Xiaodong Han

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Organization: Nanjing Medical University
Department: Immunology and Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Medical School
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Co-reporter:Quan Zhou;Yueshuai Guo;Bo Zheng;Binbin Shao;Min Jiang;Gaigai Wang;Tao Zhou;Lei Wang;Zuomin Zhou;Xuejiang Guo ;Xiaoyan Huang
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 2015 Volume 19( Issue 3) pp:521-534
Publication Date(Web):
DOI:10.1111/jcmm.12407

Abstract

Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are undifferentiated cells that are required to maintain spermatogenesis throughout the reproductive life of mammals. Although SSC transplantation and culture provide a powerful tool to identify the mechanisms regulating SSC function, the precise signalling mechanisms governing SSC self-renewal and specific surface markers for purifying SSCs remain to be clearly determined. In the present study, we established a steady SSC culture according to the method described by Shinohara's lab. Fertile progeny was produced after transplantation of cultured SSCs into infertile mouse testis, and the red fluorescence exhibited by the culture cell membranes was stably and continuously transmitted to the offspring. Next, via advanced mass spectrometry and an optimized proteomics platform, we constructed the proteome profile, with 682 proteins expressed in SSCs. Furthermore bioinformatics analysis showed that the list contained several known molecules that are regulated in SSCs. Several nucleoproteins and membrane proteins were chosen for further exploration using immunofluorescence and RT-PCR. The results showed that SALL1, EZH2, and RCOR2 are possibly involved in the self-renewal mechanism of SSCs. Furthermore, the results of tissue-specific expression analysis showed that Gpat2 and Pld6 were uniquely and highly expressed in mouse testes and cultured SSCs. The cellular localization of PLD6 was further explored and the results showed it was primarily expressed in the spermatogonial membrane of mouse testes and cultured SSCs. The proteins identified in this study form the basis for further exploring the molecular mechanism of self-renewal in SSCs and for identifying specific surface markers of SSCs.

Co-reporter:Jiang Wu, Fuqiang Wang, Yi Gong, Dongmei Li, Jiahao Sha, Xiaoyan Huang and Xiaodong Han
Chemical Research in Toxicology 2009 Volume 22(Issue 4) pp:668
Publication Date(Web):March 5, 2009
DOI:10.1021/tx800406z
Nonylphenol (NP) is a common environmental contaminant that is known to disrupt the reproductive system. The testicular Sertoli cells play a pivotal role in the regulation of spermatogenesis and are susceptible to NP-induced reproductive lesions. Our goal was to ascertain whether NP could induce apoptosis in Sertoli cells and to explore the preapoptotic changes in Sertoli cells at low NP concentrations, similar to environmental conditions. In order to survey events that occur at the protein level in Sertoli cells after exposure to NP, we used a proteomic approach with two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE) and mass spectrometry to identify proteins with altered expression in rat Sertoli cells treated with 0.01 and 0.1 μM NP for 24 h. We separated 63 protein spots and identified 41 that were differently expressed in the NP-treated groups and the control. Of these 41 spots, we focused on Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP), Annexin A7 (ANXA7), ERp57, and Peroxiredoxin 6 (PRDX6) for further analysis by Western blot. These proteins are involved in the response of Sertoli cells to programmed cell death. These data help to outline mechanisms by which NP might induce apoptotic tendencies in Sertoli cells.
Co-reporter:Yibo Wu, Xin Chen, Shuai Wang, Min Jiang, ... Jiahao Sha
Journal of Biomedical Research (July 2012) Volume 26(Issue 4) pp:278-287
Publication Date(Web):1 July 2012
DOI:10.7555/JBR.26.20120030
Spermatogenesis is a complex process of terminal differentiation by which mature sperms are generated, and it can be divided into three phases: mitosis, meiosis and spermiogenesis. In a previous study, we established a series of proteomic profiles for spermatogenesis to understand the regulation of male fertility and infertility. Here, we further investigated the localization and the role of flotillin-2 in spermiogenesis. Flotillin-2 expression was inves-tigated in the testis of male CD1 mice at various developmental stages of spermatogenesis by using Western blot-ting, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence. Flotillin-2 was knocked down in vivo in three-week-old male mice using intratesticular injection of small inhibitory RNA (siRNA), and sperm abnormalities were assessed three weeks later. Flotillin-2 was expressed at high levels in male germ cells during spermatogenesis. Flotillin-2 immunoreactivity was observed in pachytene spermatocytes as a strong dot-shaped signal and in round spermatids as a sickle-shaped distribution ahead of the acrosome. Immunofluorescence confirmed flotillin-2 was localized in front of the acrosome in round spermatids, indicating that flotillin-2 was localized to the Golgi apparatus. Knock-down of flotillin-2 in vivo led to a significant increase in head sperm abnormalities isolated from the cauda epidi-dymis, compared with control siRNA-injected testes. This study indicates that flotillin-2 is a novel Golgi-related protein involved in sperm acrosome biogenesis
Glycogen synthase kinase 3, GSK3β
Gelatinase B
Mitogen-activated protein kinase