ROLE OF TRIM28 IN OVARIAN MAINTENANCE
Francis POULAT
Thursday, December the 15th at 12:30 am
Bâtiment Jean Bernard,
Hôpital St-Louis, 16 rue de la Grange aux Belles 75010 PARIS
If you want to know all about sex determination, please join the seminar that will take place in the meeting room on the ground floor.
or by Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3170095249?pwd=SWpkeEZtRU9GRnphZHBoZTZyak1rZz09
Meeting ID: 317 009 5249
Secret code: 9LD2g6
Abstract
Gonadal sexual fate in mammals is determined during embryonic development and must be actively maintained in adulthood. In the mouse ovary, oestrogen receptors and FOXL2 protect ovarian granulosa cells from transdifferentiation into Sertoli cells, their testicular counterpart. However, the mechanism underlying their protective effect is unknown. Here, we show that TRIM28 is required to prevent female-to-male sex reversal of the mouse ovary after birth. We found that upon loss of Trim28, ovarian granulosa cells transdifferentiate to Sertoli cells through an intermediate cell type, different from gonadal embryonic progenitors. TRIM28 is recruited on chromatin in the proximity of FOXL2 to maintain the ovarian pathway and to repress testicular-specific genes. The role of TRIM28 in ovarian maintenance depends on its E3-SUMO ligase activity that regulates the sex-specific SUMOylation profile of ovarian-specific genes. Our study identifies TRIM28 as a key factor in protecting the adult ovary from the testicular pathway.
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