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Regulatory complexity revealed by integrated cytological and RNA-seq analyses of meiotic substages in mouse spermatocytes

ABSTRACT: The juvenile onset of spermatogenesis in mice is analyzed by combining cytological and transcriptomic data in a novel computational analysis, resulting in meiotic substage-specific transcriptomes and the discovery of a transcription factor network that regulates the substages of meiosis. Germ cells from testes of individual mice were obtained at two-day intervals from 8 to 18 days post-partum (dpp), with five biological replicates at each age (samples 8_1 through 18_5). Eight stages were discriminated cytologically by combinatorial antibody labeling, and RNA-seq was performed on the same samples. A novel permutation-based maximum covariance analysis (PMCA) method was developed to deconvolve genes into meiotic substages. To verify PMCA derived pachytene/diplotene substage-specific genes, we isolated enriched populations of adult pachytene germ cells (samples rep1 through rep4), followed the same RNA-seq protocol, and compared the PMCA derived substage-specific gene lists to the genes expressed in the pachytene/diplotene enriched germ cells.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Gregory Carter

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-72833 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Regulatory complexity revealed by integrated cytological and RNA-seq analyses of meiotic substages in mouse spermatocytes.

Ball Robyn L RL Fujiwara Yasuhiro Y Sun Fengyun F Hu Jianjun J Hibbs Matthew A MA Handel Mary Ann MA Carter Gregory W GW

BMC genomics 20160812 1

<h4>Background</h4>The continuous and non-synchronous nature of postnatal male germ-cell development has impeded stage-specific resolution of molecular events of mammalian meiotic prophase in the testis. Here the juvenile onset of spermatogenesis in mice is analyzed by combining cytological and transcriptomic data in a novel computational analysis that allows decomposition of the transcriptional programs of spermatogonia and meiotic prophase substages.<h4>Results</h4>Germ cells from testes of in ...[more]

PMID: 27519264

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Project description:Mammalian spermatogenesis is a complex biological process that occurs within a highly organized tissue, the seminiferous epithelium. The coordinated maturation of spermatogonia, spermatocytes and spermatids suggests the existence of precise programs of gene expression in these cells as well as in their neighboring somatic Sertoli cells. The objective of this study was to elucidate genes encoding the proteins that execute these programs. Rat seminiferous tubules at stages I, II-III, IV-V, VI, VIIa,b, VIIc,d, VIII, IX-XI, XII, XIII-XIV of the cycle were isolated by microdissection and Sertoli cells, spermatogonia plus early spermatocytes, pachytene spermatocytes and spermatids were purified from enzymatically-dispersed testes. Microarray analysis using Rat Genome 230 2.0 arrays identified a total of 16,971 probe sets that recognized transcripts. A comparison with the transcriptome of other tissues identified 398 testis-specific probe sets, which therefore are potential targets for the development of new contraceptives. Sequential waves of cell and stage-specific gene expression are associated with progression of germ cells through the stages of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium and 1612 probe sets recognized transcripts whose expressions varied at least 4-fold across the stages of the cycle. Pathway analyses reveal that entire biological processes are regulated cyclically in testicular cells. Important among these are cell cycle and DNA repair. Thus, stage-specific gene expression is a widespread and fundamental characteristic of spermatogenic cells and Sertoli cells. Experiment Overall Design: Seminiferous tubules at the following stages or groups of stages were isolated by transillumination-assisted microdissection: I, II-III, IV-V, VI, VIIa,b, VIIc,d, VIII, IX-XI, XII, XIII-XIV. Twenty-five segments of tubules, 2 m in length, were collected at each stage or group of stages from each rat. Tubules from two separate animals were pooled to form one sample from each stage or groups of stages. A total of 5 independent samples per stage or groups of stages were analyzed. Mature Sertoli cells were isolated to about 85% purity (n=4). Three groups of germ cells were isolated by centrifugal elutriation from enzyme-dispersed testes: round spermatids (n=4), pachytene spermatocytes (n=4) and spermatogonia plus early spermatocytes (n=3) . Purity of these cells has been shown to vary between 85% to 95%

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Regulatory complexity revealed by integrated cytological and RNA-seq analyses of meiotic substages in mouse spermatocytes

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Regulatory complexity revealed by integrated cytological and RNA-seq analyses of meiotic substages in mouse spermatocytes.

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