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Functional studies have demonstrated that the histone lysine methyltransferases (KMTs) SETD1B, CFP1, SETDB1, G9A, and SETD2 play pivotal roles in spermatogenesis through establishing the key histone methylation marks, H3K4me3, H3K9me2, H3K9me3, and H3K36me3, respectively. This study aimed to evaluate the spatiotemporal expression of these KMTs and methylation marks as well as senescence-associated \u03b2-galactosidase (\u03b2-GAL), transcriptional activity, and apoptosis rates in mouse testes during biological aging. In accordance with these purposes, the following groups of Balb\/C mice were created: young (1- and 2-week-old), prepubertal (3- and 4-week-old), pubertal (5- and 6-week-old), postpubertal (16-, 18-, and 20-week-old), and aged (48-, 50-, and 52-week-old). The \u03b2-GAL staining gradually increased from the young to the aged groups (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.01). The SETD1B, G9A, SETDB1, and SETD2 protein levels increased in spermatogonia, early and pachytene spermatocytes, and Sertoli cells of the aged group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). In contrast, CFP1 protein level decreased in spermatogonia, pachytene spermatocytes, round spermatids, and Sertoli cells towards the older ages (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). Moreover, H3K4me3, H3K9me2, H3K9me3, and H3K36me3 levels increased in the aged group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). There was also a significant reduction in apoptosis rates in seminiferous tubules of the pubertal, postpubertal, and aged groups (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.01). Consequently, accumulation of histone methylation marks due to increased expression of KMTs in spermatogenic and Sertoli cells during testicular aging may alter chromatin reprogramming and gene expression, contributing to age-related fertility loss.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s10522-025-10187-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,20]],"date-time":"2025-01-20T09:59:50Z","timestamp":1737367190000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Histone lysine methyltransferases and their specific methylation marks show significant changes in mouse testes from young to older ages"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Yesim","family":"Bilmez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gunel","family":"Talibova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Betul","family":"Tire","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8089-7078","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Saffet","family":"Ozturk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,20]]},"reference":[{"issue":"9","key":"10187_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1455","DOI":"10.1016\/j.theriogenology.2015.07.013","volume":"84","author":"J An","year":"2015","unstructured":"An J, Qin J, Wan Y, Zhang Y, Hu Y, Zhang C, Zeng W (2015) Histone lysine methylation exhibits a distinct distribution during spermatogenesis in pigs. 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