Ectopic histone modification in extra-embryonic tissues influence implantation and placenta development of IVF embryos (ChIP-Seq)
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ABSTRACT: Assisted reproductive technology (ART), especially in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer have been widely applied in the treatment of human infertility. However, the accumulating evidences indicate that IVF is associated with low pregnancy rate, placental defect and the metabolic diseases in offspring. Here, we identify ectopic histone H3K4me3 in extraembryonic ectoderm (ExE) as an important reason for embryo implantation failure and extra-embryonic development abnormalities of IVF embryos. IVF manipulation notably disrupt extra-embryonic tissue-specific gene expression, 334 epiblast (Epi)-specific genes and 24 Epi-specific transcription factors were abnormally expressed in ExE of IVF embryos at embryonic day 7.5 (E7.5). Combined histone modification analysis reveal that ectopic H3K4me3 modification at the Epi-active promoter resulted in increased expression of these genes in ExE of IVF embryos at E7.5. By konckdown the expression of H3K4me3 recruited regulator Kmt2e, which highly expressed in IVF embryos, can improve the development of IVF embryo and reduce the abnormal gene expression in ExE. Therefore, our research identifies the abnormal H3K4me3 modification occupied in extra-embryonic tissue may be an important reason for implantation failure and abnormal placental development of IVF embryo.
Project description:Assisted reproductive technology (ART), especially in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer have been widely applied in the treatment of human infertility. However, the accumulating evidences indicate that IVF is associated with low pregnancy rate, placental defect and the metabolic diseases in offspring. Here, we identify ectopic histone H3K4me3 in extraembryonic ectoderm (ExE) as an important reason for embryo implantation failure and extra-embryonic development abnormalities of IVF embryos. IVF manipulation notably disrupt extra-embryonic tissue-specific gene expression, 334 epiblast (Epi)-specific genes and 24 Epi-specific transcription factors were abnormally expressed in ExE of IVF embryos at embryonic day 7.5 (E7.5). Combined histone modification analysis reveal that ectopic H3K4me3 modification at the Epi-active promoter resulted in increased expression of these genes in ExE of IVF embryos at E7.5. By konckdown the expression of H3K4me3 recruited regulator Kmt2e, which highly expressed in IVF embryos, can improve the development of IVF embryo and reduce the abnormal gene expression in ExE. Therefore, our research identifies the abnormal H3K4me3 modification occupied in extra-embryonic tissue may be an important reason for implantation failure and abnormal placental development of IVF embryo.
Project description:Assisted reproductive technology (ART), especially in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer have been widely applied in the treatment of human infertility. However, the accumulating evidences indicate that IVF is associated with low pregnancy rate, placental defect and the metabolic diseases in offspring. Here, we identify ectopic histone H3K4me3 in extraembryonic ectoderm (ExE) as an important reason for embryo implantation failure and extra-embryonic development abnormalities of IVF embryos. IVF manipulation notably disrupt extra-embryonic tissue-specific gene expression, 334 epiblast (Epi)-specific genes and 24 Epi-specific transcription factors were abnormally expressed in ExE of IVF embryos at embryonic day 7.5 (E7.5). Combined histone modification analysis reveal that ectopic H3K4me3 modification at the Epi-active promoter resulted in increased expression of these genes in ExE of IVF embryos at E7.5. By konckdown the expression of H3K4me3 recruited regulator Kmt2e, which highly expressed in IVF embryos, can improve the development of IVF embryo and reduce the abnormal gene expression in ExE. Therefore, our research identifies the abnormal H3K4me3 modification occupied in extra-embryonic tissue may be an important reason for implantation failure and abnormal placental development of IVF embryo.
Project description:To further investigate the relationship between abnormal accumulation of H3K4me3 modification and abnormal embryo development. We injected Kdm5b siRNA, which is an H3K4me3 eraser, at the zygote (PN3-PN4) stage of NM embryos and then examined the H3K4me3 modification of extraembryonic ectoderm at E7.5.
Project description:To further investigate the relationship between abnormal accumulation of H3K4me3 modification and abnormal embryo development. We injected Kdm5b siRNA, which is an H3K4me3 eraser, at the zygote (PN3-PN4) stage of NM embryos and then examined the transcriptome of extraembryonic ectoderm at E7.5.
Project description:The developing placenta, originated in the mouse through the extra-embryonic ectoderm (ExE), is essential for mammalian embryonic development. Yet, unbiased characterization of ExE differentiation dynamics and interaction with the embryo proper remains incomplete. Here, we develop a temporal single-cell model of mouse gastrulation that maps continuous and parallel differentiation in embryonic and extraembryonic lineages. This is matched with a 3-way perturbation approach to target signaling from the embryo proper, the ExE alone, or both. We show that ExE specification involves early spatial and transcriptional bifurcation of uncommitted ectoplacental cone cells (EPCs) and chorion progenitors. Early BMP4 signaling from chorion progenitors is required for proper differentiation of uncommitted EPCs and later for their specification towards trophoblast giant cells. We also find bi-phasic regulation by BMP4 in the embryo. The early ExE-originating BMP4 signal is necessary for proper endo-mesoderm bifurcation, allantois, and primordial germ cells (PGCs) specification. However, commencing at E7.5, embryonic-derived BMP4 source restricts PGC pool size by favoring differentiation of their extraembryonic mesoderm precursors towards an allantois fate. ExE and embryonic tissues are therefore entangled in time, space, and signaling axes, highlighting the importance of their integrated understanding and modeling in vivo and in vitro.
Project description:The use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) has revolutionized the treatment of infertility and is now responsible for 1-5% of all births in industrialized countries. During IVF, it is typical for patients to generate multiple embryos. However, only a small proportion of them possess the genetic and metabolic requirements needed in order to produce a healthy pregnancy. The identification of the embryo with the greatest developmental capacity represents a major challenge for fertility clinics. Current methods for the assessment of embryo competence are proven inefficient and the inadvertent transfer of non-viable embryos is the principal reason why most IVF treatments (approximately two-thirds) end in failure. In this study, we investigate how the application of proteomic measurements could improve success rates in clinical embryology. We describe a procedure that allows the identification and quantification of proteins of embryonic origin, present in attomole concentrations in the blastocoel, the enclosed fluid filled cavity that forms within five-day old human embryos. By using targeted proteomics, we demonstrate the feasibility of quantifying multiple proteins in samples derived from single blastocoels, and that such measurements correlate with aspects of embryo viability, such as chromosomal (ploidy) status. This study illustrates the potential of high-sensitivity proteomics to measure clinically relevant biomarkers in minute samples and, more specifically, suggests that key aspects of embryo competence could be measured using a proteomic-based strategy, with negligible risk of harm to the living embryo. Our work paves the way for the development of “next-generation” embryo competence assessment strategies, based on functional proteomics.
Project description:Background: Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon that allows a subset of genes to be expressed mono-allelically based on parent-of-origin, and is typically regulated by differential DNA methylation inherited from gametes. Imprinting is pervasive in murine extra-embryonic lineages and, uniquely, the imprinting of several genes has been found to be conferred non-canonically through maternally-inherited repressive histone modification H3K27me3. However, the underlying regulatory mechanisms of non-canonical imprinting in post-implantation development remain unexplored. Results: We identify imprinted regions in post-implantation epiblast and extra-embryonic ectoderm (ExE) by assaying allelic histone modifications (H3K4me3, H3K36me3, H3K27me3), gene expression and DNA methylation in reciprocal C57BL/6 and CAST hybrid embryos. We distinguish loci with DNA methylation- dependent (canonical) and independent (non-canonical) imprinting by assaying hybrid embryos with ablated maternally-inherited DNA methylation. We find that non-canonical imprints are localized to endogenous retrovirus-K (ERVK) long terminal repeats (LTRs), which act as imprinted promoters specifically in extra-embryonic lineages. Transcribed ERVK LTRs are CpG-rich and located in close proximity to gene promoters, and imprinting status is determined by their epigenetic patterning in the oocyte. Finally, we show that oocyte-derived H3K27me3 associates with non-canonical imprints is not maintained beyond pre-implantation development, and is replaced by secondary imprinted DNA methylation on the maternal allele in post-implantation ExE, while being completely silenced by bi-allelic DNA methylation in epiblast. Conclusions: This study reveals distinct epigenetic mechanisms regulating non-canonical imprinted gene expression between embryonic and extra-embryonic development, and identifies an integral role for ERVK LTR repetitive elements.
Project description:Background: Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon that allows a subset of genes to be expressed mono-allelically based on parent-of-origin, and is typically regulated by differential DNA methylation inherited from gametes. Imprinting is pervasive in murine extra-embryonic lineages and, uniquely, the imprinting of several genes has been found to be conferred non-canonically through maternally-inherited repressive histone modification H3K27me3. However, the underlying regulatory mechanisms of non-canonical imprinting in post-implantation development remain unexplored. Results: We identify imprinted regions in post-implantation epiblast and extra-embryonic ectoderm (ExE) by assaying allelic histone modifications (H3K4me3, H3K36me3, H3K27me3), gene expression and DNA methylation in reciprocal C57BL/6 and CAST hybrid embryos. We distinguish loci with DNA methylation- dependent (canonical) and independent (non-canonical) imprinting by assaying hybrid embryos with ablated maternally-inherited DNA methylation. We find that non-canonical imprints are localized to endogenous retrovirus-K (ERVK) long terminal repeats (LTRs), which act as imprinted promoters specifically in extra-embryonic lineages. Transcribed ERVK LTRs are CpG-rich and located in close proximity to gene promoters, and imprinting status is determined by their epigenetic patterning in the oocyte. Finally, we show that oocyte-derived H3K27me3 associates with non-canonical imprints is not maintained beyond pre-implantation development, and is replaced by secondary imprinted DNA methylation on the maternal allele in post-implantation ExE, while being completely silenced by bi-allelic DNA methylation in epiblast. Conclusions: This study reveals distinct epigenetic mechanisms regulating non-canonical imprinted gene expression between embryonic and extra-embryonic development, and identifies an integral role for ERVK LTR repetitive elements.
Project description:Background: Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon that allows a subset of genes to be expressed mono-allelically based on parent-of-origin, and is typically regulated by differential DNA methylation inherited from gametes. Imprinting is pervasive in murine extra-embryonic lineages and, uniquely, the imprinting of several genes has been found to be conferred non-canonically through maternally-inherited repressive histone modification H3K27me3. However, the underlying regulatory mechanisms of non-canonical imprinting in post-implantation development remain unexplored. Results: We identify imprinted regions in post-implantation epiblast and extra-embryonic ectoderm (ExE) by assaying allelic histone modifications (H3K4me3, H3K36me3, H3K27me3), gene expression and DNA methylation in reciprocal C57BL/6 and CAST hybrid embryos. We distinguish loci with DNA methylation- dependent (canonical) and independent (non-canonical) imprinting by assaying hybrid embryos with ablated maternally-inherited DNA methylation. We find that non-canonical imprints are localized to endogenous retrovirus-K (ERVK) long terminal repeats (LTRs), which act as imprinted promoters specifically in extra-embryonic lineages. Transcribed ERVK LTRs are CpG-rich and located in close proximity to gene promoters, and imprinting status is determined by their epigenetic patterning in the oocyte. Finally, we show that oocyte-derived H3K27me3 associates with non-canonical imprints is not maintained beyond pre-implantation development, and is replaced by secondary imprinted DNA methylation on the maternal allele in post-implantation ExE, while being completely silenced by bi-allelic DNA methylation in epiblast. Conclusions: This study reveals distinct epigenetic mechanisms regulating non-canonical imprinted gene expression between embryonic and extra-embryonic development, and identifies an integral role for ERVK LTR repetitive elements.
Project description:Two distinct lineages, pluripotent epiblast (EPI) and primitive (extra-embryonic) endoderm (PrE), arise from common inner cell mass (ICM) progenitor cells in mammalian embryos. To study how these sister identities are forged, we leveraged embryonic (ES) and eXtraembryonic ENdoderm (XEN) stem cells – in vitro counterparts of the EPI and PrE. Bidirectional reprogramming between ES and XEN coupled with single-cell RNA and ATAC-seq analyses uncovered distinct rates, efficiencies and trajectories of state conversions, identifying drivers and roadblocks of reciprocal conversions. While GATA4-mediated ES-to-iXEN conversion was rapid and nearly deterministic, OCT4, KLF4 and SOX2-induced XEN-to-iPS reprogramming progressed with diminished efficiency and kinetics. A dominant PrE transcriptional program, safeguarded by Gata4, and globally elevated chromatin accessibility of EPI underscored the differential plasticities of the two states. Mapping in vitro to embryo trajectories revealed reprogramming in either direction tracked along, and toggled between, EPI and PrE in vivo states without transitioning through the ICM.