hrp0097s12.2 | What's new for the HPG Axis | ESPE2023

SEMA6A drives GnRH neuron-dependent puberty onset by tuning median eminence vascular permeability

Cariboni Anna , Oleari Roberto , Lettieri Antonella , van den Munkhof Marleen , van Battum Eljo , Tacconi Carlotta , Spreafico Marco , Paganoni Alyssa , Amoruso Federica , Eberini Ivano , Dunkel Leonard , Fantin Alessandro , Howard Sasha , Pasterkamp Jeroen

Innervation of the hypothalamic median eminence by Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) neurons is vital to ensure puberty onset and successful reproduction. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying median eminence development and pubertal timing are incompletely understood. Here we show that Semaphorin-6A is strongly expressed by median eminence-resident oligodendrocytes positioned adjacent to GnRH neuron projections and fenestrated capillaries, and that Sem...