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Li Y, Wang Y, Tan YQ, Yue Q, Guo Y, Yan R, Meng L, Zhai H, Tong L, Yuan Z, Li W, Wang C, Han S, Ren S, Yan Y, Wang W, Gao L, Tan C, Hu T, Zhang H, Liu L, Yang P, Jiang W, Ye Y, Tan H, Wang Y, Lu C, Li X, Xie J, Yuan G, Cui Y, Shen B, Wang C, Guan Y, Li W, Shi Q, Lin G, Ni T, Sun Z, Ye L, Vourekas A, Guo X, Lin M, Zheng K. The landscape of RNA-binding proteins in mammalian spermatogenesis. Science 2024:eadj8172. [PMID: 39208083 DOI: 10.1126/science.adj8172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
Abstract
Despite continuous expansion of the RNA-binding protein (RBP) world, there is a lack of systematic understanding of RBPs in mammalian testis, which harbors one of the most complex tissue transcriptomes. We adapted RNA interactome capture to mouse male germ cells, building an RBP atlas characterized by multiple layers of dynamics along spermatogenesis. Trapping of RNA-crosslinked peptides showed that the glutamic acid-arginine (ER) patch, a residue-coevolved polyampholytic element present in coiled-coils, enhances RNA binding of its host RBPs. Deletion of this element in NONO (non-POU domain-containing octamer-binding protein) led to a defective mitosis-to-meiosis transition due to compromised NONO-RNA interactions. Whole-exome sequencing of over 1000 infertile men revealed a prominent role of RBPs in the human genetic architecture of male infertility and identified risk ER patch variants.
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- Yang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
- Clinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha 410008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
- Department of Andrology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
- Clinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha 410008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich 85764, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, China
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- Division of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of USC, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Health Laboratory of Anhui Province, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, Anhui, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
- Clinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha 410008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Human Phenome Institute, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, School of Life Sciences and Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
- Changzhou Medical Center, The Affiliated Changzhou Second People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213000, China
- Division of Birth Cohort Study, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Fuzhou 350014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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Takahashi T, Nagahori K, Omotehara T, Kuramasu M, Ogawa Y, Wu X, Natsuyama Y, Kawata S, Yakura T, Miyaso H, Li ZL, Itoh M. Effects of female bone marrow transplantation on male reproductive organs. J Reprod Immunol 2024; 163:104245. [PMID: 38608319 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2024.104245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
Abstract
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), an adverse effect after bone marrow transplantation (BMT), may affect male reproductive function. It is hypothesized that a sex-mismatched BMT induces GVHD in male reproductive organs because female immune cells are not immunologically tolerant to specific antigens of the male organs. However, this hypothesis has not been experimentally verified using male (M) recipient animals following BMT from the female (F) donors. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to examine whether the female BMT to males (F→M group) induces some GVHD reactions in the testis and the other male reproductive organs. The results showed that no inflammation was found in recipients of the male BMT to males (M→M group), whereas significant inflammatory cell responses lasting for at least 4 months were induced in testis, epididymis, prostate and preputial gland in some mice of F→M group. The most severe lesion was found in the preputial gland, in which lymphocytic inflammation was accompanied by loss of glandular acini, thickening of the interstitum and increased cytokines such as TNF-α and IFN-γ. Western blot analyses revealed that sera from the F→M group reacted with various antigens of the male reproductive organs. These results indicate that transplanted female immune cells may recognize the male reproductive organs as immunologically foreign ones and induce chronic GVHD, which may affect male reproductive function.
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- Tatsuhiko Takahashi
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan; Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan; Department of Anatomy and Life Structure, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan; Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, 4-3 Kozunomori, Narita, Chiba 286-8686, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan.
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