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The murine nuclear orphan receptor GCNF is expressed in the XY body of primary spermatocytes
Alfred MaelickeUta-maria BauerSigrid ReinhardtRicardo BenaventeStefan Schneider-hirschsubject
MaleTranscription GeneticGerm cell nuclear factorBiophysicsFluorescent Antibody TechniqueReceptors Cytoplasmic and NuclearIn situ hybridizationBiologyIn Vitro TechniquesGerm cell nuclear factorBiochemistryEpitheliumMiceWestern blotStructural BiologySpermatocytesNuclear Receptor Subfamily 6 Group A Member 1TestisGeneticsTranscriptional regulationmedicineAnimalsRNA MessengerRetinoid receptor-related testis-associated receptorSpermatogenesisMolecular BiologyOrphan receptorMessenger RNAMice Inbred BALB Cmedicine.diagnostic_testCell BiologyMolecular biologySpermatidsNeuron-derived orphan receptor 1DNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression RegulationNuclear orphan receptorSpermatogenesisNeuronal cell nuclear factorXY bodydescription
AbstractWe have studied the expression of the nuclear orphan receptor GCNF (germ cell nuclear factor) on the mRNA and protein level in pubertal and adult mouse testes. We show by Northern and Western blot analyses and by in situ hybridization that GCNF is expressed in spermatocytes and round spermatids of adult mouse testis suggesting that GCNF may be a transcriptional regulator of spermatogenesis. Since the GCNF protein is accumulated in the XY body of late pachytene spermatocytes, it may be involved in transcriptional inactivation of sex chromosomes.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-12-09 | FEBS Letters |