Dynamic transcriptome and chromatin architecture in granulosa cells during chicken folliculogenesis.
Nat Commun
; 13(1): 131, 2022 01 10.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35013308
Folliculogenesis is a complex biological process involving a central oocyte and its surrounding somatic cells. Three-dimensional chromatin architecture is an important transcription regulator; however, little is known about its dynamics and role in transcriptional regulation of granulosa cells during chicken folliculogenesis. We investigate the transcriptomic dynamics of chicken granulosa cells over ten follicular stages and assess the chromatin architecture dynamics and how it influences gene expression in granulosa cells at three key stages: the prehierarchical small white follicles, the first largest preovulatory follicles, and the postovulatory follicles. Our results demonstrate the consistency between the global reprogramming of chromatin architecture and the transcriptomic divergence during folliculogenesis, providing ample evidence for compartmentalization rearrangement, variable organization of topologically associating domains, and rewiring of the long-range interaction between promoter and enhancers. These results provide key insights into avian reproductive biology and provide a foundational dataset for the future in-depth functional characterization of granulosa cells.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Oogenesis
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Chromatin
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Chickens
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Avian Proteins
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Transcriptome
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Granulosa Cells
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Nat Commun
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIA
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China
Country of publication:
United kingdom