Determination of the parental pronuclear origin in bovine zygotes: H3K9me3 versus H3K27me2-3 |
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Authors: | Sonia Heras Lynn VandenbergheAnn Van Soom |
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Affiliation: | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium |
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Abstract: | To study the dynamics of 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in zygotes, the parental origin of the pronuclei needs to be determined. To this end the use of the asymmetric distribution of histone modifications in pronuclei is becoming more popular. Here, we demonstrated that histone 3 lysine 27 di-tri-methylation shows a stable pattern being present in the maternal but not in the paternal pronucleus of bovine zygotes, even in late stages of pronuclear development. In contrast, the pattern of histone 3 lysine 9 tri-methylation is very variable, and therefore cannot be used to reliably determine the parental origin of bovine pronuclei. |
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Keywords: | Immunofluorescence Epigenetics H3K9me3 H3K27me2-3 Pronuclear sexing Bovine zygotes |
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