2024
Disruption of mitochondrial unfolded protein response results in telomere shortening in mouse oocytes and somatic cells
Cozzolino M, Ergun Y, Ristori E, Garg A, Imamoglu G, Seli E. Disruption of mitochondrial unfolded protein response results in telomere shortening in mouse oocytes and somatic cells. Aging 2024, 16: 2047-2060. PMID: 38349865, PMCID: PMC10911389, DOI: 10.18632/aging.205543.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaseinolytic peptidase PMitochondrial unfolded protein responseUnfolded protein responseTelomere integrityProtein responseGermline deletionSomatic cellsSomatic agingSomatic cell divisionDouble-stranded DNA breaksAged miceTelomere shorteningAssociated with cellular senescenceTelomeric regionsProtein homeostasisAccelerated follicular depletionChromosome stabilityCell divisionMtUPRDNA breaksTelomereAging phenotypesCellular senescenceFollicular depletionMouse oocytes
2023
Leukocyte telomere length and DNA methylome as biomarkers of ovarian reserve and embryo aneuploidy: the intricate relationship between somatic and reproductive aging
Garg A, Seli E. Leukocyte telomere length and DNA methylome as biomarkers of ovarian reserve and embryo aneuploidy: the intricate relationship between somatic and reproductive aging. Fertility And Sterility 2023, 121: 26-33. PMID: 37979607, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.11.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor ovarian responseLeukocyte telomere lengthOvarian reserveTelomere lengthAssisted Reproductive TechnologyOvarian responseFollicular somatic cellsMethylome changesDNA methylomePrevalence of infertilityDiminished ovarian reserveSomatic cellsCellular agingEpigenetic clocksDNA methylation ageReproductive potentialReproductive declineOvarian agingSurrogate biomarkerCommon causeMethylomeART outcomesChronologic ageEmbryo aneuploidyReproductive function
2022
Mitochondrial dysfunction caused by targeted deletion of Mfn1 does not result in telomere shortening in oocytes.
Cozzolino M, Seli E. Mitochondrial dysfunction caused by targeted deletion of Mfn1 does not result in telomere shortening in oocytes. Zygote 2022, 30: 735-737. PMID: 35730364, DOI: 10.1017/s0967199422000089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial dysfunctionMaintenance of telomeresTargeted deletionEnd-protection functionTTAGGG repeatsMitochondrial fusionTelomeric repeatsSomatic cellsMitofusin 1Reactive oxygen speciesEnzyme complexWild-type miceOocyte growthDNA damageMouse oocytesTelomerase activityOocyte maturationDeletionFollicular depletionOxygen speciesTelomere lengthTelomeresFollicular developmentOocytesRepeats
2005
An embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (ePAB) is expressed in mouse oocytes and early preimplantation embryos
Seli E, Lalioti MD, Flaherty SM, Sakkas D, Terzi N, Steitz JA. An embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (ePAB) is expressed in mouse oocytes and early preimplantation embryos. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2005, 102: 367-372. PMID: 15630085, PMCID: PMC544294, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408378102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZygotic gene activationGene activationEarly embryosSomatic cellsTranslational activationGene expressionEmbryo developmentEarly preimplantation embryo developmentEarly Xenopus developmentEarly preimplantation embryosEight-cell stageEarly embryo developmentPreimplantation embryo developmentTwo-cell embryosCytoplasmic PABPMouse orthologXenopus developmentMammalian oocytesProphase ISomatic tissuesChromosome 2Preimplantation embryosEPABMouse oocytesOne-cell