Plzf is required in adult male germ cells for stem cell self-renewal - PubMed (original) (raw)

doi: 10.1038/ng1366. Epub 2004 May 23.

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Plzf is required in adult male germ cells for stem cell self-renewal

F William Buaas et al. Nat Genet. 2004 Jun.

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Abstract

Adult germline stem cells are capable of self-renewal, tissue regeneration and production of large numbers of differentiated progeny. We show here that the classical mouse mutant luxoid affects adult germline stem cell self-renewal. Young homozygous luxoid mutant mice produce limited numbers of normal spermatozoa and then progressively lose their germ line after birth. Transplantation studies showed that germ cells from mutant mice did not colonize recipient testes, suggesting that the defect is intrinsic to the stem cells. We determined that the luxoid mutant contains a nonsense mutation in the gene encoding Plzf, a transcriptional repressor that regulates the epigenetic state of undifferentiated cells, and showed that Plzf is coexpressed with Oct4 in undifferentiated spermatogonia. This is the first gene shown to be required in germ cells for stem cell self-renewal in mammals.

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• Plzf pushes stem cells.
  Kotaja N, Sassone-Corsi P. Kotaja N, et al. Nat Genet. 2004 Jun;36(6):551-3. doi: 10.1038/ng0604-551. Nat Genet. 2004. PMID: 15167928 No abstract available.

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