ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026
Single-cell atlas of the mouse ovary reveals molecular drivers of aging and senescence during the estropausal transition.
Xifan Wang, Jiping Yang, Chen Jin, Xizhe Wang, Daniela Contreras, Melody Devos, Maggie M Kane, Michael G Rosenfeld, Yousin Suh
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Xifan Wang *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.ORCID 0009-0008-9979-9014 Jiping Yang *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
Chen JinDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
Xizhe WangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
Daniela ContrerasDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
Melody DevosDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
Maggie M KaneDepartment of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
Yousin SuhDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
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6 · The paper itselfAbstract
Reproductive aging in mice leads to estropause, characterized by estrous cycle irregularity and eventual cessation, yet its underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, we present a comprehensive single-cell atlas of mouse ovaries across precisely defined reproductive stages-from young (regular cycling) through the estropausal transition (regular vs. irregular cycling) to post-estropause (acyclic)-and of ovary-specific senescent cells defined by high senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity. We mapped transcriptomic dynamics of ovarian aging and characterized the molecular features of ovarian senescent cells. Our analyses revealed that during the estropausal transition, irregularly cycling ovaries exhibited accelerated aging and cellular senescence features compared with regularly cycling counterparts, including increased transcriptional noise, altered conserved aging pathways such as oxidative phosphorylation and proteostasis, hormone dysregulation in granulosa cells, and elevated expression of the senescence marker
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AgingCellular SenescenceEstrous CycleOvaryAnimalsFemaleGranulosa CellsMiceSingle-Cell AnalysisSingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisTranscriptomeagingcellular senescenceestropausal transitionovarysingle-cell RNA-seq
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