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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2011

Prevention of maternal aging-associated oocyte aneuploidy and meiotic spindle defects in mice by dietary and genetic strategies.

Kaisa Selesniemi, Ho-Joon Lee, Ailene Muhlhauser, Jonathan L Tilly

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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113citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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113 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 196 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kaisa SelesniemiVincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Ho-Joon Lee
Ailene Muhlhauser
Jonathan L Tilly
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USWashington State University · US

Funding

Origins/Functions of Mammalian Female Germline Stem CellR37AG012279 · NIA · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI TILLY, JONATHAN LEE · 2006 to 2015
$3.3M
NIA NIH HHS R37 AG012279NIA NIH HHS R37-AG012279
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased meiotic spindle abnormalities and aneuploidy in oocytes of women of advanced maternal ages lead to elevated rates of infertility, miscarriage, and trisomic conceptions. Despite the significance of the problem, strategies to sustain oocyte quality with age have remained elusive. Here we report that adult female mice maintained under 40% caloric restriction (CR) did not exhibit aging-related increases in oocyte aneuploidy, chromosomal misalignment on the metaphase plate, meiotic spindle abnormalities, or mitochondrial dysfunction (aggregation, impaired ATP production), all of which occurred in oocytes of age-matched ad libitum-fed controls. The effects of CR on oocyte quality in aging females were reproduced by deletion of the metabolic regulator, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α). Thus, CR during adulthood or loss of PGC-1α function maintains female germline chromosomal stability and its proper segregation during meiosis, such that ovulated oocytes of aged female mice previously maintained on CR or lacking PGC-1α are comparable to those of young females during prime reproductive life.

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AneuploidyAgingAnimalsBase SequenceCaloric RestrictionFemaleMaleMeiosisMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutOocytesPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaRNA, MessengerTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaPpargc1a protein, mouseRNA, MessengerTrans-ActivatorsTranscription Factors

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PMID21730149
PMCPMC3145697
OpenAlexW1978691222

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