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ArticleCell reports2025

Acetylation at lysine 27 on maternal H3.3 regulates minor zygotic genome activation.

Jiaming Zhang, Xuanwen Li, Qi Zhao, Jingzhang Ji, Hongdi Cui, Weibo Hou, Xinyu Wang, Entong Song, Songling Xiao, Shukuan Ling and 4 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. The multi-omics regulatory landscape of human early embryogenesis.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026
    Review
  3. Regulation of zygotic genome activation by the nucleocytoplasmic ratio.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Mouse and human embryonic genome activation initiate at the one-cell stage.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
    Article
  6. Review
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Jiaming ZhangOujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China; Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: jmzhang1225@163.com.
Xuanwen LiOujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Qi ZhaoOujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jingzhang JiOujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Hongdi CuiOujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Weibo HouOujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Xinyu WangFrontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
Entong SongOujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Songling XiaoOujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Shukuan LingOujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Shaorong GaoFrontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China. Electronic address: gaoshaorong@tongji.edu.cn.
Xiaoyu LiuFrontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China. Electronic address: liuxiaoyu@tongji.edu.cn.
Duancheng WenRonald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: duw2001@med.cornell.edu.
Qingran KongOujiang Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: kqr721726@163.com.

Funding

H3.3-mediated epigenetic regulation of developmental bivalent genes for reprogramming and differentiationR01GM129380 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI WEN, DUANCHENG · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Direct generation of complex genetically-modified mouse models via embryonic stem cellsR21OD031973 · OD · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI WEN, DUANCHENG · 2022 to 2023
$466k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129380NIH HHS R21 OD031973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zygotic genome activation (ZGA) initiates transcription in early embryogenesis and requires extensive chromatin remodeling, including rapid incorporation of the histone variant H3.3. The distinct sources of H3.3 from paternal and maternal alleles (paH3.3 and maH3.3) complicate tracking their individual contributions. Here, using an H3.3B-hemagglutinin (HA)-tagged mouse model, we profile the temporal dynamics of paH3.3 and maH3.3, revealing a unique pattern of maH3.3 enrichment at the promoter regions from zygotes to 2-cell embryos, highlighting the crucial role of maternally stored H3.3 mRNAs and proteins (mH3.3) in pre-implantation development. Knockdown of mH3.3 compromises cleavage and minor ZGA. Mechanistically, mH3.3 facilitates minor ZGA through H3.3S31ph-dependent H3K27ac deposition. Profiling of H3.3 landscape in parthenogenetic (PG) and androgenetic (AG) embryos highlights the role of mH3.3 in remodeling the paternal genome by establishing H3K27ac. These findings demonstrate that mH3.3-mediated parental chromatin reprogramming is essential for orchestrating minor ZGA.

Indexed as

GenomeHistonesLysineZygoteAcetylationAnimalsChromatinEmbryo, MammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLChromatinHistonesLysineCP: Developmental biologyCP: Molecular biologyearly embryonic developmentepigenetic reprogramminghistone variantsmaternal H3.3zygotic genome activation

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PMID39932187
PMCPMC11892348

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