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| Status |
Public on Mar 26, 2013 |
| Title |
An Ancient Transcription Factor Initiates the Burst of piRNA Production During Early Meiosis in Mouse Testes (ChIP-Seq) |
| Organisms |
Gallus gallus; Mus musculus |
| Experiment type |
Genome binding/occupancy profiling by high throughput sequencing
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| Summary |
Animal germ cells produce PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), small silencing RNAs that suppress transposons and enable gamete maturation. Mammalian transposon-silencing piRNAs accumulate early in spermatogenesis, whereas pachytene piRNAs are produced later during post-natal spermatogenesis and account for >95% of all piRNAs in the adult mouse testis. Mutants defective for pachytene piRNA pathway proteins fail to produce mature sperm, but neither the piRNA precursor transcripts nor the trigger for pachytene piRNA production is known. Here, we show that the transcription factor A-MYB initiates pachytene piRNA production. A-MYB drives transcription of both pachytene piRNA precursor RNAs and the mRNAs for core piRNA biogenesis factors, including MIWI, the protein through which pachytene piRNAs function. A-MYB regulation of piRNA pathway proteins and piRNA genes creates a coherent feed-forward loop that ensures the robust accumulation of pachytene piRNAs. This regulatory circuit, which can be detected in rooster testes, likely predates the divergence of birds and mammals.
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| Overall design |
ChIP sequencing in mouse and rooster testes.
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| Contributor(s) |
Li XZ, Roy CK, Zamore PD |
| Citation(s) |
23523368 |
| Submission date |
Feb 22, 2013 |
| Last update date |
May 15, 2019 |
| Contact name |
Christian Roy |
| Organization name |
Umass Med
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| Street address |
364 Plantation St
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| City |
Worcester |
| State/province |
Massachusetts |
| ZIP/Postal code |
01605 |
| Country |
USA |
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| Platforms (2) |
| GPL13112 |
Illumina HiSeq 2000 (Mus musculus) |
| GPL16133 |
Illumina HiSeq 2000 (Gallus gallus) |
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| Samples (7)
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| This SubSeries is part of SuperSeries: |
| GSE44690 |
An Ancient Transcription Factor Initiates the Burst of piRNA Production During Early Meiosis in Mouse Testes |
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| Relations |
| BioProject |
PRJNA190180 |
| SRA |
SRP018820 |
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