Fosl2促进了染色质的可访问性,以确定卵泡成熟期间的发育事件
Hongyong Zhang1, Zechen Li2, Yanmei Zhu3
1Zhanjiang Institute of Clinical Medicine, Central People's Hospital of Zhanjiang, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, PR China. zhanghongyong13@mails.ucas.ac.cn.
Nature communications
|October 8, 2025
概括
这项研究揭示了Fosl2如何通过改变染色质可访问性来调节排卵期间颗粒细胞中的基因表达. 这一发现对于理解生殖衰老和生育能力至关重要.
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.
- 分子内分泌学分子内分泌学
背景情况:
- 粒状细胞 (GCs) 对于卵泡发育至关重要,但它们的发育动态和转录调节仍然不完全理解.
- 了解GCs中染色质可访问性和基因表达之间的相互作用对于生殖健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究在GCs的毛囊成熟期间全基因组染色质可访问性变化.
- 阐明转录因子Fosl2在调节GC基因表达和功能的作用.
- 探索Fosl2功能对生殖衰老和生育能力的影响.
主要方法:
- 在小鼠和猪GC中进行全基因组染色质可访问性测试 (例如ATAC-seq).
- 转录组分析以确定GC参与的发育基因 (GDGs).
- 染色体免疫沉 (ChIP) 来评估Fosl2与GC激活可访问区域 (GAA) 的结合.
- 条件淘汰赛小鼠模型在体内研究Fosl2的功能.
主要成果:
- 确定了与排卵期相关的独特的GC激活可访问区域 (GAA),驱动GDG表达.
- 证明了转录因子Fosl2对GAA的招募,促进染色体状态过渡.
- 表明Fosl2加载可以调整相邻的GDG表达.
- 发现GC特异性Fosl2删除在小鼠中导致亚生育和生殖衰老的表型.
结论:
- 毛囊成熟涉及一个由Fosl2.2调节的动态色素可访问性景观.
- Fosl2对于通过染色体重塑来进行转录激活是不可或缺的,并调节对排卵和繁殖至关重要的信号通路.
- Fosl2介导通路的调节失调有助于低生育率和生殖衰老.
相关概念视频
Folliculogenesis
2.1K
Folliculogenesis is the development of ovarian follicles, the specialized structures within the ovarian cortex where oogenesis, or egg development, occurs. This process is essential for female reproductive health and begins during fetal development when primordial follicles are formed. Each primordial follicle comprises a primary oocyte in the center, surrounded by a single layer of squamous pre-granulosa cells. These follicles remain dormant in late prophase I of meiosis until triggered by...
2.1K
Chromatin Structure Regulates pre-mRNA Processing
8.1K
In eukaryotic cells, nascent mRNA transcripts need to undergo many post-transcriptional modifications to reach the cell cytoplasm and translate into functional proteins. For a long time, transcription and pre-mRNA processing were considered two independent events that occur sequentially in the cell. However, it has now been well established that transcription and pre-mRNA processing are two simultaneous processes that are precisely regulated inside the cell.
The chromatin structure, especially...
The chromatin structure, especially...
8.1K
Spreading of Chromatin Modifications
9.3K
The histone proteins in the nucleosomes are post-translationally modified (PTM) to increase or decrease access to DNA. The commonly observed PTMs are methylation, acetylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitination of lysine amino acids in the histone H3 tail region. These histone modifications have specific meaning for the cell. Hence, they are called "histone code". The protein complex involved in histone modification is termed as "reader-writer" complex.
Writers
The writer...
Writers
The writer...
9.3K
Chromatin Modification in iPS Cells
2.1K
Chromatin modification alters gene expression; therefore, scientists can add histone-modifying enzymes, histone variants, and chromatin remodeling complexes to somatic cells to aid reprogramming into pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
Compact chromatin makes reprogramming difficult. Enzymes, such as histone demethylases and acetyltransferases, are often added during reprogramming to loosen the chromatin, making the DNA more accessible to transcription factors. Molecules that inhibit histone...
Compact chromatin makes reprogramming difficult. Enzymes, such as histone demethylases and acetyltransferases, are often added during reprogramming to loosen the chromatin, making the DNA more accessible to transcription factors. Molecules that inhibit histone...
2.1K
Chromatin Structure and RNA Splicing
3.3K
3.3K
Oogenesis
3.7K
Oogenesis, the process of developing egg cells (female gametes), occurs within the ovaries and is fundamental to female fertility. This sequence begins during fetal development when diploid oogonia in the developing ovaries undergo mitotic divisions to produce primary oocytes. By birth, these primary oocytes enter prophase I of meiosis but become arrested in this stage, remaining suspended until puberty.
Each primary oocyte is surrounded by a layer of pre-granulosa cells, forming what is...
Each primary oocyte is surrounded by a layer of pre-granulosa cells, forming what is...
3.7K


