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SCIENCE
卷 334, 期 6059, 页码 1141-1144出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1210333
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT)
- Uehara Memorial Foundation
- Naito Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23687027] Funding Source: KAKEN
The mitochondrial genome is believed to be maternally inherited in many eukaryotes. Sperm-derived paternal mitochondria enter the oocyte cytoplasm upon fertilization and then normally disappear during early embryogenesis. However, the mechanism responsible for this clearance has been unknown. Here, we show that autophagy, which delivers cytosolic components to lysosomes for degradation, is required for the elimination of paternal mitochondria in Caenorhabditis elegans. Immediately after fertilization, sperm-derived components trigger the localized induction of autophagy around sperm mitochondria. Autophagosomes engulf paternal mitochondria, resulting in their lysosomal degradation during early embryogenesis. In autophagy-defective zygotes, paternal mitochondria and their genome remain even in the first larval stage. Thus, fertilization-triggered autophagy is required for selective degradation of paternal mitochondria and thereby maternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA.
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