Loss of ESRP1 blocks mouse oocyte development and leads to female infertility

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Alternative splicing (AS) contributes to gene diversification, but the AS program during germline development remains largely undefined. Here, we interrupted pre-mRNA splicing events controlled by epithelial splicing regulatory protein 1 (ESRP1) and found that it induced female infertility in mice. Esrp1 deletion perturbed spindle organization, chromosome alignment and metaphase-to-anaphase transformation in oocytes. The first polar body extrusion was blocked during oocyte meiosis owing to abnormal activation of spindle assembly checkpoint and insufficiency of anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome in Esrp1-knockout oocytes. Esrp1-knockout hampered follicular development and ovulation; eventually, premature ovarian failure occurred in six-month-old Esrp1-knockout mouse. Using single-cell RNA-seq analysis, 528 aberrant AS events of maternal mRNA transcripts were revealed and were preferentially associated with microtubule cytoskeletal organization. Notably, we found that loss of ESRP1 disturbed a comprehensive set of gene-splicing sites - including those within Trb53bp1, Rac1, Bora, Kif2c, Kif23, Ndel1, Kif3a, Cenpa and Lsm14b - that potentially caused abnormal spindle organization. Collectively, our findings provide the first report elucidating the ESRP1-mediated AS program of maternal mRNA transcripts, which may contribute to oocyte meiosis and female fertility in mice.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:148

Enthalten in:

Development (Cambridge, England) - 148(2021), 2 vom: 18. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yu, Luping [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Huiru [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Xuebing [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Dongdong [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xin [VerfasserIn]

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Alternative splicing
Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome
EC 2.3.2.27
ESRP1
ESRP1 protein, mouse
Female fertility
Journal Article
Meiosis
Mouse
Oocyte
RNA, Messenger
RNA-Binding Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 22.04.2021

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1242/dev.196931

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31883359X