Project description:We report the H3K9me2 distribution profile with ChIP sequencing of postnatal male germ cells. Histone modification levels are dynamically controlled during mammalian spermatogenesis. We found that H3K9 demethylases, Jmjd1a and Jmjd1b catalyze H3K9 demethylation in prospermatogonia. Combined loss of Jmjd1 enzymes disturbed prospermatogonia to spermatogonia transition in mice. To examine a role of Jmjd1 in prospermatogonia to spermatogonia transition, we performed RNA-seq and ChIP-seq analyses using postnatal germ cells at P3 and P7.
Project description:We report the whole-transcriptome profile with total RNA sequencing of postnatal male germ cells. Histone modification levels are dynamically controlled during mammalian spermatogenesis. We found that H3K9 demethylases, Jmjd1a and Jmjd1b catalyze H3K9 demethylation in prospermatogonia. Combined loss of Jmjd1 enzymes disturbed prospermatogonia to spermatogonia transition in mice. To examine a role of Jmjd1 in prospermatogonia to spermatogonia transition, we performed RNA-seq and ChIP-seq analyses using postnatal germ cells at P3 and P7.
Project description:We analyzed transcriptome profiles of postnatal germ cells and demonstrated that DNMT3L is important for spermatogonial stem/progenitor cell development Examination of wild-type and Dnmt3l knockout smaples in postnatal male germ cells
Project description:The Microrchidia (Morc) family of GHKL ATPases are present in a wide variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms but are of largely unknown function. Genetic screens in Arabidopsis thaliana have identified Morc genes as important repressors of transposons and other DNA methylated and silent genes. MORC1 deficient mice were previously found to display male-specific germ cell loss and infertility. Here we show that MORC1 is responsible for transposon repression in the male germline in a pattern that is similar to that observed for germ cells deficient for the DNA methyltransferase homolog DNMT3L. Morc1 mutants show highly localized defects in the establishment of DNA methylation at specific classes of transposons, and this is associated with failed transposon silencing at these sites. Our results identify MORC1 as an important new regulator of the epigenetic landscape of male germ cells during the period of global de novo methylation. This data includes: 47 RNA-seq, 4 smRNA-seq, 6 BS-seq, and 2 ChIP-seq datasets
Project description:Identification of the embryonic germ cell Meioc-/- transcriptome, MEIOC targets in postnatal testis, and YTHDC2 targets in postnatal testis in mouse
Project description:Male germ cell meiosis is essential for generating haploid spermatozoa in mice. Here, we investigate the essential role of DIS3L2 in male germ cell meiosis in mice. Conditional inactivation of DIS3L2 in spermatocytes with Stra8-cre transgenic mice have severely impaired meiotic progression, which results in defective meosis and spermatogenesis associated with a Sertoli cell-only syndrome and adult sterility. RNA-seq analysis reveales that Dis3l2 deficiency causes significant dysregulation of the expression of transcripts in mutant testes. Meiosis-assocaited genes are significantly decreased in the absence of DIS3L2. Therefore, we show that DIS3L2 ribonuclease plays a critical role in germ cell meiosis during spermatogenesis in mice.
Project description:To study the dynamic of DNA methylation during male gametogenesis 9 stages of germ cells were purified, then DNA samples (n=4/stage) were analyzed by Rat Methyl seq capture