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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 56, Issue 10-12, Pages 889-899Publisher
UNIV BASQUE COUNTRY UPV-EHU PRESS
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.120246rd
Keywords
centromere; heterochromatin; chromatin remodeling; histone deacetylase; TSA epigenetic modifications; meiosis
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- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health [2RO1-HDO42740]
- National Institutes of Health [2RO1-HDO42740]
- Georgia Cancer Coalition
- NIH [HD071330]
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Histone acetylation regulates higher-order chromatin structure and function and is critical for the control of gene expression. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) are currently under investigation as novel cancer therapeutic drugs. Here, we show that female germ cells are extremely susceptible to chromatin changes induced by HDACi. Our results indicate that exposure to trichostatin A (TSA) at nanomolar levels interferes with major chromatin remodeling events in the mammalian oocyte leading to chromosome instability. High resolution analysis of chromatin structure and live-cell imaging revealed a striking euchromatin decondensation associated with histone H4 hyperacetylation following exposure to 15 nM TSA in >90% of pre-ovulatory oocytes. Dynamic changes in large-scale chromatin structure were detected after 2 h of exposure and result in the formation of misaligned chromosomes in >75% (P<0.05) of in vitro matured oocytes showing chromosome lagging as well as abnormal sister chromatid separation at anaphase I.Abnormal axial chromatid condensation during meiosis results in the formation of elongated chromosomes exhibiting hyperacetylation of histone H4 at lysine 5 and lysine 16 at interstitial chromosome segments, but not pericentric heterochromatin,while highly decondensed bivalents exhibit prominent histone H3 phosphorylation at centromeric domains. Notably, no changes were observed in the chromosomal localization of the condensin protein SMC4.These results indicate that HDAC activity is required for proper chromosome condensation in the mammalian oocyte and that HDACi may induce abnormal chromosome segregation by interfering with both chromosome-microtubule interactions, as well as sister chromatid separation. Thus, HDACi, proposed for cancer therapy, may disrupt the epigenetic status of female germ cells, predisposing oocytes to anneuploidy at previously unrecognized low doses.
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