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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2021

Regulation of the mammalian maternal-to-embryonic transition by eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E.

Yan Li, Jianan Tang, Xu Ji, Min-Min Hua, Miao Liu, Lu Chang, Yihua Gu, Changgen Shi, Wuhua Ni, Jing Liu and 4 more

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Translational Fidelity Decline in the Aging Oocyte and Embryo Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  3. Functional Characterization and Heterogeneity Analysis of Ribosomal Proteins in Mouse Preimplantation Embryos.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  7. Selective Translation of Maternal mRNA by eIF4E1B Controls Oocyte to Embryo Transition.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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  9. Click-iTBio-protocol · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Yan LiReproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, 325000, China.
Jianan TangNHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Xu JiDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 211816, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3153-6575
Min-Min HuaNHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Miao LiuReproductive Medical Center, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0037-3977
Lu ChangDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 211816, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6788-7804
Yihua GuNHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Changgen ShiNHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0324-2470
Wuhua NiReproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, 325000, China.
Jing LiuDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 211816, China.
Hui-Juan ShiNHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Xuefeng HuangReproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, 325000, China.
Christopher O'NeillHuman Reproduction Unit, Sydney Center for Regenerative and Developmental Medicine, Kolling Institute for Medical Research, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, St. Leonards, New South Wales, 2065, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7877-6189
Xingliang JinReproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, 325000, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5800-1928

Funding

National Health and Medical Research CouncilNational Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFC1005001National Natural Science Foundation of China 81471458Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province LQ21H040010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) mediates cap-dependent translation. Genetic and inhibitor studies show that eIF4E expression is required for the successful transition from maternal to embryonic control of mouse embryo development. eIF4E was present in the oocyte and in the cytoplasm soon after fertilization and during each stage of early development. Functional knockout (Eif4e-/-) by PiggyBac [Act-RFP] transposition resulted in peri-implantation embryonic lethality because of the failure of normal epiblast formation. Maternal stores of eIF4E supported development up to the two- to four-cell stage, after which new expression occurred from both maternal and paternal inherited alleles. Inhibition of the maternally acquired stores of eIF4E (using the inhibitor 4EGI-1) resulted in a block at the two-cell stage. eIF4E activity was required for new protein synthesis in the two-cell embryo and Eif4e-/- embryos had lower translational activity compared with wild-type embryos. eIF4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1) is a hypophosphorylation-dependent negative regulator of eIF4E. mTOR activity was required for 4E-BP1 phosphorylation and inhibiting mTOR retarded embryo development. Thus, this study shows that eIF4E activity is regulated at key embryonic transitions in the mammalian embryo and is essential for the successful transition from maternal to embryonic control of development.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsDNA Transposable ElementsEmbryo, MammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4EFluorescent Antibody TechniqueMiceMice, KnockoutOocytesProtein BiosynthesisDNA Transposable ElementsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4ECap-dependent translationEarly embryo developmentMammalian maternal embryonic transitionMouseTransposon

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PMID34013332
PMCPMC8254863

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