跨代精子DMRs在胚胎发育和表观遗传遗传过程中逃脱了DNA甲基化擦除
Millissia Ben Maamar1, Yue Wang2, Eric E Nilsson1
1Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
Environmental epigenetics
|June 22, 2023
概括
大多数跨代精子DNA甲基化区域 (DMRs) 在Morula胚胎中逃脱了擦除,类似于印制基因. 低密度的CpG站点也获得甲基化,挑战了在早期发展过程中简单的DNA甲基化擦除过程的想法.
科学领域:
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
背景情况:
- 表观遗传依赖于表观遗传信息的生殖系传播.
- 摩鲁拉胚胎中的DNA甲基化擦除被认为对干细胞发育至关重要.
- 印制基因是一个已知的例外,逃脱了这个删除过程.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查二二三乙诱导的跨代精子差异性DNA甲基化区域 (DMRs) 是否能在Morula胚胎中逃脱擦除.
- 为了比较DNA甲基化模式在毛囊胚胎与精子中的那些,专注于DMRs和CpG站点密度.
主要方法:
- 在Morula胚胎和精子中分析DNA甲基化状态.
- 专注于跨代差异性DNA甲基化区域 (DMR) 和CpG位点密度.
- 高密度CpG岛屿和低密度CpG沙漠之间的甲基化擦除模式的比较.
主要成果:
- 大约98%的跨代精子DMR部位在Morula胚胎中保留了DNA甲基化,类似于像印记的部位.
- 与精子相比,在Morula胚胎中的低密度CpG基因组位点观察到DNA甲基化显著增加.
- 在胚胎发生过程中DNA甲基化擦除主要影响高密度CpG位点,而不是跨代DMR或低密度CpG沙漠.
结论:
- 跨代精子的DMR和低密度CpG位点在很大程度上逃脱了早期胚胎生成期间的DNA甲基化擦除过程.
- 胚胎发生过程中的表观遗传重编程比普遍的DNA甲基化擦除更复杂.
- 这些发现表明表观遗传学在发育过程中的动态作用超出了简单的甲基化重置.
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