ZAR1/2-受调节的表观遗传修饰对于与年龄相关的卵细胞质量维护和胚胎激活至关重要
Yan Rong1,2, Yu-Ke Wu2, Yingyan Chen1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Precise Protection and Promotion of Fertility, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Reproductive Health and Disease, Assisted Reproduction Unit, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China.
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
|January 5, 2025
概括
粘卵细胞捕获蛋白1和2 (ZAR1/2) 对于卵细胞表观遗传成熟和重编程至关重要. 随着母亲年龄的增长,ZAR1/2水平的下降会损害组织蛋白修饰,导致胚胎发育不良.
科学领域:
- 生殖生物学 生殖生物学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 发育生物学是发展生物学.
背景情况:
- 产妇与年龄相关的卵细胞质量下降与表观遗传失调有关.
- 齐哥特逮捕蛋白1和2 (ZAR1/2) 是已知的调节mRNA稳定性的母性因素.
- 在卵细胞表观遗传成熟和重编程中ZAR1/2的作用在很大程度上尚未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 研究ZAR1/2在卵细胞表观遗传成熟和胚胎重编程中的作用.
- 阐明ZAR1/2影响卵细胞表观遗传调节的机制.
- 为了确定ZAR1/2水平与母亲衰老之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 在ZAR1/2被删除的卵细胞中分析基因组修饰和染色质凝结.
- 研究ZAR1/2与基因组修饰剂的转录物的相互作用.
- 从老年小鼠和女性的卵细胞中量化ZAR1/2mRNA和蛋白质水平.
主要成果:
- 在卵细胞中ZAR1/2的删除导致了减少的组素修饰,染色质过度凝结和受损的胚胎基因组激活.
- 细胞质ZAR1/2调节了用于核内表观遗传成熟的基因组修饰体转录的稳定性和翻译.
- 来自老老鼠的卵子表现出与ZAR1/2被删除的卵子类似的表观遗传缺陷,在老老鼠和女性的卵子中观察到ZAR1/2水平降低.
结论:
- 在卵细胞表观遗传成熟和胚胎重编程中,ZAR1/2发挥着至关重要的作用,独立于其已知的mRNA稳定功能.
- 一个涉及ZAR1/2的新型核细胞质机制可以防止卵细胞表观遗传衰老.
- ZAR1/2是与年龄相关的卵细胞和胚胎发育缺陷的潜在诊断和治疗标.
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