ArticleGenes & development2023
Germ cell-specific eIF4E1b regulates maternal mRNA translation to ensure zygotic genome activation.
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- Oocyte-specific knockout of eIF2B subunits causes apoptosis of mouse oocytes within the early growing follicles via DNA damage and mitochondrial dysfunction.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- Genes for 5'mRNA cap binding proteins, eif4ea and eif4eb, have alternative roles during heart regeneration.Developmental biology · 2026Article
- When Fertilization Is Not Enough: Maternal-Zygotic Transition as a Determinant of Embryo Competence in IVF.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Oocyte-specific knockout of eIF2 subunits causes apoptosis of mouse oocytes within the early growing follicles via mitochondrial dysfunctions and DNA damage.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal dynamics and selectivity of mRNA translation during mouse pre-implantation development.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- ZNHIT3 Regulates Translation to Ensure Cell Lineage Differentiation in Mouse Preimplantation Development.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- PGC7 regulates maternal mRNA translation via AKT1-YBX1 interactions in mouse oocytes.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024Article
- Two mechanisms repress cyclin B1 translation to maintain prophase arrest in mouse oocytes.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Oocyte-specific deletion of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5 causes apoptosis of mouse oocytes within the early-growing follicles by mitochondrial fission defect-reactive oxygen species-DNA damage.Clinical and translational medicine · 2024Article
- Stromal Pbrm1 mediates chromatin remodeling necessary for embryo implantation in the mouse uterus.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2024Article
- Predictive modeling of oocyte maternal mRNA features for five mammalian species reveals potential shared and species-restricted regulators during maturation.Physiological genomics · 2024Article
- eIF4E1b is a non-canonical eIF4E protecting maternal dormant mRNAs.EMBO reports · 2024Article
- The RNA-binding protein Adad1 is necessary for germ cell maintenance and meiosis in zebrafish.PLoS genetics · 2023Article
- Human Tissues Exhibit Diverse Composition of Translation Machinery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Translation of maternal mRNAs is detected before transcription of zygotic genes and is essential for mammalian embryo development. How certain maternal mRNAs are selected for translation instead of degradation and how this burst of translation affects zygotic genome activation remain unknown. Using gene-edited mice, we document that the oocyte-specific eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E family member 1b (eIF4E1b) is the regulator of maternal mRNA expression that ensures subsequent reprogramming of the zygotic genome. In oocytes, eIF4E1b binds to transcripts encoding translation machinery proteins, chromatin remodelers, and reprogramming factors to promote their translation in zygotes and protect them from degradation. The protein products are thought to establish an open chromatin landscape in one-cell zygotes to enable transcription of genes required for cleavage stage development. Our results define a program for rapid resetting of the zygotic epigenome that is regulated by maternal mRNA expression and provide new insights into the mammalian maternal-to-zygotic transition.
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