- Title
- A novel high throughput screen to identify candidate molecular networks that regulate spermatogenic stem cell functions
- Creator
- Lord, Tessa; Law, Nathan C.; Oatley, Melissa J.; Miao, Deqiang; Du, Guihua; Oatley, Jon M.
- Relation
- Biology of Reproduction Vol. 106, Issue 6, p. 1175-1190
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioac048
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Spermatogenic regeneration is key for male fertility and relies on activities of an undifferentiated spermatogonial population. Here, a high-throughput approach with primary cultures of mouse spermatogonia was devised to rapidly predict alterations in functional capacity. Combining the platform with a large-scale RNAi screen of transcription factors, we generated a repository of new information from which pathway analysis was able to predict candidate molecular networks regulating regenerative functions. Extending from this database, the SRCAP-CREBBP/EP300 (Snf2-related CREBBP activator protein-CREB binding protein/E1A binding protein P300) complex was found to mediate differential levels of histone acetylation between stem cell and progenitor spermatogonia to influence expression of key self-renewal genes including the previously undescribed testis-specific transcription factor ZSCAN2 (zinc finger and SCAN domain containing 2). Single cell RNA sequencing analysis revealed that ZSCAN2 deficiency alters key cellular processes in undifferentiated spermatogonia such as translation, chromatin modification, and ubiquitination. In Zscan2 knockout mice, while spermatogenesis was moderately impacted during steady state, regeneration after cytotoxic insult was significantly impaired. Altogether, these findings have validated the utility of our high-throughput screening approach and have generated a transcription factor database that can be utilized for uncovering novel mechanisms governing spermatogonial functions.
- Subject
- spermatogonial stem cell; regeneration; spermatogenesis; screen; high throughput; ID4
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1464446
- Identifier
- uon:47000
- Identifier
- ISSN:0006-3363
- Rights
- © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Society for the Study of Reproduction. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Language
- eng
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