Affiliation:
1. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University Shanghai China
2. Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
Abstract
AbstractPrimordial germ cells (PGCs) are the germline precursors that give rise to oocytes and sperm, ensuring the continuation of life. While the PGC specification is extensively studied, it remains elusive how the PGC population is sustained and expanded after they migrate to embryonic gonads before birth. This study demonstrates that NRF1, a known regulator for mitochondrial metabolism, plays critical roles in post‐migrating PGC development. We show that NRF1 protein level gradually increases in post‐migrating PGCs during embryonic development. Conditional Nrf1 knockout from embryonic germ cells leads to impaired PGC proliferation and survival. In addition, NRF1 may also actively drive PGC derivation from pluripotent stem cells. Using whole genome transcriptome profiling and ChIP‐seq analyses, we further reveal that NRF1 directly regulates key signalling molecules in PGC formation, transcription factors in proliferation and cell cycle and enzymes in mitochondrial metabolism. Overall, our findings highlight an essential requirement of NRF1 in regulating a broad transcriptional network to support post‐migrating PGC development both in vitro and in vivo.
Funder
National Science Foundation
Subject
Cell Biology,General Medicine
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