ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2013
Retinol dehydrogenase 10 is indispensible for spermatogenesis in juvenile males.
Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
56 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.
- Reviewing the Implication of Aldehyde Dehydrogenases in Male Reproduction: Prospects for New Therapeutic Approaches.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Sertoli cells as a hub in testicular development and male reproductive.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Inhibiting Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Function Using WIN 18,446 to Synchronize Spermatogenesis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Microenvironment of spermatogonial stem cells: a key factor in the regulation of spermatogenesis.Stem cell research & therapy · 2024Review
- Review
- Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and its metabolite 12-HEPE rescue busulfan disrupted spermatogenesis via target to GPR120.Cell proliferation · 2024Article
- Multiple ageing effects on testicular/epididymal germ cells lead to decreased male fertility in mice.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Identification of testis development-related genes by combining Iso-Seq and RNA-Seq inFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Article
- Differential responsiveness of spermatogonia to retinoic acid dictates precocious differentiation but not meiotic entry during steady-state spermatogenesis†.Biology of reproduction · 2023Article
- Defining Gene Function in Spermatogonial Stem Cells Through Conditional Knockout Approaches.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023Article
- Core binding factor subunit β plays diverse and essential roles in the male germline.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Article
- How does retinoic acid (RA) signaling pathway regulate spermatogenesis?Histology and histopathology · 2022Review
- Retinoic Acid: Sexually Dimorphic, Anti-Insulin and Concentration-Dependent Effects on Energy.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Mechanisms of Feedback Regulation of Vitamin A Metabolism.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Review
- The Regulation of Spermatogonial Stem Cells in an Adult Testis by Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Updates in Sertoli Cell-Mediated Signaling During Spermatogenesis and Advances in Restoring Sertoli Cell Function.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Low NADFrontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Recent Update on Retinoic Acid-Driven Initiation of Spermatogonial Differentiation.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Article
- Two distinct Sertoli cell states are regulated via germ cell crosstalk†.Biology of reproduction · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Retinoic acid (RA), an active vitamin A derivative, is essential for mammalian spermatogenesis. Genetic studies have revealed that oxidation of vitamin A to retinal by retinol dehydrogenase 10 (RDH10) is critical for embryonic RA biosynthesis. However, physiological roles of RDH10 in postnatal RA synthesis remain unclear, given that Rdh10 loss-of-function mutations lead to early embryonic lethality. We conducted in vivo genetic studies of Rdh10 in postnatal mouse testes and found that an RDH10 deficiency in Sertoli cells, but not in germ cells, results in a mild germ cell depletion phenotype. A deficiency of RDH10 in both Sertoli and germ cells in juvenile mice results in a blockage of spermatogonial differentiation, similar to that seen in vitamin A-deficient animals. This defect in spermatogenesis arises from a complete deficiency in juvenile testicular RA synthesis and can be rescued by retinoid administration. Thus, in juvenile mice, the primary, but not exclusive, source of RA in the testes is Sertoli cells. In contrast, adult Rdh10-deficient mice exhibit phenotypically normal spermatogenesis, indicating that during development a change occurs in either the cellular source of RA or the retinaldehyde dehydrogenase involved in RA synthesis.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.