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Exchanges of histone methylation and variants during mouse zygotic genome activation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2019

Mingtian Deng Open the ORCID record for Mingtian Deng [Opens in a new window] ,
Baobao Chen ,
Zifei Liu ,
Yu Cai ,
Yongjie Wan ,
Jianguo Zhou  and
Feng Wang
Mingtian Deng
Affiliation:
Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
Baobao Chen
Affiliation:
College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Zifei Liu
Affiliation:
Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
Yu Cai
Affiliation:
Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
Yongjie Wan
Affiliation:
Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
Jianguo Zhou
Affiliation:
National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Animal Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Feng Wang*
Affiliation:
Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Author for correspondence: Feng Wang, Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. Tel.: +86 025 84395381. Fax: +86 025 84395314. E-mail: caeet@njau.edu.cn
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Summary

Minor and major zygotic genome activation (ZGA) are crucial for preimplantation development. During this process, histone variants and methylation influence chromatin accessibility and consequently regulated the expression of zygotic genes. However, the detailed exchanges of these modifications during ZGA remain to be determined. In the present study, the epigenetic modifications of histone 3 on lysine 9 (H3K9), 27 (H3K27) and 36 (H3K36), as well as four histone variants were determined during minor and major ZGA and in post-ZGA stages of mouse embryos. Firstly, microH2A1, H3K27me3 and H3K36me3 were asymmetrically stained in the female pronucleus during minor ZGA but lost staining in major ZGA. Secondly, H3K9me2 and H3K9me3 were strongly stained in the female pronucleus, but weakly stained in the male pronucleus and disappeared after ZGA. Thirdly, H2A.Z and H3.3 were symmetrically stained in male and female pronuclei during minor ZGA. Moreover, H3K27me2 was not statistically changed during mouse early development, while H3K36me2 was only detected in 2- and 4-cell embryos. In conclusion, our data revealed dynamics of histone methylation and variants during mice ZGA and provided details of their exchange in mice embryogenesis. Moreover, we further inferred that macroH2A1, H2A.Z, H3K9me2/3 and H3K27me2/3 may play crucial roles during mouse ZGA.

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Early embryologyEpigeneticHistone methylationHistone variantsZygotic genome activation

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Zygote , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 2020 , pp. 51 - 58
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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