Unreprogrammed H3K9me3 prevents minor zygotic genome activation and lineage commitment in SCNT embryos

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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) can be used to reprogram differentiated somatic cells to a totipotent state but has poor efficiency in supporting full-term development. H3K9me3 is considered to be an epigenetic barrier to zygotic genomic activation in 2-cell SCNT embryos. However, the mechanism underlying the failure of H3K9me3 reprogramming during SCNT embryo development remains elusive. Here, we perform genome-wide profiling of H3K9me3 in cumulus cell-derived SCNT embryos. We find redundant H3K9me3 marks are closely related to defective minor zygotic genome activation. Moreover, SCNT blastocysts show severely indistinct lineage-specific H3K9me3 deposition. We identify MAX and MCRS1 as potential H3K9me3-related transcription factors and are essential for early embryogenesis. Overexpression of Max and Mcrs1 significantly benefits SCNT embryo development. Notably, MCRS1 partially rescues lineage-specific H3K9me3 allocation, and further improves the efficiency of full-term development. Importantly, our data confirm the conservation of deficient H3K9me3 differentiation in Sertoli cell-derived SCNT embryos, which may be regulated by alternative mechanisms.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 09. Aug., Seite 4807

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Ruimin [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Qianshu [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yuyan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Mo [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Lingyue [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Shijun [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Guang [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Zhifei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiaolei [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Kou, Xiaochen [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yanhong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Cizhong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chong [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Shaorong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]

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Histones
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 11.08.2023

Date Revised 19.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-023-40496-3

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NLM360583024