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ey0018.7-11 | Basic Science | ESPEYB18

7.11. MKRN3 inhibits the reproductive axis through actions in kisspeptin-expressing neurons

AP Abreu , CA Toro , YB Song , VM Navarro , MA Bosch , A Eren , JN Liang , RS Carroll , AC Latronico , OK Ronnekleiv , CF Aylwin , A Lomniczi , S Ojeda , UB Kaiser

J Clin Invest. 2020 Aug 3;130(8):4486–4500. 10.1172/JCI136564. PMID: 32407292 https://www.jci.org/articles/view/136564In brief: This study in rats and non-human primate models investigated the mechanisms by which MKRN3 regulates pubertal onset in rats and non-human primates.Comment: Pubertal timing is in...

ey0020.5-9 | Basic Research | ESPEYB20

5.9. MKRN3 inhibits puberty onset via interaction with IGF2BP1 and regulation of hypothalamic plasticity

L Naule , A Mancini , SA Pereira , BM Gassaway , JR Lydeard , JC Magnotto , HK Kim , J Liang , C Matos , SP Gygi , FT Merkle , RS Carroll , AP Abreu , UB Kaiser

Brief summary: Using human induced pluripotent stem cells as well as transgenic mouse models, this paper shows that MKRN3 could initiate pubertal onset by regulating hypothalamic development and plasticity.The reactivation of GnRH secretion at puberty is thought to result from a loss in inhibitory input together with an increase in transactivation onto GnRH neurons. The main component of this inhibitory tone was incompletely understood until the discover...

ey0018.7-2 | Clinical Guidance | ESPEYB18

7.2. Genotype-phenotype correlations in central precocious puberty caused by MKRN3 mutations

CE Seraphim , APM Canton , L Montenegro , MR Piovesan , DB Macedo , M Cunha , A Guimaraes , CO Ramos , AFF Benedetti , A de Castro Leal , PC Gagliardi , SR Antonini , M Gryngarten , AJ Arcari , AP Abreu , UB Kaiser , L Soriano-Guillen , A Escribano- Munoz , R Corripio , JI Labarta , L Travieso-Suarez , NV Ortiz-Cabrera , J Argente , BB Mendonca , VN Brito , AC Latronico

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Mar 25;106(4):1041–1050. 10.1210/clinem/dgaa955. PMID: 33383582. https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-abstract/106/4/1041/6056669?redirectedFrom=fulltextIn brief: This paper describes the clinical and hormonal features of a large cohort of patients wit...

ey0017.7-12 | Basic Science | ESPEYB17

7.12. Hypothalamic miR-30 regulates puberty onset via repression of the puberty-suppressing factor, Mkrn3

V Heras , S Sangiao-Alvarellos , M Manfredi-Lozano , MJ Sanchez-Tapia , F Ruiz- Pino , J Roa , M Lara-Chica , R Morrugares-Carmona , N Jouy , AP Abreu , V Prevot , D Belsham , MJ Vazquez , MA Calzado , L Pinilla , F Gaytan , AC Latronico , UB Kaiser , JM Castellano , M Tena-Sempere

To read the full abstract: PLoS biology vol. 17,11 e3000532. 7 Nov. 2019. doi: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000532This study unravels the role of the miR-30/Mkrn3 pathway in the hypothalamic regulation of puberty Puberty onset is triggered by a hypothalamic network of interconnected...