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Roles of NPM2 in chromatin and nucleolar organization in oocytes and embryos
被引:295
作者:
Burns, KH
Viveiros, MM
Ren, YS
Wang, P
DeMayo, FJ
Frail, DE
Eppig, JJ
Matzuk, MM
机构:
[1] Baylor Coll Med, Dept Pathol, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Baylor Coll Med, Dept Human Mol Genet, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[3] Baylor Coll Med, Dept Mol & Cellular Biol, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[4] Jackson Lab, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 USA
[5] Wyeth Ayerst Res, Collegeville, PA 19426 USA
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D O I:
10.1126/science.1081813
中图分类号:
O [数理科学和化学];
P [天文学、地球科学];
Q [生物科学];
N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号:
07 ;
0710 ;
09 ;
摘要:
Upon fertilization, remodeling of condensed maternal and paternal gamete DNA occurs to form the diploid genome. In Xenopus laevis, nucleoplasmin 2 (NPM2) decondenses sperm DNA in vitro. To study chromatin remodeling in vivo, we isolated mammalian NPM2 orthologs. Mouse NPM2 accumulates in oocyte nuclei and persists in preimplantation embryos. Npm2 knockout females have fertility defects owing to failed preimplantation embryo development. Although sperm DNA decondensation proceeds without NPM2, abnormalities are evident in oocyte and early embryonic nuclei. These defects include an absence of coalesced nucleolar structures and loss of heterochromatin and deacetylated histone H3 that normally circumscribe nucleoli in oocytes and early embryos, respectively. Thus, Npm2 is a maternal effect gene critical for nuclear and nucleolar organization and embryonic development.
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页码:633 / 636
页数:4
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