Solubility phase transition of maternal RNAs during vertebrate oocyte-to-embryo transition
Solubility phase transition of maternal RNAs during vertebrate oocyte-to-embryo transition
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DOI:
10.1016/j.devcel.2023.10.005
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发表时间:
2023-12-04
影响因子:
11.8
通讯作者:
Yang,Jing
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作者:
Hwang,Hyojeong;Chen,Sijie;Yang,Jing
The oocyte-to-embryo transition (OET) is regulated by maternal products stored in the oocyte cytoplasm, independent of transcription. How maternal products are precisely remodeled to dictate the OET remains largely unclear. In this work, we discover the dynamic solubility phase transition of maternal RNAs duringXenopusOET. We have identified 863 maternal transcripts that transition from a soluble state to a detergent-insoluble one after oocyte maturation. These RNAs are enriched in the animal hemisphere, and many of them encode key cell cycle regulators. In contrast, 165 transcripts, including nearly allXenopusgermline RNAs and some vegetally localized somatic RNAs, undergo an insoluble-to-soluble phase transition. This phenomenon is conserved in zebrafish. Our results demonstrate that the phase transition of germline RNAs influences their susceptibility to RNA degradation machinery and is mediated by the remodeling of germ plasm. This work thus identifies important remodeling mechanisms that act on RNAs to control vertebrate OET.