PUBLICATION
Germ cell differentiation requires Tdrd7-dependent chromatin and transcriptome reprogramming marked by germ plasm relocalization
- Authors
- D'Orazio, F.M., Balwierz, P.J., González, A.J., Guo, Y., Hernández-Rodríguez, B., Wheatley, L., Jasiulewicz, A., Hadzhiev, Y., Vaquerizas, J.M., Cairns, B., Lenhard, B., Müller, F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-210303-10
- Date
- 2021
- Source
- Developmental Cell 56(5): 641-656.e5 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Hadzhiev, Yavor, Müller, Ferenc
- Keywords
- ATAC-seq, DNA methylation, RNA-seq, ZGA, buckyball, chromatin, dazl, germ granules, primordial germ cells, transcription
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cell Differentiation*
- Cell Movement
- Chromatin/chemistry
- Chromatin/genetics*
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Genome
- Germ Cells/cytology*
- Germ Cells/metabolism
- Ribonucleoproteins/genetics
- Ribonucleoproteins/metabolism*
- Transcriptome*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/growth & development*
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 33651978 Full text @ Dev. Cell
Citation
D'Orazio, F.M., Balwierz, P.J., González, A.J., Guo, Y., Hernández-Rodríguez, B., Wheatley, L., Jasiulewicz, A., Hadzhiev, Y., Vaquerizas, J.M., Cairns, B., Lenhard, B., Müller, F. (2021) Germ cell differentiation requires Tdrd7-dependent chromatin and transcriptome reprogramming marked by germ plasm relocalization. Developmental Cell. 56(5):641-656.e5.
Abstract
In many animal models, primordial germ cell (PGC) development depends on maternally deposited germ plasm, which prevents somatic cell fate. Here, we show that PGCs respond to regulatory information from the germ plasm in two distinct phases using two distinct mechanisms in zebrafish. We demonstrate that PGCs commence zygotic genome activation together with the somatic blastocysts with no demonstrable differences in transcriptional and chromatin opening. Unexpectedly, both PGC and somatic blastocysts activate germ-cell-specific genes, which are only stabilized in PGCs by cytoplasmic germ plasm determinants. Disaggregated perinuclear relocalization of germ plasm during PGC migration is regulated by the germ plasm determinant Tdrd7 and is coupled to dramatic divergence between PGC and somatic transcriptomes. This transcriptional divergence relies on PGC-specific cis-regulatory elements characterized by promoter-proximal distribution. We show that Tdrd7-dependent reconfiguration of chromatin accessibility is required for elaboration of PGC fate but not for PGC migration.
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Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
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