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Maternal mRNA Clearance Prevents Precocious Transcription and Genome Instability in Mouse Early Embryos [S4U-seq]

ABSTRACT: Oocytes accumulate abundant maternal mRNAs during the growth stage of meiotic maturation after transcriptional silencing, and early embryo development prior to zygotic genome activation (ZGA). During the oocyte-to-zygote transition, the selective and stepwise clearance of maternal transcripts is a prerequisite for the initiation of zygotic development. Maternal mutations in genes involved in mRNA clearance, including Pabpn1l, Cnot6l, and Btg4, lead to early embryonic arrest at the one-to-two cell stage in both mice and humans; however, the direct underlying mechanism is unclear. In the present study, optimized low-input sequencing methods of newly transcribed RNAs (neo-RNAs) were used, and the results provide evidence that the arrested zygotes abnormally accumulate transcription-associated DNA damages and R-loops in pronuclei. Ectopic R-loop formation and DNA strand breaks are accompanied by increased chromatin accessibility and leakage of maternal genes that should be turned off following fertilization. Abnormal R-loop accumulation causes the retardation of DNA replication and S-phase arrest during the first mitotic cell cycle. Overexpression of RNase H1 in maternal Pabpn1l knockout zygotes can remove genomic R-loops and partially reverse developmental defects. Collectively, the conjoint analysis of chromatin accessibility and neo-RNA transcription indicated that the failure of maternal mRNA clearance in mouse zygotes results in leakage transcription and extra R-loop formation, which is the primary reason for DNA replication stress, genome instability, and zygotic cell cycle arrest.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE279466 | GEO | 2025/09/30

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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