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Project description:Totipotency refers to the ability of a cell to generate all of the cell types of an organism. Unlike pluripotency, the establishment of totipotency is poorly understood. In mouse embryonic stem cells, Dux drives a small percentage of cells into a totipotent state by expressing 2-cell-embryo-specific transcripts. To understand how this transition takes place, we performed single-cell RNA-seq, which revealed a two-step transcriptional reprogramming process characterized by downregulation of pluripotent genes in the first step and upregulation of the 2-cell-embryo-specific elements in the second step. To identify factors controlling the transition, we performed a CRISPR-Cas9-mediated screen, which revealed Myc and Dnmt1 as two factors preventing the transition. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that Myc prevents downregulation of pluripotent genes in the first step, while Dnmt1 impedes 2-cell-embryo-specific gene activation in the second step. Collectively, the findings of our study reveal insights into the establishment and regulation of the totipotent state in mouse embryonic stem cells.
| S-EPMC7137718 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Totipotency is defined as the ability of a cell to generate all the cell types of an organism, including those of the extraembryonic tissues. Unlike pluripotency, the molecular features and the establishment of totipotency are poorly understood. In mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) culture, a small percentage of cells transits into a totipotent state by expressing a group of genes that are only expressed in 2-cell-stage embryos. To understand how this transition takes place, we performed single cell RNA-seq analysis which revealed a two-step transcriptional reprogramming process characterized by downregulation of pluripotent genes in the first step and upregulation of the 2-cell embryo-specific genes in the second step. To identify factors controlling the transition process, we performed a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genetic screen which revealed Myc and Dnmt1 as two factors preventing the transition. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that Myc prevents down-regulation of the genes in the first step, while Dnmt1 impedes gene activation in the second step. Collectively, our study reveals insights into the mechanism underlying establishment and regulation of totipotent state in ESCs.
2019-04-12 | GSE121458 | GEO
Project description:Totipotency is defined as the ability of a cell to generate all the cell types of an organism, including those of the extraembryonic tissues. Unlike pluripotency, the molecular features and the establishment of totipotency are poorly understood. In mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) culture, a small percentage of cells transits into a totipotent state by expressing a group of genes that are only expressed in 2-cell-stage embryos. To understand how this transition takes place, we performed single cell RNA-seq analysis which revealed a two-step transcriptional reprogramming process characterized by downregulation of pluripotent genes in the first step and upregulation of the 2-cell embryo-specific genes in the second step. To identify factors controlling the transition process, we performed a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genetic screen which revealed Myc and Dnmt1 as two factors preventing the transition. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that Myc prevents down-regulation of the genes in the first step, while Dnmt1 impedes gene activation in the second step. Collectively, our study reveals insights into the mechanism underlying establishment and regulation of totipotent state in ESCs.
2019-04-12 | GSE121457 | GEO
Project description:Totipotency is defined as the ability of a cell to generate all the cell types of an organism, including those of the extraembryonic tissues. Unlike pluripotency, the molecular features and the establishment of totipotency are poorly understood. In mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) culture, a small percentage of cells transits into a totipotent state by expressing a group of genes that are only expressed in 2-cell-stage embryos. To understand how this transition takes place, we performed single cell RNA-seq analysis which revealed a two-step transcriptional reprogramming process characterized by downregulation of pluripotent genes in the first step and upregulation of the 2-cell embryo-specific genes in the second step. To identify factors controlling the transition process, we performed a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genetic screen which revealed Myc and Dnmt1 as two factors preventing the transition. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that Myc prevents down-regulation of the genes in the first step, while Dnmt1 impedes gene activation in the second step. Collectively, our study reveals insights into the mechanism underlying establishment and regulation of totipotent state in ESCs.
2019-04-12 | GSE121451 | GEO
Project description:Totipotency is defined as the ability of a cell to generate all the cell types of an organism, including those of the extraembryonic tissues. Unlike pluripotency, the molecular features and the establishment of totipotency are poorly understood. In mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) culture, a small percentage of cells transits into a totipotent state by expressing a group of genes that are only expressed in 2-cell-stage embryos. To understand how this transition takes place, we performed single cell RNA-seq analysis which revealed a two-step transcriptional reprogramming process characterized by downregulation of pluripotent genes in the first step and upregulation of the 2-cell embryo-specific genes in the second step. To identify factors controlling the transition process, we performed a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genetic screen which revealed Myc and Dnmt1 as two factors preventing the transition. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that Myc prevents down-regulation of the genes in the first step, while Dnmt1 impedes gene activation in the second step. Collectively, our study reveals insights into the mechanism underlying establishment and regulation of totipotent state in ESCs.
2019-04-12 | GSE128307 | GEO
Project description:The cell-fate transition between pluripotent and totipotent states determines embryonic development and the first cell-lineage segregation. However, limited by the scarcity of totipotent embryos, regulators on this transition remain largely elusive. A novel model to study the transition has been recently established, named the 2-cell-like (2C-like) model. The 2C-like cells are rare totipotent-like cells in the mouse embryonic stem cell (mESC) culture. Pluripotent mESCs can spontaneously transit into and out of the 2C-like state. We previously dissected the transcriptional roadmap of the transition. In this study, we revealed that Zfp281 is a novel regulator for the pluripotent-to-totipotent transition in mESCs. Zfp281 is a transcriptional factor involved in the cell-fate transition. Our study shows that Zfp281 represses transcripts upregulated during the 2C-like transition via Tet1 and consequentially inhibits mESCs from transiting into the 2C-like state. Interestingly, we found that the inhibitory effect of Zfp281 on the 2C-like transition leads to an impaired 2C-like-transition ability in primed-state mESCs. Altogether, our study reveals a novel mediator for the pluripotent-to-totipotent state transition in mESCs and provides insights into the dynamic transcriptional control of the transition.
| S-EPMC9163740 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Myc and Dnmt1 impede the pluripotent to totipotent state transition in embryonic stem cell
| PRJNA497377 | ENA
Project description:The 3D genome organization is crucial for gene regulation. Although recent studies have revealed a uniquely relaxed genome conformation in totipotent early blastomeres of both fertilized and cloned embryos, how weakened higher-order chromatin structure is functionally linked to totipotency acquisition remains elusive. Using low-input Hi-C, ATAC-seq and ChIP-seq, we systematically examined the dynamics of 3D genome and epigenome during pluripotent to totipotent-like state transition in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). The spontaneously converted 2-cell-embryo-like cells (2CLCs) exhibited more relaxed chromatin architecture compared to ESCs, including global weakening of both enhancer-promoter interactions and TAD insulation. While the former correlated with inactivation of ESC enhancers and down-regulation of pluripotent genes, the latter might facilitate contacts between the putative new enhancers arising in 2CLCs and neighboring 2C genes. Importantly, disruption of chromatin organization by depleting CTCF or the cohesin complex promoted the ESC to 2CLC transition. Our results thus establish a critical role of 3D genome organization in totipotency acquisition.
| S-EPMC8643704 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Myc and Dnmt1 impede the pluripotent to totipotent state transition in embryonic stem cell [RRBS]
| PRJNA497381 | ENA
Project description:Myc and Dnmt1 impede the pluripotent to totipotent state transition in embryonic stem cell [Drop-seq]
| PRJNA497380 | ENA