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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2023

The DOT1L-MLLT10 complex regulates male fertility and promotes histone removal during spermiogenesis.

Huijuan Lin, Isabella G Cossu, N Adrian Leu, Aniruddha J Deshpande, Kathrin M Bernt, Mengcheng Luo, P Jeremy Wang

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Huijuan LinDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Isabella G CossuDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
N Adrian LeuDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Aniruddha J DeshpandeTumor Initiation & Maintenance Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Kathrin M BerntDivision of Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Mengcheng LuoHubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Department of Histoembryology, TaiKang Medical School (School of Basic Medical Sciences), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7058-5911
P Jeremy WangDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2311-4089
University of Pennsylvania · USWuhan University · CNChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · US

Funding

Research Project 4: Epigenetic Regulation of Retrotransposon Silencing and Male Fertility in the MouseP50HD068157 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MONICA AILAWADI MAINIGI · 2014 to 2026
$16.3M
PROJECT 4: TARGETING ADP-RIBOSE POLYMER DEPENDENT EPIGENETIC EVENTS IN MALE LINEU54HD068157 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SHUDA, JAMIE · 2011 to 2013
$4.8M
Genetic Control of Retrotransposon Mobilization in the Mouse GermlineR01HD069592 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WANG, PEIJING JEREMY · 2012 to 2023
$3.1M
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD068157NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD069592NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD068157
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Histone modifications regulate chromatin remodeling and gene expression in development and diseases. DOT1L, the sole histone H3K79 methyltransferase, is essential for embryonic development. Here, we report that DOT1L regulates male fertility in mouse. DOT1L associates with MLLT10 in testis. DOT1L and MLLT10 localize to the sex chromatin in meiotic and post-meiotic germ cells in an inter-dependent manner. Loss of either DOT1L or MLLT10 leads to reduced testis weight, decreased sperm count and male subfertility. H3K79me2 is abundant in elongating spermatids, which undergo the dramatic histone-to-protamine transition. Both DOT1L and MLLT10 are essential for H3K79me2 modification in germ cells. Strikingly, histones are substantially retained in epididymal sperm from either DOT1L- or MLLT10-deficient mice. These results demonstrate that H3K79 methylation promotes histone replacement during spermiogenesis.

Indexed as

HistonesSemenAnimalsFertilityHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistone MethyltransferasesMaleMethylationMethyltransferasesMiceSpermatogenesisTranscription FactorsDot1l protein, mouseHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistone MethyltransferasesHistonesMethyltransferasesMllt10 protein, mouseTranscription FactorsDOT1LHistone evictionHistone methylationMLLT10Spermiogenesis

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PMID37082953
PMCPMC10259658
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