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Volume 25, Issue 3 (May 2023) 25, 314–321; 10.4103/aja202273

Characterization of the protein expression and localization of hnRNP family members during murine spermatogenesis

Xiao-Li Wang1, Jin-Mei Li1, Shui-Qiao Yuan1,2,3

1 Institute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
2 Laboratory of Animal Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
3 Shenzhen Huazhong University of Science and Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China

Correspondence: Dr. SQ Yuan (shuiqiaoyuan@hust.edu.cn)

Received: 13 May 2022; Accepted: 26 July 2022; published online: 13-Sep-2022

Abstract

Mammalian testis exhibits remarkably high transcriptome complexity, and spermatogenesis undergoes two periods of transcriptional cessation. These make the RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) the utmost importance during male germ cell development. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) are a large family of RBPs implicated in many steps of RNA processing; however, their roles in spermatogenesis are largely unknown. Here, we investigated the expression pattern of 12 hnRNP family members in mouse testes and found that most detected members are highly expressed in the testis. Furthermore, we found that most of the detected hnRNP proteins (hnRNPD, hnRNPK, hnRNPQ, hnRNPU, and hnRNPUL1) display the highest signals in the nuclei of pachytene spermatocytes, round spermatids, and Sertoli cells, whereas hnRNPE1 exclusively concentrates in the manchette of elongating spermatids. The expression of these hnRNP proteins showed both similarities and specificity, suggesting their diverse roles in spermatogenesis.

Keywords: gene expression; heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins; mice; Sertoli cells; spermatogenesis

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