C. elegans germlines that inherited only paternal chromosomes (non-Mendelian inheritance, 'red-head worms') and the germlines of their offspring vs. germlines that inherited both maternal and paternal chromosomes (Mendelian inheritance, HBR1280 control)
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Project description:RNA-seq transcriptome analysis of C. elegans germlines that inherited only paternal chromosomes (non-Mendelian inheritance, 'red-head worms') and the germlines of their offspring ('offspring of red-head worms') vs. germlines that inherited both maternal and paternal chromosomes (Mendelian inheritance, HBR1280 control). Given that epigenetic marking of sperm chromosomes is faithfully transmitted through embryo cell divisions, and that sperm epigenetic marking is important in offspring, we tested if sperm epigenetic marking alone is sufficient for proper development of the germline in offspring. We utilized a mutant that, during the first embryonic division, delivers the sperm genome to the daughter cell that generates the germline and the oocyte genome to the other daughter cell (Besseling & Bringmann, 2016). This mutant over-expresses GPR-1, a protein involved in regulation of kinetochore pulling forces. GPR-1 over-expression results in excessive pulling forces, causing the paternal and maternal pronuclei to inappropriately move to opposite poles of the 1-cell embryo instead of merging in the center of the embryo. In this mutant background, ~60% of offspring undergo atypical chromosome segregation, generating mosaic embryos whose germlines are derived entirely from sperm chromosomes (Besseling & Bringmann, 2016). To track the parental genomes, differentially tagged histone transgenes were used: a GFP-tagged histone H2B encoded in the sperm genome, and a TdTomato-tagged histone H2B encoded in the oocyte genome. The mosaic embryos whose germline inherited only sperm chromosomes (‘red-head' worms) develop into fertile adults with a normal brood size, similar to control worms, in which the germline inherited both sperm and oocyte chromosomes. RNA-seq analysis demonstrated that the germline transcriptome of ‘red-head’ worms and their offspring show few (<80 genes) and minor changes compared to control worms. These findings demonstrate that epigenetic information provided by sperm can guide proper germ cell development.
2018-07-23 | GSE115707 | GEO
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2015-11-11 | E-GEOD-74848 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2015-11-11 | GSE74848 | GEO
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| PRJEB24910 | ENA
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2018-04-09 | GSE111909 | GEO
Project description:PRC2 8 cell embryo paternal epigenetic inheritance
| PRJEB12268 | ENA
Project description:Sperm chromatin retains small amounts of histones, and the chromatin states of sperm mirror gene expression programs of the next generation. It remains largely unknown how paternal epigenetic information is transmitted through sperm chromatin. Here we developed a novel mouse model of paternal epigenetic inheritance in which deposition of Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) mediated-repressive H3K27me3 is attenuated in the paternal germline. By applying modified methods of assisted reproductive technology, we rescued infertility of mice absent of Polycomb protein SCML2, which is the regulator of germline gene expression through the establishment of H3K27me3 on bivalent promoters with other active marks H3K4me2/3. In F1 males of Scml2-knockout mice, which has wild-type genotype, gene expression is dysregulated in the male germline during spermiogenesis. These dysregulated genes are targets of SCML2-mediated H3K27me3 in mature sperm. Thus, SCML2 mediates intergenerational inheritance of paternal epigenetic information through the regulation of sperm chromatin.
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