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ArticleCell proliferation2025

METTL16 and YTHDC1 Regulate Spermatogonial Differentiation via m6A.

Xueying Gu, Xinyuan Dai, Haifeng Sun, Yilong Lian, Xingxu Huang, Bin Shen, Pengfei Zhang

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Article in Cell proliferation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xueying GuState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xinyuan DaiState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Haifeng SunState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yilong LianState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xingxu HuangZhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8934-1247
Bin ShenState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-8448
Pengfei ZhangState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4785-544X

Funding

the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2023M733267the National Natural Science Foundation of China 32371546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spermatogenesis is a highly unique and intricate process, finely regulated at multiple levels, including post-transcriptional regulation. N6-methyladenosine (m6A), the most prevalent internal modification in eukaryotic mRNA, plays a significant role in transcriptional regulation during spermatogenesis. Previous research indicated extensive m6A modification at each stage of spermatogenesis, but depletion of Mettl3 and/or Mettl14 in spermatogenic cells with Stra8-Cre did not reveal any detectable abnormalities up to the stage of elongating spermatids. This suggests the involvement of other methyltransferases in the regulation of m6A modification during spermatogonial differentiation and meiosis. As a METTL3/14-independent m6A methyltransferase, METTL16 remains insufficiently studied in its roles during spermatogenesis. We report that male mice with Mettl16

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AdenosineCell DifferentiationMethyltransferasesSpermatogenesisSpermatogoniaAnimalsMaleMiceTestisAdenosineMethyltransferasesN-methyladenosinem6Amale sterilityMettl16spermatogonial differentiationYthdc1

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PMID39614650
PMCPMC12099213

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