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NATURE
卷 576, 期 7786, 页码 306-+出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1812-0
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资金
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2018YFC1004000, 2018YFC1003300]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81430029, 91731312, 81871171, 31425015, 31630040, 31871454, 81622021, 81871168]
- CAS [QYZDY-SSW-SMC016]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB13040200]
In the interphase of the cell cycle, chromatin is arranged in a hierarchical structure within the nucleus(1,2), which has an important role in regulating gene expression(3-6). However, the dynamics of 3D chromatin structure during human embryogenesis remains unknown. Here we report that, unlike mouse sperm, human sperm cells do not express the chromatin regulator CTCF and their chromatin does not contain topologically associating domains (TADs). Following human fertilization, TAD structure is gradually established during embryonic development. In addition, A/B compartmentalization is lost in human embryos at the 2-cell stage and is re-established during embryogenesis. Notably, blocking zygotic genome activation (ZGA) can inhibit TAD establishment in human embryos but not in mouse or Drosophila. Of note, CTCF is expressed at very low levels before ZGA, and is then highly expressed at the ZGA stage when TADs are observed. TAD organization is significantly reduced in CTCF knockdown embryos, suggesting that TAD establishment during ZGA in human embryos requires CTCF expression. Our results indicate that CTCF has a key role in the establishment of 3D chromatin structure during human embryogenesis.
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