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Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2009, p. 2794-2803, Vol. 29, No. 10
0270-7306/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01633-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Thoc1 Deficiency Compromises Gene Expression Necessary for Normal Testis Development in the Mouse{triangledown} ,§

Xiaoling Wang,1,{dagger} Meenalakshmi Chinnam,1 Jianmin Wang,2 Yanqing Wang,1 Xiaojing Zhang,1 Edyta Marcon,3 Peter Moens,3 and David W. Goodrich1*

Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics,1 Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm & Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263,2 Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada3

Received 20 October 2008/ Returned for modification 14 December 2008/ Accepted 8 March 2009

Accumulating evidence suggests that regulation of RNA processing through an RNP-driven mechanism is important for coordinated gene expression. This hypothesis predicts that defects in RNP biogenesis will adversely affect the elaboration of specific gene expression programs. To explore the role of RNP biogenesis on mammalian development, we have characterized the phenotype of mice hypomorphic for Thoc1. Thoc1 encodes an essential component of the evolutionarily conserved TREX complex. TREX accompanies the elongating RNA polymerase II and facilitates RNP assembly and recruitment of RNA processing factors. Hypomorphic Thoc1 mice are viable despite significantly reduced Thoc1 expression in the tissues examined. While most tissues of Thoc1-deficient mice appear to develop and function normally, gametogenesis is severely compromised. Male infertility is associated with a loss in spermatocyte viability and abnormal endocrine signaling. We suggest that loss of spermatocyte viability is a consequence of defects in the expression of genes required for normal differentiation of cell types within the testes. A number of the genes affected appear to be direct targets for regulation by Thoc1. These findings support the notion that Thoc1-mediated RNP assembly contributes to the coordinated expression of genes necessary for normal differentiation and development in vivo.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm & Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263. Phone: (716) 845-4506. Fax: (716) 845-8857. E-mail: david.goodrich{at}roswellpark.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 23 March 2009.

§ Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://mcb.asm.org/.

{dagger} Present address: Box 0738, 533 Parnassus Ave., UC Hall, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0738.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2009, p. 2794-2803, Vol. 29, No. 10
0270-7306/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01633-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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