Diversity and functional convergence of small noncoding RNAs in male germ cell differentiation and fertilization
| Autor: | Jesús del Mazo, Lola Alonso, David B. Cárdenas, Jesús García-López, Juan de Dios Hourcade, Haydeé Artaza-Alvarez, Miguel A. Brieño-Enríquez, Sergio Martínez |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male
sncRNAs Small RNA endocrine system Cellular differentiation Piwi-interacting RNA Biology Mice microRNA medicine Animals Germ cell development Small nucleolar RNA Spermatogenesis Molecular Biology Cells Cultured Genetics Messenger RNA Zygote urogenital system Genetic Variation Cell Differentiation Articles Microarray Analysis Spermatozoa snoRNAs Mice Inbred C57BL medicine.anatomical_structure Mice Inbred DBA piRNAs Fertilization miRNAs Next-generation sequencing RNA Small Untranslated Female Germ cell |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname |
| Popis: | 18 p.-4 tab.-7 fig. The small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) are considered as post-transcriptional key regulators of male germ cell development. In addition to microRNAs (miRNAs) and PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), other sncRNAs generated from small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), tRNAs, or rRNAs processing may also play important regulatory roles in spermatogenesis. By next-generation sequencing (NGS), we characterized the sncRNA populations detected at three milestone stages in male germ differentiation: primordial germ cells (PGCs), pubertal spermatogonia cells, and mature spermatozoa. To assess their potential transmission through the spermatozoa during fertilization, the sncRNAs of mouse oocytes and zygotes were also analyzed. Both, microRNAs and snoRNA-derived small RNAs are abundantly expressed in PGCs but transiently replaced by piRNAs in spermatozoa and endo-siRNAs in oocytes and zygotes. Exhaustive analysis of miRNA sequence variants also shows an increment of noncanonical microRNA forms along male germ cell differentiation. RNAs-derived from tRNAs and rRNAs interacting with PIWI proteins are not generated by the ping-pong pathway and could be a source of primary piRNAs. Moreover, our results strongly suggest that the small RNAs-derived from tRNAs and rRNAs are interacting with PIWI proteins, and specifically with MILI. Finally,computational analysis revealed their potential involvement in post-transcriptional regulation of mRNA transcripts suggesting functional convergence among different small RNA classes in germ cells and zygotes. This work was supported by grants from MEDDTL, France (11-MRES-PNRPE-9-CVS-072); CSIC (PIE-201020E016)and MINECO (BFU2013-42164-R), Spain. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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