The Sm protein methyltransferase PRMT5, is not required for primordial germ cell specification in mice

ABSTRACT: PRMT5 is a type II protein arginine methyltransferase with roles in stem cell biology, reprogramming, cancer and neurogenesis. During embryogenesis in the mouse it was hypothesized that PRMT5 functions with the master germline determinant BLIMP1 to promote primordial germ cell (PGC) specification. Using a Blimp1-Cre germline conditional knockout, we discovered that Prmt5 has no major role in murine germline specification, or the first global epigenetic reprogramming event involving depletion of cytosine methylation from DNA and histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation from chromatin. Instead, we discovered that PRMT5 functions at the conclusion of PGC reprogramming I to promote proliferation, survival and expression of the gonadal germline program as marked by MVH. We show that PRMT5 regulates ge

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Juehua Yu 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-63800 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress