Nlrp4g is an oocyte-specific gene but is not required for oocyte maturation in the mouse
Hui Peng A B , Wenchang Zhang A , Tianfang Xiao A and Yong Zhang B C
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A College of Animal Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China.
B College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Key Laboratory of Animal Reproductive Physiology and Embryo Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P. R. China.
C Corresponding author. Email: zhy1956@126.com
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 26(5) 758-768 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD12409
Submitted: 27 December 2012 Accepted: 2 May 2013 Published: 11 June 2013
Abstract
The Nlrp gene family contains 20 members and plays a pivotal role in the innate immune and reproductive systems in the mouse. The aim of the present study was to analyse the Nlrp4g gene expression pattern, protein distribution and function in mouse oocyte maturation. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridisation were performed on Nlrp4g mRNA. Western blotting, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence were used to assess expression at the protein level. Confocal and immunogold electron microscopy analyses and RNA interference approach were used to determine the location of the NLRP4G protein and inhibit Nlrp4g function specifically in mouse germinal vesicle oocytes, respectively. Nlrp4g transcripts and proteins (~85 kDa) are specifically expressed in mouse ovaries, restricted to the oocytes at various follicular stages and decline with oocyte aging. There is a marked decline in transcript levels in preimplantation embryos before zygotic genome activation, but the protein remains present through to the blastocyst stage. Confocal microscopy demonstrated that this protein is localised in the cytoplasm. Immunogold electron microscopy further confirmed that NLRP4G protein was present in the cytosol rather than in oocyte cytoplasmic organelles. Furthermore, knockdown of Nlrp4g in germinal vesicle oocytes did not affect oocyte maturation. These results provide the first evidence that Nlrp4g is an oocyte-specific gene but dispensable for oocyte maturation, suggesting that this gene may play roles in mouse oogenesis and/or preimplantation development.
Additional keyword: expression pattern.
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