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X-linked H3K27me3 demethylase Utx is required for embryonic development in a sex-specific manner
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Embryogenesis requires the timely and coordinated activation of developmental regulators. It has been suggested that the recently discovered class of histone demethylases (UTX and JMJD3) that specifically target the repressive H3K27me3 modification play an important role in the activation of “bivalent” genes in response to specific developmental cues. To determine the requirements for UTX in pluripotency and development, we have generated Utx -null ES cells and mutant mice. The loss of UTX had a profound effect during embryogenesis. Utx -null embryos had reduced somite counts, neural tube closure defects and heart malformation that presented between E9.5 and E13.5. Unexpectedly, homozygous mutant female embryos were more severely affected than hemizygous mutant male embryos. In fact, we observed the survival of a subset of UTX-deficient males that were smaller in size and had reduced lifespan. Interestingly, these animals were fertile with normal spermatogenesis. Consistent with a midgestation lethality, UTX-null male and female ES cells gave rise to all three germ layers in teratoma assays, though sex-specific differences could be observed in the activation of developmental regulators in embryoid body assays. Lastly, ChIP-seq analysis revealed an increase in H3K27me3 in Utx -null male ES cells. In summary, our data demonstrate sex-specific requirements for this X-linked gene while suggesting a role for UTY during development.
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- Authors
- Welstead, G. G., Creyghton, M. P., Bilodeau, S., Cheng, A. W., Markoulaki, S., Young, R. A., & Jaenisch, R.
- Affiliations
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2012-07-23
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 32
- Pages
- 13004-13009
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC3420177
- OpenAlex
- W1985370709
- Cited by
- 194
- References
- 41
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- FWCI
- 5.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- KNAW Research Portal (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (HD 045022)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD045022, R37HD045022, 5-F32-F32HD055038, F32HD055038)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Keywords
- KDM6A, H3K27me3 demethylase, embryonic development, X-linked genes, UTY, pluripotency, bivalent genes, neural tube closure, somitogenesis, cardiac anomalies, germ layer differentiation, teratoma, histone demethylation, JMJD3, embryoid body differentiation
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Female, Male, Mice, Mutant Strains, Sex Factors, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Embryonic Development, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Mice, Embryonic Stem Cells, Gene Knockout Techniques, Histone Demethylases, Jumonji Domain-Containing Histone Demethylases
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