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Y chromosomal noncoding RNAs regulate autosomal gene expression via piRNAs in mouse testis

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BMC BIOLOGY
卷 19, 期 1, 页码 -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01125-x

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Mouse Y chromosome; Long noncoding RNA; Alternative splicing; piRNA; Pirmy; Pirmy-like RNAs; Male sterility; Comparative sperm proteomics; Autosomal gene regulation

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  1. Department of Science and Technology, India [SP/SO/B70/2001]
  2. Department of Biotechnology, India [BT/PR 10707/AGR/36/596/2008, BT/PR6123/BRB/10/1185/2013]
  3. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India
  4. CSIR, India

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A study identified novel male-specific Y long arm-derived noncoding RNAs in mice, which may regulate the expression of several autosomal genes through piRNAs. The sperm phenotypes of Yq-deleted mice are similar to those reported in inter-specific male-sterile hybrids, suggesting a potential role of these noncoding RNAs in male sterility and speciation.
Background Deciphering the functions of Y chromosome in mammals has been slow owing to the presence of repeats. Some of these repeats transcribe coding RNAs, the roles of which have been studied. Functions of the noncoding transcripts from Y chromosomal repeats however, remain unclear. While a majority of the genes expressed during spermatogenesis are autosomal, mice with different deletions of the long arm of the Y chromosome (Yq) were previously also shown to be characterized by subfertility, sterility and sperm abnormalities, suggesting the presence of effectors of spermatogenesis at this location. Here we report a set of novel noncoding RNAs from mouse Yq and explore their connection to some of the autosomal genes expressed in testis. Results We describe a set of novel mouse male-specific Y long arm (MSYq)-derived long noncoding (lnc) transcripts, named Pirmy and Pirmy-like RNAs. Pirmy shows a large number of splice variants in testis. We also identified Pirmy-like RNAs present in multiple copies at different loci on mouse Y chromosome. Further, we identified eight differentially expressed autosome-encoded sperm proteins in a mutant mouse strain, XY(RIII)qdel (2/3 Yq-deleted). Pirmy and Pirmy-like RNAs have homology to 5 '/3 ' UTRs of these deregulated autosomal genes. Several lines of experiments show that these short homologous stretches correspond to piRNAs. Thus, Pirmy and Pirmy-like RNAs act as templates for several piRNAs. In vitro functional assays reveal putative roles for these piRNAs in regulating autosomal genes. Conclusions Our study elucidates a set of autosomal genes that are potentially regulated by MSYq-derived piRNAs in mouse testis. Sperm phenotypes from the Yq-deleted mice seem to be similar to that reported in inter-specific male-sterile hybrids. Taken together, this study provides novel insights into possible role of MSYq-derived ncRNAs in male sterility and speciation.

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