− male hamsters showed impaired establishment of spermatogonia accompanied by transcriptome dysregulation and a surge in MYSERV retrotransposon expression. The rare viable spermatogenic cells showed a meiotic failure phenotype like Mov10l1−/− mice. Female Mov10l1−/− hamsters were sterile due to post-meiotic loss of developmental competence in zygotes. Unique phenotypes of Mov10l1−/− hamsters demonstrate the adaptive nature of piRNA-mediated control of genes and retrotransposons in order to confront emerging genomic threats or acquire new physiological roles.

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