The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) and its complex 1 associated protein RPTOR are germ cell-autonomously required for spermatogonial development & chapter IV : investigating changes in the testicular transcriptome during the prospermatogonial transition / by Nicholas Serra.
| Author/creator | Serra, Nicholas author. |
| Other author | Geyer, Christopher B., degree supervisor. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Publication | [Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2019. |
| Description | 211 pages : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Supplemental Content | Access via ScholarShip |
| Subjects |
| Series | ECU Brody School of Medicine dissertation ECU Brody School of Medicine dissertation. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Summary | Stem, progenitor, and differentiating spermatogonia are formed in the neonatal mouse testis, and they provide the foundation for spermatogenesis and life-long fertility. Currently, the factors that regulate these varying spermatogonial fates, in particular the molecular mediators that regulate spermatogonial differentiation, are poorly understood. Our lab previously reported that retinoic acid (RA) activates kinase signaling pathways to stimulate synthesis of proteins required for spermatogonial differentiation. The work presented here extends those findings, and is organized into chapters. In chapters 1-2, I present published studies describing key roles for 'mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase' (MTOR) and 'regulatory associated protein of MTOR, complex 1' (RPTOR) in normal spermatogonial development in vivo. In chapter 3, I present the results from an unbiased RNA-seq analysis of testicular gene expression in the fetal and neonatal mouse testis prior to establishment of the spermatogonial pool. |
| General note | Presented to the faculty of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology |
| General note | Advisor: Christopher B. Geyer |
| General note | Title from PDF t.p. (viewed February 10, 2020). |
| Dissertation note | Ph.D. East Carolina University 2019. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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