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Cell-Cycle Inhibitors p27^Kip1 and p21^Cip1 Regulate Murine Sertoli Cell Proliferation¹

Department of Veterinary Biosciences,³ Division of Nutritional Sciences,⁴ University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61802 Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology⁵ and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology,⁶ University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 Laboratory of Cellular Biology,⁷ Department of Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics,⁸ University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60607

Thyroid hormone inhibits neonatal Sertoli cell proliferation and recent results have shown that thyroid hormone upregulates cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKIs) p27^Kip1 and p21^Cip1 (also known as CDKN1B and CDKN1A, respectively) in neonatal Sertoli cells. This suggests that these CDKIs, which negatively regulate the cell cycle, could be critical in Sertoli cell proliferation. Consistent with this hypothesis, mice lacking p27^Kip1 develop testicular organomegaly, but Sertoli cell numbers have not been determined. Likewise, effects of loss of p21^Cip1 or both p27 and p21 on Sertoli cell number and testicular development were unknown. To determine if p27 and/or p21 regulate Sertoli cell proliferation, we measured Sertoli cell proliferation at Postnatal Day 16 and testis weight, Sertoli cell number, and daily sperm production (DSP) in 4-mo-old wild-type (WT), p21 knockout (p21KO), p27 knockout (p27KO), and p27/p21 double-knockout (DBKO) mice. Testis weights were increased 27%, 42%, and 86% in adult p21KO, p27KO, and DBKO mice, respectively, compared with WT. Sertoli cell number also was increased 48%, 126%, and 126% in p21KO, p27KO, and DBKO mice, respectively, versus WT. DSP in p21KO, p27KO, and DBKO testes also showed significant increases compared with WT mice. Although DSP was increased, there were increased spermatogenic defects observed in both p27KO and DBKO mice compared with WT. These data indicate that both p27 and p21 play an inhibitory role in regulating adult Sertoli cell number such that loss of either CDKI produces primary increases in Sertoli cell number and secondary increases in DSP and testis weight. Furthermore, loss of both CDKIs causes additive effects on DSP and testis weight, suggesting a central role for these CDKIs in testis development.

CDKN1A, CNKN1B, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, testis, thyroid hormone

² Correspondence: Paul S. Cooke, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, 2001 S. Lincoln Ave., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61802. FAX: 217 244 1652; p-cooke{at}uiuc.edu

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