Contribution of epigenetic landscapes and transcription factors to X-chromosome reactivation in the inner cell mass.
Nat Commun
; 8(1): 1297, 2017 11 03.
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ABSTRACT
X-chromosome inactivation is established during early development. In mice, transcriptional repression of the paternal X-chromosome (Xp) and enrichment in epigenetic marks such as H3K27me3 is achieved by the early blastocyst stage. X-chromosome inactivation is then reversed in the inner cell mass. The mechanisms underlying Xp reactivation remain enigmatic. Using in vivo single-cell approaches (allele-specific RNAseq, nascent RNA-fluorescent in situ hybridization and immunofluorescence), we show here that different genes are reactivated at different stages, with more slowly reactivated genes tending to be enriched in H3meK27. We further show that in UTX H3K27 histone demethylase mutant embryos, these genes are even more slowly reactivated, suggesting that these genes carry an epigenetic memory that may be actively lost. On the other hand, expression of rapidly reactivated genes may be driven by transcription factors. Thus, some X-linked genes have minimal epigenetic memory in the inner cell mass, whereas others may require active erasure of chromatin marks.
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Fatores de Transcrição
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Epigênese Genética
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Inativação do Cromossomo X
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Massa Celular Interna do Blastocisto
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article