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In the present study, we observed that PRMT5 is abundantly expressed in spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) and that <jats:italic>Prmt5<\/jats:italic> deletion results in a progressive loss of SSCs and male infertility. The proliferation of <jats:italic>Prmt5<\/jats:italic>-deficient SSCs cultured <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> exhibited abnormal proliferation, cell cycle arrest in G0\/G1 phase and a significant increase in apoptosis. Furthermore, PLZF expression was dramatically reduced in <jats:italic>Prmt5<\/jats:italic>-deficient SSCs, and the levels of H3K9me2 and H3K27me2 were increased in the proximal promoter region of the <jats:italic>Plzf<\/jats:italic> gene in <jats:italic>Prmt5<\/jats:italic>-deficient SSCs. Further study revealed that the expression of lysine demethylases (JMJD1A, JMJD1B, JMJD1C, and KDM6B) was significantly reduced in <jats:italic>Prmt5<\/jats:italic>-deficient SSCs and that the level of permissive arginine methylation H3R2me2s was significantly decreased at the upstream promoter region of these genes in <jats:italic>Prmt5<\/jats:italic>-deficient SSCs. 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