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Xist-dependent imprinted X inactivation and the early developmental consequences of its failure

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Syx, L 
Ancelin, K 
Diabangouaya, P 
Picard, C 

Abstract

The long noncoding RNA Xist is expressed from only the paternal X chromosome in mouse preimplantation female embryos and mediates transcriptional silencing of that chromosome. In females, absence of Xist leads to postimplantation lethality. Here, through single-cell RNA sequencing of early preimplantation mouse embryos, we found that the initiation of imprinted X-chromosome inactivation absolutely requires Xist. Lack of paternal Xist leads to genome-wide transcriptional misregulation in the early blastocyst and to failure to activate the extraembryonic pathway that is essential for postimplantation development. We also demonstrate that the expression dynamics of X-linked genes depends on the strain and parent of origin as well as on the location along the X chromosome, particularly at the first 'entry' sites of Xist. This study demonstrates that dosage-compensation failure has an effect as early as the blastocyst stage and reveals genetic and epigenetic contributions to orchestrating transcriptional silencing of the X chromosome during early embryogenesis.

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Keywords

Alleles, Animals, Blastocyst, Cell Differentiation, Dosage Compensation, Genetic, Embryo Implantation, Embryo, Mammalian, Embryonic Development, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Gene Knockout Techniques, Gene Silencing, Genes, X-Linked, Genomic Imprinting, Kinetics, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mutation, RNA, Long Noncoding, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Single-Cell Analysis, Time Factors, X Chromosome, X Chromosome Inactivation

Journal Title

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

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Journal ISSN

1545-9993
1545-9985

Volume Title

24

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group
Sponsorship
European Commission (242129)
This work was funded by a fellowship of Région Ile-de-France (DIM STEMP OLE) to M.B., the Paris Alliance of Cancer Research Institutes (PACRI-ANR) to LS and ERC Advanced Investigator award (ERC-2010-AdG–No.250367), EU FP7 grants SYBOSS (EU 7th Framework G.A. no. 242129) and MODHEP (EU 7th Framework G.A. no. 259743), La Ligue, Fondation de France, Labex DEEP (ANR-11-LBX-0044) part of the IDEX Idex PSL (ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02 PSL) and ABS4NGS (ANR-11-BINF-0001) to E.H and France Genomique National infrastructure (ANR-10-INBS09) to EH, NS, EB.