Dynamics and clinical relevance of maternal mRNA clearance during the oocyte-to-embryo transition in humans.

ABSTRACT: Maternal mRNA clearance is an essential process that occurs during maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT). However, the dynamics, functional importance, and pathological relevance of maternal mRNA decay in human preimplantation embryos have not yet been analyzed. Here we report the zygotic genome activation (ZGA)-dependent and -independent maternal mRNA clearance processes during human MZT and demonstrate that subgroups of human maternal transcripts are sequentially removed by maternal (M)- and zygotic (Z)-decay pathways before and after ZGA. Key factors regulating M-decay and Z-decay pathways in mouse have similar expression pattern during human MZT, suggesting that YAP1-TEAD4 transcription activators, TUT4/7-mediated mRNA 3'-oligouridylation, and BTG4/CCR4-NOT-induced mRNA deadenylation ma

SUBMITTER: Sha QQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7530992 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature