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ArticleeLife2025

Redistribution of fragmented mitochondria ensures symmetric organelle partitioning and faithful chromosome segregation in mitotic mouse zygotes.

Haruna Gekko, Ruri Nomura, Daiki Kuzuhara, Masato Kaneyasu, Genpei Koseki, Deepak Adhikari, Yasuyuki Mio, John Carroll, Tomohiro Kono, Hiroaki Funahashi and 1 more

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Article in eLife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Haruna Gekko *Department of Animal Science, Graduate School of Environment and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3847-4967
Ruri Nomura *Department of Animal Science, Graduate School of Environment and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0003-5179
Daiki KuzuharaReproductive Centre, Mio Fertility Clinic, Tottori, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7941-4457
Masato KaneyasuDepartment of Animal Science, Graduate School of Environment and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2442-0444
Genpei KosekiDepartment of Animal Science, Graduate School of Environment and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6074-9813
Deepak AdhikariDevelopment and Stem Cell Program and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3404-8753
Yasuyuki MioReproductive Centre, Mio Fertility Clinic, Tottori, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0413-6728
John CarrollDevelopment and Stem Cell Program and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9644-5861
Tomohiro KonoDepartment of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9456-916X
Hiroaki FunahashiDepartment of Animal Science, Graduate School of Environment and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9683-328X
Takuya WakaiDepartment of Animal Science, Graduate School of Environment and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4705-8974

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 17K17905Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K06627Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 23K0886905National Health and Medical Research Council 1165627
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In cleavage-stage embryos, preexisting organelles partition evenly into daughter blastomeres without significant cell growth after symmetric cell division. The presence of mitochondrial DNA within mitochondria and its restricted replication during preimplantation development makes their inheritance particularly important. While chromosomes are precisely segregated by the mitotic spindle, the mechanisms controlling mitochondrial partitioning remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigate the mechanism by which Dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) controls the mitochondrial redistribution and partitioning during embryonic cleavage. Depletion of Drp1 in mouse zygotes causes marked mitochondrial aggregation, and the majority of embryos arrest at the 2 cell stage. Clumped mitochondria are located in the center of mitotic Drp1-depleted zygotes with less uniform distribution, thereby preventing their symmetric partitioning. Asymmetric mitochondrial inheritance is accompanied by functionally inequivalent blastomeres with biased ATP and endoplasmic reticulum Ca

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Chromosome SegregationMitochondriaMitosisZygoteAnimalsBlastomeresCalciumDynaminsFemaleMiceMitochondrial DynamicsCalciumDnm1l protein, mouseDynaminsbinuclear formationchromosome segregationdevelopmental biologyDynamin-related protein 1mitochondrial dynamicsmouseorganelle inheritancepreimplantation development

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PMID40788164
PMCPMC12339001

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