ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2016, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (12): 2390-2397.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2016.12.008

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Expression and Cellular Localization of Dmrt7 in Testis of Sheep at Different Developmental Stages

LI Tao-tao1, 2,GUO Ya-min1,MA You-ji1, 2*,ZHAO Xing-xu3,LU Zeng-kui1,LUO Rui-rui1, GAO Jian-feng1   

  1. (1.College of Animal Science and Technology,Gansu Agricultural University,Lanzhou 730070, China;2.Sheep Breeding Biotechnology Engineering Laboratory of Gansu Province,Minqin 733300,China;3.College of Veterinary Medicine,Gansu Agricultural University,Lanzhou 730070,China)
  • Received:2016-07-28 Online:2016-12-23 Published:2016-12-23

Abstract:

In order to understand the expression and cellular localization of double sex and mab-3 related transcription factor 7 (Dmrt7) in Small-Tail Han sheep testis tissues, fifteen sheep testis tissues were collected at 0, 2, 6, 12 and 24-month-old stages (3 replicates each), and the expression and cellular localization of Dmrt7 on testis tissues were detected by qRT-PCR, Western blot and immunohistochemistry. The results showed that Dmrt7 mRNA and protein were detected in sheep testes at different months of age, and the change pattern was similar. But, there were differences concerning the expression level of Dmrt7 for the different month groups. Dmrt7 mRNA and protein were lowly expressed in 0, 2 and 6 -month-old sheep testes, but it were highly expressed in 12, 24-month-old sheep testes. Meanwhile, the expression of Dmrt7 mRNA and protein in 12 and 24-month-old sheep testis tissues were extremely significantly higher than those in 0, 2 and 6-month-old sheep testes tissues(P<0.01). The immunohistochemically staining revealed that immunoreactivity of Dmrt7 protein was localized to minority of spermatogonia in 0, 2 and 6-month-old sheep testis tissues, but it was mainly localized to secondary spermatocytes and partial primary spermatocytes and spermatids in 12 and 24-month-old sheep testis tissues. The results demonstrated that Dmrt7 played an essential regulation role to the division processes of various spermatogenic cells in testicular seminiferous tubule, especially meiotic division from primary spermatocytes to spermatids.

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