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GCNF-dependent repression of BMP-15 and GDF-9 mediates gamete regulation of female fertility.


ABSTRACT: To determine the function of germ cell nuclear factor (GCNF) in female reproduction, we generated an oocyte-specific GCNF knockout mouse model (GCNF(fl/fl)Zp3Cre(+)). These mice displayed hypofertility due to prolonged diestrus phase of the estrous cycle and aberrant steroidogenesis. These reproductive defects were secondary to a primary defect in the oocytes, in which expression of the paracrine transforming growth factor-beta signaling molecules, bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP-15) and growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF-9), were up-regulated in GCNF(fl/fl)Zp3Cre(+) females at diestrus. This was a direct effect of GCNF, as molecular studies showed that GCNF bound to DR0 elements within the BMP-15 and GDF-9 gene promoters and repressed their reporter activities. Consistent with these findings, abnormal double-oocyte follicles, indicative of aberrant BMP-15/GDF-9 expression, were observed in GCNF(fl/fl)Zp3Cre(+) females. The Cre/loxP knockout of GCNF in the oocyte has uncovered a new regulatory pathway in ovarian function. Our results show that GCNF directly regulates paracrine communication between the oocyte and somatic cells by regulating the expression of BMP-15 and GDF-9, to affect female fertility.

SUBMITTER: Lan ZJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC175795 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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GCNF-dependent repression of BMP-15 and GDF-9 mediates gamete regulation of female fertility.

Lan Zi-Jian ZJ   Gu Peili P   Xu Xueping X   Jackson Kathy J KJ   DeMayo Francesco J FJ   O'Malley Bert W BW   Cooney Austin J AJ  

The EMBO journal 20030801 16


To determine the function of germ cell nuclear factor (GCNF) in female reproduction, we generated an oocyte-specific GCNF knockout mouse model (GCNF(fl/fl)Zp3Cre(+)). These mice displayed hypofertility due to prolonged diestrus phase of the estrous cycle and aberrant steroidogenesis. These reproductive defects were secondary to a primary defect in the oocytes, in which expression of the paracrine transforming growth factor-beta signaling molecules, bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP-15) and grow  ...[more]

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