| A genetically female brain is required for a regular reproductive cycle in chicken brain chimeras. | |
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PMID: 23340412 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Sexual differentiation leads to structural and behavioural differences between males and females. Here we investigate the intrinsic sex identity of the brain by constructing chicken chimeras in which the brain primordium is switched between male and female identities before gonadal development. We find that the female chimeras with male brains display delayed sexual maturation and irregular oviposition cycles, although their behaviour, plasma concentrations of sex steroids and luteinizing hormone levels are normal. The male chimeras with female brains show phenotypes similar to typical cocks. In the perinatal period, oestrogen concentrations in the genetically male brain are higher than those in the genetically female brain. Our study demonstrates that male brain cells retain male sex identity and do not differentiate into female cells to drive the normal oestrous cycle, even when situated in the female hormonal milieu. This is clear evidence for a sex-specific feature that develops independent of gonadal steroids. |
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Fumihiko Maekawa; Miyano Sakurai; Yuki Yamashita; Kohichi Tanaka; Shogo Haraguchi; Kazutoshi Yamamoto; Kazuyoshi Tsutsui; Hidefumi Yoshioka; Shizuko Murakami; Ryo Tadano; Tatsuhiko Goto; Jun-Ichi Shiraishi; Kohei Tomonari; Takao Oka; Ken Ohara; Teruo Maeda; Takashi Bungo; Masaoki Tsudzuki; Hiroko Ohki-Hamazaki |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Nature communications Volume: 4 ISSN: 2041-1723 ISO Abbreviation: Nat Commun Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-01-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101528555 Medline TA: Nat Commun Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1372 Citation Subset: IM |
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1] Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Science and Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan [2] Molecular Toxicology Section, Center for Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan. |
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