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- Title
Aberrant levels of histone H3 acetylation induce spermatid anomaly in mouse testis.
- Authors
Dai, Lei; Endo, Daisuke; Akiyama, Naotaro; Yamamoto-Fukuda, Tomomi; Koji, Takehiko
- Abstract
Histone acetylation is involved in the regulation of chromatin structure and gene function. We reported previously that histone H3 acetylation pattern is subject to dynamic changes and limited to certain stages of germ cell differentiation during murine spermatogenesis, suggesting a crucial role for acetylation in the process. In the present study, we investigated the effects of hyper- and hypo-acetylation on spermatogenesis. Changes in acetylation level were induced by either in vivo administration of sodium phenylbutyrate, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, or by knockdown of histone acetyltransferases using short hairpin RNA plasmids transfection. Administration of sodium phenylbutyrate induced accumulation of acetylated histone H3 at lysine 9 and lysine 18 in round spermatids, together with spermatid morphological abnormalities and induction of apoptosis through a Bax-related pathway. Knockdown of steroid receptor coactivator 1, a member of histone acetyltransferases, but not general control of amino acid synthesis 5 nor elongator protein 3 by in vivo electroporation of shRNA plasmids, reduced acetylated histone H3 at lysine 9 in round spermatids, and induced morphological abnormalities. We concluded that the proper regulation of histone H3 acetylation levels is important for spermatid differentiation and complex chromatin remodeling during spermiogenesis.
- Subjects
ECTOPIC tissue; HISTONE acetylation; SPERMATIC cord; TESTIS; LABORATORY mice; APOPTOSIS
- Publication
Histochemistry & Cell Biology, 2015, Vol 143, Issue 2, p209
- ISSN
0948-6143
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s00418-014-1283-1