Journal
EMBO REPORTS
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201744957
Keywords
piRNA; PIWI; PNLDC1; spermatogenesis; Trimmer
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- MEXT/JSPS [15H02509, 15H04699]
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) from AMED, Japan [J150701424]
- Center for Medical Research and Education (CentMeRE), Graduated school of Medicine, Osaka University
- [26113007]
- [17K17673]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17K17673] Funding Source: KAKEN
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PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are germ cell-specific small RNAs essential for retrotransposon gene silencing and male germ cell development. In piRNA biogenesis, the endonuclease MitoPLD/Zucchini cleaves long, single-stranded RNAs to generate 5 termini of precursor piRNAs (pre-piRNAs) that are consecutively loaded into PIWI-family proteins. Subsequently, these pre-piRNAs are trimmed at their 3'-end by an exonuclease called Trimmer. Recently, poly(A)-specific ribonuclease-like domain-containing 1 (PNLDC1) was identified as the pre-piRNA Trimmer in silkworms. However, the function of PNLDC1 in other species remains unknown. Here, we generate Pnldc1 mutant mice and analyze small RNAs in their testes. Our results demonstrate that mouse PNLDC1 functions in the trimming of both embryonic and post-natal pre-piRNAs. In addition, piRNA trimming defects in embryonic and post-natal testes cause impaired DNA methylation and reduced MIWI expression, respectively. Phenotypically, both meiotic and post-meiotic arrests are evident in the same individual Pnldc1 mutant mouse. The former and latter phenotypes are similar to those of MILI and MIWI mutant mice, respectively. Thus, PNLDC1-mediated piRNA trimming is indispensable for the function of piRNAs throughout mouse spermatogenesis.
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