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ArticleNature communications2026

DDX5 orchestrates RNA homeostasis to ensure oocyte developmental competence.

Mengting Wang, Liping Wang, Qingqing Cai, Yanxin Huang, Shanru Yi, Heng Pan, Wenqiang Liu, Hong Wang, Hongjie Yao, Cizhong Jiang and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Mengting Wang *Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signal Transduction and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Liping Wang *Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Qingqing Cai *Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Yanxin HuangClinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signal Transduction and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Shanru YiClinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signal Transduction and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Heng PanState Key Laboratory of Female Fertility Promotion, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5407-5687
Wenqiang LiuClinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signal Transduction and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5974-9900
Hong WangClinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signal Transduction and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Hongjie YaoState Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. yao_hongjie@gzlab.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2144-0147
Cizhong JiangShanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. czjiang@tongji.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5406-2360
Shaorong GaoClinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signal Transduction and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. gaoshaorong@tongji.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1041-3928
Jiayu ChenClinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signal Transduction and Disease Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. chenjiayu@tongji.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-8901

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology) 2021YFA1100300Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology) 2022YFC2702200Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology) 2024YFA1802300National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32270856National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32270858National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32330030National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32470908National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32488101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oocyte development requires tight regulation of transcription and RNA metabolism, which is coordinated by RNA-binding proteins, whose roles in mammalian oogenesis remain incompletely understood. Here, we identify the DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX5 as a key regulator of RNA homeostasis in oocytes. Oocyte-specific deletion of DDX5 leads to female sterility, which is characterized by defective chromatin remodeling, meiotic arrest, increased aneuploidy, and fertilization failure. Mechanistically, DDX5 maintains RNA homeostasis through three interconnected processes: (1) promoting transcription via interaction with RNA polymerase II in nonsurrounded nucleolus-stage germinal vesicle oocytes; (2) clearing retrotransposon RNAs to safeguard transcriptome integrity; and (3) supporting maternal mRNA storage by coordinating nuclear export, mitochondrial organization, and mitochondria-associated ribonucleoprotein domain assembly. Our study establishes DDX5 as a master regulator that integrates transcriptional and post-transcriptional programs to ensure oocyte competence and fertility.

Indexed as

DEAD-box RNA HelicasesOocytesOogenesisRNAAnimalsChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHomeostasisInfertility, FemaleMeiosisMiceMitochondriaRetroelementsRNA Polymerase IITranscription, GeneticDdx5 protein, mouseDEAD-box RNA HelicasesRetroelementsRNARNA Polymerase II

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PMID41813665
PMCPMC13111677

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