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- Title
Epigenetic markers in the embryonal germ cell development and spermatogenesis.
- Authors
Odroniec, Amadeusz; Olszewska, Marta; Kurpisz, Maciej
- Abstract
Spermatogenesis is the process of generation of male reproductive cells from spermatogonial stem cells in the seminiferous epithelium of the testis. During spermatogenesis, key spermatogenic events such as stem cell self-renewal and commitment to meiosis, meiotic recombination, meiotic sex chromosome inactivation, followed by cellular and chromatin remodeling of elongating spermatids occur, leading to sperm cell production. All the mentioned events are at least partially controlled by the epigenetic modifications of DNA and histones. Additionally, during embryonal development in primordial germ cells, global epigenetic reprogramming of DNA occurs. In this review, we summarized the most important epigenetic modifications in the particular stages of germ cell development, in DNA and histone proteins, starting from primordial germ cells, during embryonal development, and ending with histone-to-protamine transition during spermiogenesis.
- Subjects
GERM cells; SPERMATOGENESIS; SEX chromosomes; STEM cells; EPIGENETICS; CELL determination
- Publication
Basic & Clinical Andrology, 2023, Vol 33, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2051-4190
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12610-022-00179-3