Journal
BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
Volume 94, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.135921
Keywords
BMP; Dragon; fertility; oocytes; RGMb; spermatocytes
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- startup fund offered by The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- RGC/GRF grant [CUHK477311]
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Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling plays an important role in spermatogenesis and follicle development. Our previous studies have shown that repulsive guidance molecule b (RGMb, also known as Dragon) is a coreceptor that enhances BMP2 and BMP4 signaling in several cell types and that RGMb is expressed in spermatocytes and spermatids in the testis and in oocytes of the secondary follicles in the ovary. Here, we demonstrated that specific deletion of Rgmb in germ cells in the testis and ovary did not alter Smad1/5/8 phosphorylation, gonadal structures, and fertility. In addition, ovaries from postnatal global Rgmb knockout mice showed similar structures to the wild-type ovaries. Our results suggest that RGMb is not essential for normal gonadal function.
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