Project description:We report testis H3K4me3 and DMC1 enrichment at DSB hotspots in various mice to examine differences between infertile hybrid mice and mice that have been humanized at PRDM9, which have rescued fertility. We find that infertile mice have an excess of "asymmetric" DSB hotspots, where both H3K4me3 and DMC1 reads tend to originate from only one homologue. At these hotspots, we see an excess of DMC1 relative to H3K4me3, consistent with delayed DSB repair at these sites. See Davies et al. Nature 2016 for a complete summary.
Project description:We report 2,649 crossover breakpoints identified by single-cell DNA sequencing of 217 sperm in a B6xCAST F1 mouse, which is heterozygous at Prdm9, with one wild-type CAST allele and one allele found in human populations (bred from a genetically engineered mother, Davies et al Nature 2012). Separately, we have reported testis DMC1 enrichment in the same mouse (GSE124991). We also infer H3K4me3 intensities at DMC1 hotspots, based on the raw H3K4me3 ChIP-seq data published under GSE119727 (Li et al). We identify several factors, including PRDM9 binding on the repair-template homologue, telomere proximity and local GC-content, that affect the probability that a DSB is repaired as a crossover. We further show that these factors also influence the time it takes for the site of a DSB to find and engage its homologue, with rapidly-engaging sites being more likely to be repaired as crossovers.
Project description:The locations of mammalian recombination hotspots are determined by PRDM9, a zinc finger histone methyltransferase that locally trimethylates histone H3 at residues K4 and K36. Here we report Prdm9-EP, a glu365pro mutation that severely reduces catalytic activity in vivo. This mutation causes sterility with complete meiotic arrest in homozygous males, while homozygous females are able to produce live offspring in natural matings. These H3K4me3 ChIP-seq data from Prdm9-EP homozygous spermatocytes show the extent to which H3K4 methyltransferase activity is compromised by this mutation, while the DMC1 ChIP-seq data show its effect on meiotic double-strand breaks in spermatocytes. For comparison, we mapped previously reported H3K4me3 ChIP-seq data from wild-type C57BL/6J spermatocytes (GSE52628) to mm10, merging the two biological replicates (SRX381465 and SRX381466) before mapping, and proceeding with processing. We did the same with published DMC1 ChIP-seq data, merging three previously reported DMC1 ChIP-seq biological replicates, isolated from wild-type C57BL/6N males (GSE112110; SRX3825301, SRX3825302, and SRX3825303). Processed data files are presented here.
Project description:We report the application of ChIP-seq targeted at the meiosis-specific protein DMC1 to reveal the genome-wide distribution of initiation of meiotic recombination. The mouse model here employed is Hop2-/- because it is unable to repair the DNA double-stranded breaks and therefore the DMC1 signal is more persistent. We also provide the resulting dataset of ChIP-seq targeted at RAD51 which is not meiosis specific but is also targeted at initiation of recombination loci in meiotic tissue. In addition, we report DMC1 ChIP-seq on wild type mouse pup testis. Finally, we present ChIP-seq targeted at H3K4me3 in testis and liver tissues.
Project description:During meiosis, homologous chromosomes pair (synapse) and recombine, enabling balanced segregation and generating genetic diversity. In many vertebrates, recombination initiates with double-strand breaks (DSBs) within hotspots where PRDM9 binds, and deposits H3K4me3 and H3K36me3. However, no protein(s) recognising this unique combination of histone marks have yet been identified. We identified Zcwpw1, which possesses H3K4me3 and H3K36me3 recognition domains, as highly co-expressed with Prdm9. In this study we used ChIP-sequencing in human HEK293T cells (co)-transfected with HA tagged ZCWPW1 (and human or chimp PRDM9). This enabled us to determine that PRDM9 causes the recruitment of ZCWPW1 to its binding sites, and to determine the general binding properties of ZCWPW1 including a preference for CpG sites. We also performed SSDS ChIP-sequencing of mice testis that are homozygous KO for ZCWPW1, revealing that double strand breaks occour at completely normal positions in the ZCWPW1 KO, but with persistant DMC1 at many hotspots, particularly those more strongly bound by PRDM9.
Project description:PRDM9 specifies the sites of meiotic DNA double strand break that initiate meiotic recombination in mice and humans. PRDM9 is known to bind to specific DNA sequences with its DNA binding domain, to induce H3K4me3 and H3K36me3 to adjacent nucleosomes through its methyltransferase activity, and to recruit or activate the meiotic DSB machinery. To understand how PRDM9 executes these various steps, we set up to identify its partners. This was performed by a proteomic approach where protein extracts from mouse testis were immunoprecipitated with anti-PRDM9 antibody for mass spectrometry analysis.
Project description:We report testis H3K4me3 enrichment in an F1 male from a C57BL/6J (B6) x CAST/Eij (CAST) cross (B6 mother, CAST father). This mouse is heterozygous at PRDM9 for a humanized allele (Davies et al. Nature 2016) and the CAST allele. After filtering of promoter H3K4me3 regions, these data serve as a measure of PRDM9 binding enrichment on each homologue. We found that both crossovers and non-crossovers (observed by sequencing F2/F4/F5 genomic DNA) are depleted at "asymmetric" Double-Strand Break hotspots where PRDM9 primarily binds only one of the two homologues. This proves that PRDM9 plays an important role in promoting inter-homologue interactions and can explain why increasing PRDM9 binding asymmetry predicts hybrid infertility. See Li, Bitoun, Altemose et al. 2018 (pending) for a complete summary.
Project description:We collected whole genome testis expression data from hybrid zone mice. We integrated GWAS mapping of testis expression traits and low testis weight to gain insight into the genetic basis of hybrid male sterility.