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Altered testicular gene expression patterns in mice lacking the polyubiquitin gene <i>Ubb</i>
Sinnar, Shamim A.,Small, Christopher L.,Evanoff, Ryan M.,Reinholdt, Laura G.,Griswold, Michael D.,Kopito, Ron R.,Ryu, Kwon‐,Yul Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2011 Molecular reproduction and development Vol.78 No.6
<P><B>Abstract</B></P><P>Ubiquitin (Ub) is an essential protein found in all eukaryotic cells and plays important roles in a variety of cellular functions including germ cell development. We have previously reported that targeted disruption of the polyubiquitin gene <I>Ubb</I> results in male and female infertility in <I>Ubb</I><SUP><I>−/−</I></SUP> mice, with germ cells arrested at meiotic prophase I. Although reduced Ub levels in germ cells are believed to be responsible for the fertility defect in <I>Ubb</I><SUP><I>−/−</I></SUP> mice, it is still unclear how reduced Ub levels result in sterility. Here we describe the results of a microarray analysis of the murine testicular transcriptome, which demonstrates dramatically altered gene expression patterns in <I>Ubb</I><SUP><I>−/−</I></SUP> mice, possibly related to reduced levels of histone 2A (H2A) ubiquitylation. We find that large numbers of genes related to fertility, metabolism, transcription, and the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) are misregulated in <I>Ubb</I><SUP><I>−/−</I></SUP> mice. Such wide‐ranging alterations in gene expression suggest that loss of the <I>Ubb</I> gene does not mimic a single‐gene defect phenotype, but instead may affect gene expression more globally. These dramatic changes in gene expression could, at least in part, contribute to the complex fertility and metabolic phenotypes seen in these mice. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 78:415–425, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.</P>