Non-Canonical and Sexually Dimorphic X Dosage Compensation States in the Mouse and Human Germline.
Non-Canonical and Sexually Dimorphic X Dosage Compensation States in the Mouse and Human Germline.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.devcel.2016.12.023
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发表时间:
2017-02-06
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11.8
通讯作者:
Turner JM
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作者:
Sangrithi MN;Royo H;Mahadevaiah SK;Ojarikre O;Bhaw L;Sesay A;Peters AH;Stadler M;Turner JM
Somatic X dosage compensation requires two mechanisms: X inactivation balances X gene output between males (XY) and females (XX), while X upregulation, hypothesized by Ohno and documented in vivo, balances X gene with autosomal gene output. Whether X dosage compensation occurs in germ cells is unclear. We show that mouse and human germ cells exhibit non-canonical X dosage states that differ from the soma and between the sexes. Prior to genome-wide reprogramming, X upregulation is present, consistent with Ohno's hypothesis. Subsequently, however, it is erased. In females, erasure follows loss of X inactivation, causing X dosage excess. Conversely, in males, erasure leads to permanent X dosage decompensation. Sex chromosomally abnormal models exhibit a “sex-reversed” X dosage state: XX males, like XX females, develop X dosage excess, while XO females, like XY males, develop X dosage decompensation. Thus, germline X dosage compensation states are determined by X chromosome number, not phenotypic sex. These unexpected differences in X dosage compensation states between germline and soma offer unique perspectives on sex chromosome infertility. X dosage compensation in germ cells is reset during GWR PGCs exhibit X upregulation before GWR, in keeping with Ohno's hypothesis X upregulation is lost during GWR Mouse and human germ cells exhibit X dosage states that are sexually dimorphic Germ cells reset their epigenome and transcriptome prior to meiosis. Sangrithi et al. show that unique X chromosome dosage compensation states prevail in germ cells. These states are determined by the number of X chromosomes present rather than phenotypic sex, providing a different perspective on infertility associated with sex chromosome aneuploidy.