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Fetal estrogens are not involved in sex determination but critical for early ovarian differentiation in rabbits

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AROMATASE is encoded by the CYP19A1 gene and is the cytochrome enzyme responsible for estrogen synthesis in vertebrates. In most mammals, a peak of CYP19A1 gene expression occurs in the fetal XX gonad when sexual differentiation is initiated. To elucidate the role of this peak, we produced three lines of TALEN genetically edited CYP19A1 KO rabbits, that were devoid of any estradiol production. All the KO XX rabbits developed as females with aberrantly small-sized ovaries in adulthood, an almost empty reserve of primordial follicles and very few large antrum follicles. Ovulation never occurred. Our histological, immunohistological and transcriptomic analyses showed that the estradiol surge in the XX fetal rabbit gonad is not essential to its determination as an ovary, or for meiosis. However, it is mandatory for the high proliferation and differentiation of both somatic and germ cells, and consequently for establishment of the ovarian reserve.
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Geneviève Jolivet, Nathalie Daniel-Carlier, Erwana Harscoët, Eloïse Airaud, Aurélie Dewaele, et al.. Fetal estrogens are not involved in sex determination but critical for early ovarian differentiation in rabbits. Endocrinology, 2022, 163 (1), ⟨10.1210/endocr/bqab210⟩. ⟨hal-03370216⟩
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