Genetic, Epigenetic, and Anatomical Factors in Agenesis and Development of Female Reproductive Tract

Nakajima, Tasuku; Satō, Tomomi; Iguchi, Taisen

doi:10.1002/9781119807704.ch17

Genomic and Epigenomic Biomarkers of Toxicology and Disease 2022

DOI: 10.1002/9781119807704.ch17

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Genetic, Epigenetic, and Anatomical Factors in Agenesis and Development of Female Reproductive Tract

Tasuku Nakajima¹,

Tomomi Satō²,

Taisen Iguchi³

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“…The pronephros in amphibians is induced from animal caps by activin A—a member of the transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) superfamily—and retinoic acid (RA) [ 9 ]. Histological differentiation steps and related transcription factor expression in WD and MD have been revealed in vivo [ 1 , 10 , 11 ]. However, the differentiational environment consisting of several factors (e.g.…”

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SMAD2/3 signaling regulates initiation of mouse Wolffian ducts and proximal differentiation in Müllerian ducts

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Ishii

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Male and female reproductive tracts develop from anterior intermediate mesoderm with similar differentiation processes. The anterior intermediate mesoderm develops into the mesonephros, and the Wolffian duct initiates by epithelialization in the mesonephros. The Müllerian duct invaginates from the coelomic epithelium of the cranial mesonephros for ductal formation and is then regionalized into proximal to caudal female reproductive tracts. In this study, we focused on the epithelialization of the Wolffian duct, initiation of the Müllerian duct, and the regionalization step of the Müllerian ducts as a continuous process. By using intermediate mesodermal cells from mouse pluripotent stem cells, we identified that inhibition of SMAD2/3 signaling might be involved in the differentiation into mesenchymal cells, after which mesonephric cells might be then epithelialized during differentiation of the Wolffian duct. Aggregation of coelomic epithelial cells might be related to initiation of the Müllerian duct. Transcriptomic analysis predicted that consensus sequences of SMAD3/4 were enriched among highly expressed genes in the proximal Müllerian duct. SMAD2/3 signaling to regulate differentiation of the Wolffian duct was continuously activated in the proximal Müllerian duct and was involved in proximal and oviductal regionalization. Therefore, SMAD2/3 signaling may be finely tuned to regulate differentiation from initiation to regionalization steps.

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SMAD2/3 signaling regulates initiation of mouse Wolffian ducts and proximal differentiation in Müllerian ducts

Nakajima,

Imai,

Ishii

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Genetic, Epigenetic, and Anatomical Factors in Agenesis and Development of Female Reproductive Tract

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SMAD2/3 signaling regulates initiation of mouse Wolffian ducts and proximal differentiation in Müllerian ducts

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