Inactivation of the Celf1 gene that encodes an RNA-binding protein delays the first wave of spermatogenesis in mice.

Marie Cibois 1, 2 Gaëlla Boulanger 1, 2 Yann Audic 3 Luc Paillard 3 Carole Gautier-Courteille 3, *
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1 UEB - Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany
2 IGDR - Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes
3 Expression génétique et développement
UEB - Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany, IGDR - Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes
Abstract : BACKGROUND: The first wave of spermatogenesis in mammals is characterized by a sequential and synchronous appearance of germ cells in the prepubertal testis. Post-transcriptional controls of gene expression play important roles in this process but the molecular actors that underlie them are poorly known. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We evaluated the requirement for the RNA-binding protein CELF1 during the first wave of spermatogenesis in mice. Mice inactivated for Celf1 gene were not viable on pure genetic backgrounds. On a mixed background, we observed by histology and gene profiling by RT-qPCR that the testes of inactivated prepubertal mice were characterized by several features. (i) Spermiogenesis (differentiation of post-meiotic cells) was blocked in a subset of prepubertal inactivated mice. (ii) The appearance of the different stages of germ cell development was delayed by several days. (iii) The expression of markers of Leydig cells functions was similarly delayed. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Celf1 disruption is responsible for a blockage of spermiogenesis both in adults and in prepubertal males. Hence, the spermiogenesis defects found in Celf1-inactivated adults appear from the first wave of spermiogenesis. The disruption of Celf1 gene is also responsible for a fully penetrant delayed first wave of spermatogenesis, and a delay of steroidogenesis may be the cause for the delay of germ cells differentiation.
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Marie Cibois, Gaëlla Boulanger, Yann Audic, Luc Paillard, Carole Gautier-Courteille. Inactivation of the Celf1 gene that encodes an RNA-binding protein delays the first wave of spermatogenesis in mice.. PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2012, 7 (10), pp.e46337. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0046337⟩. ⟨inserm-00869961⟩

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