Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Dicer ablation in Kiss1 neurons impairs puberty and fertility preferentially in female mice

  • Juan Roa,
  • Miguel Ruiz-Cruz,
  • Francisco Ruiz-Pino,
  • Rocio Onieva,
  • Maria J. Vazquez,
  • Maria J. Sanchez-Tapia,
  • Jose M. Ruiz-Rodriguez,
  • Veronica Sobrino,
  • Alexia Barroso,
  • Violeta Heras,
  • Inmaculada Velasco,
  • Cecilia Perdices-Lopez,
  • Claes Ohlsson,
  • Maria Soledad Avendaño,
  • Vincent Prevot,
  • Matti Poutanen,
  • Leonor Pinilla,
  • Francisco Gaytan,
  • Manuel Tena-Sempere

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32347-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Kiss1 neurons are essential for puberty and fertility. Here, the authors show that canonical microRNA biosynthesis in Kiss1 neurons plays an essential role in the control of puberty and fertility, especially in females, likely via repression of repressors on the Kiss1 gene.