{"title":"Initial formation of and sex differences in primordial germ cells in Japanese quail","authors":"Shusei Mizushima , Yuya Ogawa , Asato Kuroiwa","doi":"10.1016/j.repbio.2024.100922","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>DEAD-box RNA helicase 4 (DDX4) is posited to be a key maternal germ cell factor regulating avian germ cell formation. We herein showed that the <em>DDX4</em> gene product of zygotic genome activation associated with the nuclear localization of the cyclin D1 protein in presumptive primordial germ cells (PGCs) plays an essential role in the proliferation of PGCs using a CRISPR/Cas9 system approach combined with <em>in vitro</em> fertilization techniques in Japanese quail. A proteome analysis also revealed molecular-based differences in the features of early male and female PGCs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":2,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Bio Materials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1642431X24000688/pdfft?md5=491bd43315343da049e6003bae24dfb2&pid=1-s2.0-S1642431X24000688-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACS Applied Bio Materials","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1642431X24000688","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
DEAD-box RNA helicase 4 (DDX4) is posited to be a key maternal germ cell factor regulating avian germ cell formation. We herein showed that the DDX4 gene product of zygotic genome activation associated with the nuclear localization of the cyclin D1 protein in presumptive primordial germ cells (PGCs) plays an essential role in the proliferation of PGCs using a CRISPR/Cas9 system approach combined with in vitro fertilization techniques in Japanese quail. A proteome analysis also revealed molecular-based differences in the features of early male and female PGCs.