Development of Reproductive System Flashcards
What are primordial germ cells?
Progenitor cells of oogonia or spermatogonia
Where do the primordial germ cells begin?
Yolk sac wall
In what week do the primordial germ cells begin to migrate?
Week 5
In week 5, what do the primordial germ cells migrate up?
Up the dorsal mesentary
In week 5, where do the primordial germ cells migrate to?
To the genital ridge
Once the primordial germ cells have entered the genital ridge, they stimulate production of?
Somatic support cells
In males, what will the somatic support cells become?
Sertoli cells
In females, what will the somatic support cells become?
Follicle cells
In what week do the primordial germ cells stimulate the development of the somatic support cells?
Week 6
2 sets of reproductive ducts form from?
Within the intermediate mesoderm of the urogenital ridge
What are the 2 reproductive ducts?
Mesonephric duct
Paramesonephric duct
The Mesonephric duct will eventually give rise to?
Epididymis
Vas deferens
Seminal vesicle
Ejaculatory duct
The Paramesonephric duct will eventually give rise to?
Oviduct
Uterus
Upper vagina
What gene on what chromosome determines gonad type?
SRY gene on the Y chromosome
What determines the duct and genitalia development?
Gonad type
In the absence of the SRY gene, the development is?
Female
Between what days is the SRY gene on the Y chromosome active?
Day 41-52
In what cells is the SRY gene expressed?
Somatic support cells (sertoli)
Somatic support cells (sertoli) surround the primordial germ cells to organize?
Seminiferous tubules
In the seminiferous tubules, there are cells that differentiate into?
Fetal Leydig cells
For testis development, in the somatic support (sertoli) cells, SRY expression causes what cascade of events?
- Activation of Sox9
- Which stimulates release of AMH
- AMH controls regression of the paramesonephric duct
SRY gene activates Sox9. What is the hormone regulated by Sox9?
AMH - Anti-Mullerian Hormone
What does AMH do and when?
Controls regression of the paramesonephric duct between weeks 8-10
For testis development, what are the remnants of the paramesonephric duct?
Appendix testis
Prostatic utricle
Sertoli cells produce what 2 things?
AMH
Androgen binding factor
Androgen binding factor causes what at puberty?
Spermatogonia –> Spermatozoa
What are the 2 types of leydig cells?
Fetal leydig cells
Adult leydig cells
What 2 things do Fetal leydig cells produce?
Testosterone
5alpha-reductase
Fetal leydig cell testosterone controls?
Mesonephric duct differentiating into the epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicle, and ejaculatory duct
Fetal leydig cell 5alpha-reductase controls what reaction?
Fetal leydig testosterone –> Dihydrotestosterone
Fetal leydig Dihydrotestosterone stimulates formation of?
External genitalia:
- Scrotum
- Penis
- Prostate
Adult leydig cells stimulate what at puberty?
Spermatogenesis
Male sexual behavior
Masculinization of the brain
Seminal vesicle forms from?
Buds from Mesonephric duct (intermediate mesoderm of urogenital ridge)