Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

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Identification of a Novel Gene by EST Clustering and its Expression in Mouse Ovary and Testis

EST Clustering 방법으로 동정한 새로운 유전자의 생쥐 난소 및 정소에서의 발현

  • Hwang, Sang-Joon (Graduate School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Pochon CHA University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Chang-Eun (Graduate School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Pochon CHA University College of Medicine) ;
  • Hwang, Kyu-Chan (Division of Applied Life Science, GyeongSang National University) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Ah (Graduate School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Pochon CHA University College of Medicine)
  • 황상준 (포천중문 의과대학교 생명과학 전문대학원) ;
  • 박창은 (포천중문 의과대학교 생명과학 전문대학원) ;
  • 황규찬 (경상대학교) ;
  • 이경아 (포천중문 의과대학교 생명과학 전문대학원)
  • Published : 2006.12.31
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Abstract

Objective: Identification of the regulatory mechanism for arrest and initiation of primordial follicular growth is crucial for female fertility. Previously, we found 15 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) that were specifically abundant in the day-S-subtracted cDNA library and that the B357 clone was novel. The present study was conducted to obtain the whole sequence of the novel gene including B357 and to characterize its mRNA and protein expression in mouse ovary and testis. Methods: The extended sequence of the 2,965-bp cDNA fragment for the clone B357 was named ${\underline{5}}-{\underline{d}}ay-{\underline{o}}vary-{\underline{s}}pecific\;gene-{\underline{1}}$ (5DOS1) and submitted to GenBank (accession number ${\underline{AY751521}}$). Expression of 5DOS1 was characterized in both female and male gonads at various developmental stages by Northern blotting, real-time RT-PCR, in situ hybridization, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry. Results: The 5DOS1 transcript was highly expressed in the adult testis, brain, and muscle as compared to the other tissues. In the ovary, the 5DOS1 transcript was detected in all oocytes from primordial to antral follicles, and highly expressed at day 5 after birth and decreased thereafter. In contrast, expression of 5DOS1 showed a gradual increase during testicular development and its expression was limited to various stages of male germ cells except spermatogonia. Conclusions: This is the first report on the expression and characterization of the 5DOS1 gene in the mouse gonads. Further functional analysis of the 5DOS1 protein will be required to predict its role in gametogenesis.

목 적: 본 연구에서는 EST Clustering 방법을 이용하여 이전의 연구에서 발굴한 B357 EST의 염기서열을 포함하는 유전자를 동정하고, 이 유전자의 발현을 생쥐의 난소와 정소를 포함한 여러 가지 조직들에서 살펴보고자 하였다. 연구방법: EST Clustering으로 얻어진 전체 염기서열을 5-day-ovary-specific gene-1 (5DOS1)이라고 명명하여 GenBank에 등록하였으며 (AY751521), northern blotting, real-time RT-PCR, in situ hybridization, western blotting, immunohistochemistry 등의 방법을 이용하여 생쥐 난소와 고환의 발달단계에 따라 그 발현양상을 관찰하였다. 결 과: 5DOS1의 전사체는 성장한 정소, 뇌, 근육에서 높게 발현하였으며, 난소의 경우에서는 원시난포시기부터 모든 난자에서 발현하였으며 특히 생후 5일째 높게 발현하였고 그 이후로는 점차 감소하였다. 반면 정소의 경우는 발달과 함께 계속 증가하였으며, 정모세포를 제외한 모든 발달단계별 정자에서 발현함을 관찰하였다. 결 론: 본 연구결과는 5DOS1에 대한 발견과 동정에 대한 첫 보고로써, 유전자 및 단백질이 생쥐의 난소 및 정소의 생식세포에서 발현하는 것을 관찰하였다. 앞으로 생식세포 발생 및 분화에 관련된 5DOS1의 기능에 대한 심층 연구가 더 필요하다고 사료된다.

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Supported by : Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

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