The dynamic transcriptional cell atlas of testis development during human puberty
The human testis undergoes dramatic developmental and structural changes during puberty, including proliferation and maturation of niche/somatic cells, and the onset of spermatogenesis. To characterize this under-studied process, we profiled and analyzed single-cell transcriptomes of ~10,000 testicu...
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| author | Guo, J Nie, X Giebler, M Mlcochova, H Wang, Y Grow, EJ Donorconnect, Kim, R Tharmalingam, M Matilionyte, G Lindskog, C Carrell, DT Mitchell, RT Goriely, A Hotaling, JM Cairns, BR |
| author_facet | Guo, J Nie, X Giebler, M Mlcochova, H Wang, Y Grow, EJ Donorconnect, Kim, R Tharmalingam, M Matilionyte, G Lindskog, C Carrell, DT Mitchell, RT Goriely, A Hotaling, JM Cairns, BR |
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| description | The human testis undergoes dramatic developmental and structural changes during puberty, including proliferation and maturation of niche/somatic cells, and the onset of spermatogenesis. To characterize this under-studied process, we profiled and analyzed single-cell transcriptomes of ~10,000 testicular cells from four boys spanning puberty, and compared to infants and adults. During puberty, undifferentiated spermatogonia sequentially expand and differentiate, prior to the initiation of gametogenesis. Notably, we identify a common pre-pubertal progenitor for Leydig and myoid cells, and delineate candidate factors/pathways controlling pubertal differentiation. Furthermore, pre-pubertal Sertoli cells exhibit two distinct transcriptional states differing in mitochondrial/metabolic profiles, before converging to an alternative single mature population during puberty. Roles for testosterone in Sertoli cell maturation, antimicrobial peptide secretion and spermatogonial differentiation are further highlighted through single-cell analysis of testosterone-suppressed transfemale testes. Taken together, our transcriptional atlas of the developing human testis provides multiple insights into developmental changes and key factors/pathways accompanying male puberty. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:27256f98-c8da-468b-9849-c19ce58b54a82022-03-26T12:05:09ZThe dynamic transcriptional cell atlas of testis development during human pubertyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:27256f98-c8da-468b-9849-c19ce58b54a8EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2020Guo, JNie, XGiebler, MMlcochova, HWang, YGrow, EJDonorconnect,Kim, RTharmalingam, MMatilionyte, GLindskog, CCarrell, DTMitchell, RTGoriely, AHotaling, JMCairns, BRThe human testis undergoes dramatic developmental and structural changes during puberty, including proliferation and maturation of niche/somatic cells, and the onset of spermatogenesis. To characterize this under-studied process, we profiled and analyzed single-cell transcriptomes of ~10,000 testicular cells from four boys spanning puberty, and compared to infants and adults. During puberty, undifferentiated spermatogonia sequentially expand and differentiate, prior to the initiation of gametogenesis. Notably, we identify a common pre-pubertal progenitor for Leydig and myoid cells, and delineate candidate factors/pathways controlling pubertal differentiation. Furthermore, pre-pubertal Sertoli cells exhibit two distinct transcriptional states differing in mitochondrial/metabolic profiles, before converging to an alternative single mature population during puberty. Roles for testosterone in Sertoli cell maturation, antimicrobial peptide secretion and spermatogonial differentiation are further highlighted through single-cell analysis of testosterone-suppressed transfemale testes. Taken together, our transcriptional atlas of the developing human testis provides multiple insights into developmental changes and key factors/pathways accompanying male puberty. |
| spellingShingle | Guo, J Nie, X Giebler, M Mlcochova, H Wang, Y Grow, EJ Donorconnect, Kim, R Tharmalingam, M Matilionyte, G Lindskog, C Carrell, DT Mitchell, RT Goriely, A Hotaling, JM Cairns, BR The dynamic transcriptional cell atlas of testis development during human puberty |
| title | The dynamic transcriptional cell atlas of testis development during human puberty |
| title_full | The dynamic transcriptional cell atlas of testis development during human puberty |
| title_fullStr | The dynamic transcriptional cell atlas of testis development during human puberty |
| title_full_unstemmed | The dynamic transcriptional cell atlas of testis development during human puberty |
| title_short | The dynamic transcriptional cell atlas of testis development during human puberty |
| title_sort | dynamic transcriptional cell atlas of testis development during human puberty |
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