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Shuang Zhao1,2, Jia Xu1, Siying Liu1
1School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Abstract:
Embryonic development is precisely regulated by a network of signal pathways and specific genes. Dppa3 (also known as Pgc7 or Stella) plays an important role in early embryonic development during the cleavage stage as a maternal effect gene. Dppa3 expresses in many species, and its homologous gene in human and rat genomes is located at the same chromosomal regions and have the same exon-intron structure. However, unlike mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells, in which the Dppa3 promoter maintains hypomethylation that allows a high transcription level, the DPPA3 promoter region in human ES cells is methylated, much like that of mouse epiblast stem cell. Dppa3 is essential for early embryogenesis and pluripotency maintenance; however, the precise mechanism and downstream passage remains unknown. In this review, we will summarize some important functions of Dppa3 in early embryogenesis and pluripotency maintenance of mouse ES cells.
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