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Jie Wang1, Xiaowen Gong2, Geng G Tian2
1Key Laboratory of Fertility Preservation and Maintenance of Ministry of Education, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China.
Abstract:
Female germline stem cells (FGSCs) are proposed to be a key factor for ameliorating female infertility. Previously we have shown that neonatal and adult FGSCs could be isolated and purified from mouse ovarian tissues. The long noncoding (lnc) RNA growth arrest-specific 5 sequence (GAS5) transcribed from mammalian genomes plays important regulatory roles in various developmental processes. However, there is no study on the relationship between GAS5 and FGSC development in vitro. In this study, we showed that GAS5 was highly expressed in the neonatal mouse ovary and was located in both FGSCs and oocytes. GAS5 facilitated FGSC proliferation and promoted their survival in vitro. Moreover, GAS5 also inhibited apoptosis of cultured FGSCs. These findings indicate that GAS5 is a crucial regulator of FGSC development. This might serve as a foundation for a strategy of lncRNA-directed diagnosis or treatment of female infertility.
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