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ArticleJournal of assisted reproduction and genetics2020

Maternally contributed Nlrp9b expressed in human and mouse ovarian follicles contributes to early murine preimplantation development.

Mahboobeh Amoushahi, Line Lawaetz Steffensen, Adelya Galieva, Jens Agger, Anders Heuck, Piotr Siupka, Erik Ernst, Morten S Nielsen, Lone Sunde, Karin Lykke-Hartmann

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Article in Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mahboobeh AmoushahiDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Line Lawaetz SteffensenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Adelya GalievaDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jens AggerDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Anders HeuckDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Piotr SiupkaDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Erik ErnstThe Fertility Clinic, Horsens Hospital, Horsens, Denmark.
Morten S NielsenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Lone SundeDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Karin Lykke-HartmannDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. kly@biomed.au.dk.
Aarhus University · DKAarhus University Hospital · DK

Funding

Aarhus Universitets Forskningsfond DKAugustinus Fonden DKCarlsbergfondet CF18-0474Fonden til Lægevidenskabens Fremme DKKong Christian den Tiendes Fond DKNovo Nordisk Fonden NNF16OC0022480Novo Nordisk Fonden (DK) NNF170C0026820Sundhed og Sygdom, Det Frie Forskningsråd 6120-00027BTh. Maigaards Eftf. Fru Lily Benthine Lunds Fond af 1.6. 1978 DKToyota Foundation DK
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of the study is to investigate presence and role of the gene encoding the maternally contributed nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors with a pyrin domain (PYD)-containing protein 9 (NLRP9) in human and mouse ovaries, respectively, and in preimplantation mouse embryo development by knocking down Nlrp9b.

methodsExpression levels of NLRP9 mRNA in human follicles were extracted from RNA sequencing data from previous studies. In this study, we performed a qPCR analysis of Nlpr9b mRNA in mouse oocytes and found it present. Intracellular ovarian distribution of NLRP9B protein was accomplished using immunohistochemistry. The distribution of NLRP9B was explored using a reporter gene approach, fusing NLRP9B to green fluorescent protein and microinjection of in vitro-generated mRNA. Nlrp9b mRNA function was knocked down by microinjection of short interference (si) RNA targeting Nlrp9b, into mouse pronuclear zygotes. Knockdown of the Nlrp9b mRNA transcript was confirmed by qPCR.

resultWe found that the human NLRP9 gene and its corresponding protein are highly expressed in human primordial and primary follicles. The NLRP9B protein is localized to the cytoplasm in the blastomeres of a 2-cell embryo in mice. SiRNA-mediated knockdown of Nlrp9b caused rapid elimination of endogenous Nlrp9b mRNA and premature embryo arrest at the 2- to 4-cell stages compared with that of the siRNA-scrambled control group.

conclusionsThese results suggest that mouse Nlrp9b, as a maternal effect gene, could contribute to mouse preimplantation embryo development. It remains to investigate whether NLRP9 have a crucial role in human preimplantation embryo and infertility.

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AnimalsBlastomeresCytoplasmEmbryo, MammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMiceOocytesOvarian FollicleReceptors, CXCR5Receptors, G-Protein-CoupledSequence Analysis, RNAZygoteCXCR5 protein, mouseReceptors, CXCR5Receptors, G-Protein-CoupledHuman ovaryMaternal effect geneNlrp9bPreimplantation embryo

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PMID32399794
PMCPMC7311623
OpenAlexW3024505415

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