Project description:In this study, we knocked down Mfn1/H3.3 in mouse early embryos and examined their impact on DNA methylome in mouse 8-cell embryos.
Project description:Echs1 plays important roles in histone lysine crotonylation. Although it has been studied in many systems, its functions in early embryos remain unclear. In this study, we knocked down Echs1 in mouse oocytes and examined its impact on epigenome in early mouse embryos including DNA methylome.
2025-05-08 | GSE276525 | GEO
Project description:Impact of Mfn1 and H3.3 on DNA methylome in early mouse embryos
Project description:5-methylcytosine is a major epigenetic modification sometimes called "the fifth nucleotide". However, our knowledge of how offspring inherit the DNA methylome from parents is limited. We generated nine single-base resolution DNA methylomes including zebrafish gametes and early embryos. The oocyte methylome is significantly hypo-methylated compared to sperm. Strikingly, the paternal DNA methylation pattern is maintained throughout early embryogenesis. The maternal DNA methylation pattern is maintained until the 16-cell stage. Then, the oocyte methylome is gradually discarded through cell division, and progressively reprogrammed to a pattern similar to that of the sperm methylome. The passive demethylation rate and the de novo methylation rate are similar in the maternal DNA. By the midblastula stage, the embryo?s methylome is virtually identical to the sperm methylome. Moreover, inheritance of the sperm methylome facilitates the epigenetic regulation of embryogenesis. Therefore, besides DNA sequences, sperm DNA methylome is also inherited in zebrafish early embryos.
Project description:5-methylcytosine is a major epigenetic modification sometimes called "the fifth nucleotide". However, our knowledge of how offspring inherit the DNA methylome from parents is limited. We generated nine single-base resolution DNA methylomes including zebrafish gametes and early embryos. The oocyte methylome is significantly hypo-methylated compared to sperm. Strikingly, the paternal DNA methylation pattern is maintained throughout early embryogenesis. The maternal DNA methylation pattern is maintained until the 16-cell stage. Then, the oocyte methylome is gradually discarded through cell division, and progressively reprogrammed to a pattern similar to that of the sperm methylome. The passive demethylation rate and the de novo methylation rate are similar in the maternal DNA. By the midblastula stage, the embryo?s methylome is virtually identical to the sperm methylome. Moreover, inheritance of the sperm methylome facilitates the epigenetic regulation of embryogenesis. Therefore, besides DNA sequences, sperm DNA methylome is also inherited in zebrafish early embryos. hMeDIP-seq is performed in sperm,2-cell,16-cell,1k-cell and a input control sample 4 new samples are added to GSE44075. RNA-seq is performed in sperm, egg,1k-cell, germring samples .hMeDIP-seq is performed in sperm,2-cell,16-cell,1k-cell and a input control sample 10 new samples are added to GSE44075. Bisulfite-seq is performed for nine samples : sperm, egg,16-cell,32-cell,64-cell,128-cell,1k-cell , Germring and testis. TAB-seq is performed for one sample , 32-cell.
Project description:Echs1 plays important roles in histone lysine crotonylation. Although it has been studied in many systems, its functions in early embryos remain unclear. In this study, we knocked down Echs1 in mouse oocytes and examined its impact on transcriptome in early mouse embryos.
Project description:Although the DNA methylome of human early embryos has been analyzed, some of the key features have not been addressed to date. Here, we performed single-cell DNA methylome sequencing for human preimplantation embryos and found that tens of thousands of genomic loci exhibited de novo DNA methylation. This finding indicates that genome-wide DNA methylation reprogramming during preimplantation development is a dynamic balance between strong global demethylation and significant focused re-methylation. Furthermore, the demethylation of the paternal genome is much faster and thorough than that of the maternal genome. From the 2-cell to post-implantation stage, methylation of the paternal genome is consistently lower than that on the maternal genome. We also showed that the genetic lineage of the early blastomeres could be traced by DNA methylation analysis. Our work paves the way for deciphering the secrets of DNA methylation reprogramming in human early embryos.
Project description:Mouse embryos acquire global DNA methylation of their genome during implantation. However the exact roles of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) in embryognesis have not been studied comprehensively. Here we systematically analyze the consequences of genetic inactivation of Dnmt1, Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b on the methylome and transcriptome of mouse embryos and fibroblasts.