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Transgenerational inheritance of acquired memory and epigenetic imprints through maternal gametes

ABSTRACT: Transgenerational inheritance of acquired traits/characteristics from ancestors is believed to play important roles in evolution, as well as health problems/symptoms not due to “classical genetic inheritance”. However, the central enigma, such as how the acquired transgenerational characteristics are developed, and how the acquired traits are transmitted from generations to generations of offspring, largely remained veiled. In this study, we used C elegans as a model system and provide evidence that the dynamic of H3K27me3 as a hallmark and regulator for the gut-mediated transgenerational inheritance of acquired traits. Further, we demonstrate that yolk proteins guide the establishment of the acquired epigenetic imprints in soma, as well as determines the transgenerational inheritance of epigenetic imprints and subsequent acquired behavior in offspring by maternal provision. Taken together, our findings support that yolk proteins both function as a systemic “non-nuclear factor” for establishing the somatic epigenetic imprints and as a “cargo” to transmit acquired epigenetic information to the subsequent generations through oocytes.

ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans

PROVIDER: GSE138059 | GEO | 2022/09/10

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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