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eLife ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kacy L Gordon ◽  
Jay W Zussman ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Camille Miller ◽  
David R Sherwood

Stem cells reside in and rely upon their niche to maintain stemness but must balance self-renewal with the production of daughters that leave the niche to differentiate. We discovered a mechanism of stem cell niche exit in the canonical C. elegans distal tip cell (DTC) germ stem cell niche mediated by previously unobserved, thin, membranous protrusions of the adjacent somatic gonad cell pair (Sh1). A disproportionate number of germ cell divisions were observed at the DTC-Sh1 interface. Stem-like and differentiating cell fates segregated across this boundary. Spindles polarized, pairs of daughter cells oriented between the DTC and Sh1, and Sh1 grew over the Sh1-facing daughter. Impeding Sh1 growth by RNAi to cofilin and Arp2/3 perturbed the DTC-Sh1 interface, reduced germ cell proliferation, and shifted a differentiation marker. Because Sh1 membrane protrusions eluded detection for decades, it is possible that similar structures actively regulate niche exit in other systems.


2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 673-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ai Sun ◽  
Song-Lin Chen ◽  
Feng-Tao Gao ◽  
Hai-Long Li ◽  
Xiao-Feng Liu ◽  
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Endocrinology ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 149 (12) ◽  
pp. 6176-6186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja E. Gustin ◽  
Patrick S. Western ◽  
Peter J. McClive ◽  
Vincent R. Harley ◽  
Peter A. Koopman ◽  
...  

Ethanolamine kinase 2 (Eki2) was previously isolated from a differential expression screen designed to identify candidate genes involved in testis development and differentiation. In mouse, Eki2 is specifically up-regulated in Sertoli cells of the developing testis at the time of sex determination. Based on this expression profile, Eki2 was considered a good candidate testis-determining gene. To investigate a possible role of Eki2 in testis development, we have generated a mouse with targeted disruption of the Eki2 gene by using an EGFP replacement strategy. No abnormalities were detected in the Eki2-deficient mice with regard to embryonic and adult testis morphology, differentiation, function, or fertility. Furthermore, no significant differences were observed in litter sizes, pup mortality rates, or distribution of the sexes among the offspring. Ethanolamine kinases are involved in the biosynthesis of phosphatidylethanolamine, a major membrane phospholipid. Expression analysis indicates that the absence of an apparent phenotype in the Eki2-deficient mice may be due to compensation by Eki2-family members or the activation of an alternative pathway to generate phosphatidylethanolamine. Expression of EGFP in this mouse model enabled the isolation of gonad cell populations, providing a useful resource from which to obtain relatively pure early steroidogenic cells for further studies.


2003 ◽  
Vol 101 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 242-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Beverdam ◽  
D. Wilhelm ◽  
P. Koopman

2002 ◽  
pp. 405-409
Author(s):  
Atlantida M. Raya-Rivera ◽  
Anthony Atala
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2002 ◽  
pp. 397-403
Author(s):  
Anna Orsola ◽  
Anthony Atala
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1985 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 340-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas G. Walton ◽  
Alfred B. Acton ◽  
Hans F. Stich
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1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Maria Studnicka ◽  
Antonina Sopińska ◽  
Jadwiga Niezgoda
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