bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/273292; this version posted February 28, 2018. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. Dazl regulates germ cell survival through a network of polyA-proximal mRNA interactions Leah L. Zagore1, Thomas J. Sweet1, Molly M. Hannigan1, Sebastien M. Weyn-Vanhentenryck2, Chaolin Zhang2, and Donny D. Licatalosi1* 1 Center for RNA Science and Therapeutics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA 2 Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032, USA Keywords: germ cell survival; post-transcriptional regulation; 3’UTR, RNA networks; spermatogenesis; RNA binding protein; Dazl Running title: mRNA regulation and germ cell survival *To whom correspondence should be addressed Donny D. Licatalosi Center for RNA Science and Therapeutics Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA Tel: (216) 368-4757 Fax: (216) 368-2010 Email:
[email protected] 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/273292; this version posted February 28, 2018. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. Abstract The RNA binding protein Dazl is essential for gametogenesis, but its direct in vivo functions, RNA targets, and the molecular basis for germ cell loss in DAZL KO mice are unknown.