The gene regulatory landscape driving mouse gonadal supporting cell differentiation.

ABSTRACT: Gonadal sex determination relies on tipping a delicate balance involving the activation and repression of several transcription factors and signaling pathways. This is likely mediated by numerous noncoding regulatory elements that shape sex-specific transcriptomic programs. To explore the dynamics of these in detail, we performed paired time series of transcriptomic and chromatin accessibility assays on pre-granulosa and Sertoli cells throughout their development in the embryo, making use of new and existing mouse reporter lines. Regulatory elements were associated with their putative target genes by linkage analysis, and this was complemented and verified experimentally using promoter capture Hi-C. We identified the transcription factor motifs enriched in these regulatory elements along w

SUBMITTER: Stevant I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12292837 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature