SPOC1 (PHF13) is required for spermatogonial stem cell differentiation and 
sustained spermatogenesis

Bordlein, A.; Scherthan, H.; Nelkenbrecher, C.; Molter, T.; Bosl, M. R.; Dippold, C.; Birke, K.; Kinkley, S.; Staege, H.; Will, H.; Winterpacht, A.

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SPOC1 (PHF13) is required for spermatogonial stem cell differentiation and sustained spermatogenesis

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Scherthan, H.
Dept. of Human Molecular Genetics (Head: Hans-Hilger Ropers), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Bordlein, A., Scherthan, H., Nelkenbrecher, C., Molter, T., Bosl, M. R., Dippold, C., et al. (2011). SPOC1 (PHF13) is required for spermatogonial stem cell differentiation and sustained spermatogenesis. J Cell Sci, 124(Pt 18), 3137-48. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=21852425 http://jcs.biologists.org/content/124/18/3137.full.pdf.

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Abstract

SPOC1 (PHF13) is a recently identified protein that has been shown to dynamically associate with somatic chromatin, to modulate chromatin compaction and to be important for proper cell division. Here, we report on the expression of SPOC1 in promyelocytic leukaemia zinc finger (PLZF)-positive undifferentiated spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) of the mouse testis. To investigate further the biological function of SPOC1 in germ cells we generated Spoc1 mutant mice from a gene-trap embryonic stem cell clone. Postpubertal homozygous Spoc1(-/-) animals displayed a pronounced progressive loss of germ cells from an initially normal germ epithelium of the testis tubules leading to testis hypoplasia. This loss first affected non-SSC stages of germ cells and then, at a later time point, the undifferentiated spermatogonia. Remarkably, successive loss of all germ cells (at >20 weeks of age) was preceded by a transient increase in the number of undifferentiated A(aligned) (A(al)) spermatogonia in younger mice (at >10 weeks of age). The number of primary Spoc1(-/-) gonocytes, the proliferation of germ cells, and the initiation and progression of meiosis was normal, but we noted a significantly elevated level of apoptosis in the Spoc1(-/-) testis. Taken together, the data argue that SPOC1 is indispensable for stem cell differentiation in the testis and for sustained spermatogenesis.