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ArticleNature communications2022

PRC1-mediated epigenetic programming is required to generate the ovarian reserve.

Mengwen Hu, Yu-Han Yeh, Yasuhisa Munakata, Hironori Abe, Akihiko Sakashita, So Maezawa, Miguel Vidal, Haruhiko Koseki, Neil Hunter, Richard M Schultz and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Mengwen HuDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7480-6432
Yu-Han YehDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2369-4415
Yasuhisa MunakataDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5134-0828
Hironori AbeDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2266-162X
Akihiko SakashitaDivision of Reproductive Sciences, Division of Developmental Biology, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
So MaezawaDivision of Reproductive Sciences, Division of Developmental Biology, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Miguel VidalCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4374-6761
Haruhiko KosekiDevelopmental Genetics Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8424-5854
Neil HunterDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1498-2327
Richard M SchultzDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Satoshi H NamekawaDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA. snamekawa@ucdavis.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1052-943X
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas · ESHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USRIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences · JPUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Epigenetic gene regulations in the germlineR35GM141085 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Satoshi Namekawa · 2021 to 2026
$4.4M
Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression during SpermatogenesisR01GM122776 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI NAMEKAWA, SATOSHI · 2018 to 2021
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM122776NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM141085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ovarian reserve defines the female reproductive lifespan, which in humans spans decades due to robust maintenance of meiotic arrest in oocytes residing in primordial follicles. Epigenetic reprogramming, including DNA demethylation, accompanies meiotic entry, but the chromatin changes that underpin the generation and preservation of ovarian reserves are poorly defined. We report that the Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (PRC1) establishes repressive chromatin states in perinatal mouse oocytes that directly suppress the gene expression program of meiotic prophase-I and thereby enable the transition to dictyate arrest. PRC1 dysfuction causes depletion of the ovarian reserve and leads to premature ovarian failure. Our study demonstrates a fundamental role for PRC1-mediated gene silencing in female reproductive lifespan, and reveals a critical window of epigenetic programming required to establish ovarian reserve.

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Ovarian ReservePolycomb Repressive Complex 1AnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsChromatinFemaleGene SilencingHumansMeiosisMiceCell Cycle ProteinsChromatinPolycomb Repressive Complex 1PRC1 protein, human

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PMID35948547
PMCPMC9365831
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