LncRNA gadd7, increased in varicocele patients, suppresses cell proliferation and promotes cell apoptosis

Varicocele-related sperm damages are usually caused by oxidative stresses. Growing evidence indicates that lncRNA growth arrested DNA-damage inducible gene 7 (gadd7) is involved in the regulation of the oxidative stress responses. In this study, we measured the expression level of gadd7 in the sperm...

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Published in:Oncotarget 2018-01, Vol.9 (4), p.5105-5110
Main Authors: Zhao, Jun, Li, Huan, Deng, Hao, Zhu, Li, Zhou, Bingyu, Yang, MeiQiong, Liu, QianRu, Luo, GuoQun, Yang, Yunxia, Ma, WenMin
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Summary:Varicocele-related sperm damages are usually caused by oxidative stresses. Growing evidence indicates that lncRNA growth arrested DNA-damage inducible gene 7 (gadd7) is involved in the regulation of the oxidative stress responses. In this study, we measured the expression level of gadd7 in the sperm and found that the expression of gadd7 was significantly up-regulated in patients with varicocele compared with the healthy control. The relative expression level of gadd7 was negatively correlated with the sperm count. Overexpression of gadd7 suppressed cell proliferation and promoted cell apoptosis in mouse spermatocyte-derived cell lines GC-1 and GC-2. Furthermore, the protein level of Bax was raised while Bcl2 expression was reduced after overexpression of gadd7. This work provides a potential novel insight for the varicocele-related sperm impairment and male infertility.
ISSN:1949-2553
1949-2553
DOI:10.18632/oncotarget.23696