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ArticleEMBO reports2023

Histone remodeling reflects conserved mechanisms of bovine and human preimplantation development.

Chuan Zhou, Michelle M Halstead, Amélie Bonnet-Garnier, Richard M Schultz, Pablo J Ross

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Article in EMBO reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Genomic Profiling of Chromatin State Using CUT&Tag.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2027
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chuan Zhou *Department of Animal Science University of California, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5972-1975
Michelle M Halstead *Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Amélie Bonnet-GarnierUniversité Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2095-3365
Richard M SchultzDepartment of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5923-6825
Pablo J RossDepartment of Animal Science University of California, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3972-3754
École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort · FRUniversity of California, Davis · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Chromatin remodeling and gene expression during preimplantation developmentR01HD095007 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI ROSS, PABLO JUAN · 2018 to 2022
$1.6M
Epigenetic control of preimplantation embryo developmentR01HD070044 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI ROSS, PABLO JUAN · 2012 to 2016
$676k
NICHD NIH HHS HD070044NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD070044NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD095007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How histone modifications regulate changes in gene expression during preimplantation development in any species remains poorly understood. Using CUT&Tag to overcome limiting amounts of biological material, we profiled two activating (H3K4me3 and H3K27ac) and two repressive (H3K9me3 and H3K27me3) marks in bovine oocytes, 2-, 4-, and 8-cell embryos, morula, blastocysts, inner cell mass, and trophectoderm. In oocytes, broad bivalent domains mark developmental genes, and prior to embryonic genome activation (EGA), H3K9me3 and H3K27me3 co-occupy gene bodies, suggesting a global mechanism for transcription repression. During EGA, chromatin accessibility is established before canonical H3K4me3 and H3K27ac signatures. Embryonic transcription is required for this remodeling, indicating that maternally provided products alone are insufficient for reprogramming. Last, H3K27me3 plays a major role in restriction of cellular potency, as blastocyst lineages are defined by differential polycomb repression and transcription factor activity. Notably, inferred regulators of EGA and blastocyst formation strongly resemble those described in humans, as opposed to mice. These similarities suggest that cattle are a better model than rodents to investigate the molecular basis of human preimplantation development.

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Embryonic DevelopmentHistonesAnimalsBlastocystCattleChromatinChromosomesGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMiceChromatinHistonescattleepigeneticsgenome activationpreimplantation embryo

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PMID36779365
PMCPMC9986824
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