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To determine how microRNA biosynthesis driven by Dicer in Kiss1 neurons regulates pubertal progression, fertility, and neuronal population integrity.

August 9, 2022SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Dicer ablation in Kiss1 neurons impairs puberty and fertility preferentially in female mice

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To determine how microRNA biosynthesis driven by Dicer in Kiss1 neurons regulates pubertal progression, fertility, and neuronal population integrity.
Congenitally ablated the microRNA-processing enzyme Dicer selectively within Kiss1 neurons in male and female mice.
Assessed pubertal onset timing, fertility parameters, and Kiss1 neuronal survival during infantile, juvenile, and pubertal stages.
Quantified Kiss1 and kisspeptin expression across hypothalamic regions alongside repressive factors including Mkrn3, Cbx7, and Eap1.
Dicer deletion in Kiss1 cells caused late-onset hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in both sexes without altering early Kiss1 neuronal survival or initial pubertal onset.
Pubertal arrest and absolute infertility occurred selectively in female mice rather than males.
Female reproductive failure was marked by a selective loss of arcuate nucleus Kiss1 expression, accompanied by significant upregulation of transcriptional repressors Mkrn3, Cbx7, and Eap1.

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JRJuan RoaUniversity of Turku MRMiguel Ruiz-CruzInstituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba FRFrancisco Ruíz-PinoInstituto de Salud Carlos III

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Experimental study demonstrates that Kiss1-specific Dicer loss impairs pubertal completion in female mice, highlighting microRNA control of reproductive maturation.

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Roa et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd4d030a7b4bc8c4101464 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32347-4

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Experimental study demonstrates that Kiss1-specific Dicer loss impairs pubertal completion in female mice, highlighting microRNA control of reproductive maturation.

Dicer ablation in Kiss1 neurons impairs puberty and fertility preferentially in female mice

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Dicer ablation in Kiss1 neurons impairs puberty and fertility preferentially in female mice

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