1. TRIM28-dependent SUMOylation protects the adult ovary from activation of the testicular pathway
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Robin Lovell-Badge, Francis Poulat, Moïra Rossitto, Le Gallic L, Dagmar Wilhelm, Alain Pruvost, Brigitte Boizet-Bonhoure, Legras S, Mahmoud-Reza Rafiee, Florence Cammas, Migale R, Serge Nef, Yasmine Neirijnck, Anvi Laetitia Nguyen, Guillaume Bossis, Chris M Rands, Stéphanie Déjardin, Institut de génétique humaine (IGH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Nutrition et Neurobiologie intégrée (NutriNeuro), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Ecole nationale supérieure de chimie, biologie et physique-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The Francis Crick Institute [London], Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (MTS), Université Paris-Saclay-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (IGMM), Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM - U1194 Inserm - UM), CRLCC Val d'Aurelle - Paul Lamarque-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), University of Melbourne, cammas, florence, and ANR-16-CE14-0020,SexMaintain,Rôle de TRIM28 dans le maintien de l'identité ovarienne et dans la détermination du sexe(2016)
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Male ,Model organisms ,endocrine system ,Somatic cell ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,SUMO protein ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Tripartite Motif-Containing Protein 28 ,Biology ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Mice ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Testis ,medicine ,Animals ,Ligase activity ,Transcription factor ,030304 developmental biology ,Mammals ,0303 health sciences ,Sertoli Cells ,Multidisciplinary ,urogenital system ,FOS: Clinical medicine ,Stem Cells ,Ovary ,Transdifferentiation ,Neurosciences ,Sumoylation ,General Chemistry ,Tumour Biology ,Sertoli cell ,Embryonic stem cell ,Chromatin ,Cell biology ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Female ,Genetics & Genomics ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Transcription Factors ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
Summary Gonadal sexual fate in mammals is determined during embryonic development and must be actively maintained in adulthood. Therefore, gonadal sex-specific transcription factors are required to prevent transdifferentiation of gonadal somatic cells to the other sexual fate. Mouse genetic experiments have shown that oestrogen receptor signalling and the transcription factor FOXL2 protect ovarian granulosa cells from transdifferentiation into Sertoli cells, their testicular counterpart. However, the mechanism underlying this protective mechanism is unknown. Here, we show that one post-translational modification (i.e. SUMOylation catalysed by TRIM28) is sufficient to prevent female-to-male sex reversal of the mouse ovary after birth. We found that upon loss of TRIM28 SUMO-E3 ligase activity, ovarian granulosa cells transdifferentiate to Sertoli cells through an intermediate cell type different from gonadal embryonic progenitors. TRIM28 binds to chromatin close to the critical transcription factor FOXL2 to maintain the female pathway through SUMOylation of specific chromatin regions. Therefore, FOXL2 signalling might maintain the adult ovary cell fate via TRIM28-dependent SUMOylation. Improper SUMOylation of chromatin regions in granulosa cells might lead to female reproductive disorders and infertility, the incidence of which is currently increasing.
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- 2022
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