Genome activity during the emergence of mouse embryonic totipotency (morpholino)
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ABSTRACT: Fertilization transforms sperm and egg into a totipotent embryo but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. We here report that gene expression initiates during the gamete-to-embryo transition in mouse embryos. Meiotic exit induced by sperm entry enhances a transcriptionally-permissive epigenetic landscape. Time-course analysis of single embryos revealed a succession of genome-wide transcription 'ripples' initiating within 2 hours. Disrupting key pluripotency transcription factor levels prior to sperm entry had little immediate effect, indicating that different mechanisms engender pluripotent and totipotent states. These findings suggest that a hierarchical gene expression program characterizes the emergence of totipotency during the gamete-to-embryo transition, with broad mechanistic implications for the reprogramming of cellular potency.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE64648 | GEO | 2023/03/02
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA271564
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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