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ArticleScientific reports2022

H3K27me3 at pericentromeric heterochromatin is a defining feature of the early mouse blastocyst.

Mélanie Pailles, Mélanie Hirlemann, Vincent Brochard, Martine Chebrout, Jean-François Oudin, Hendrik Marks, Alice Jouneau, Amélie Bonnet-Garnier

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Epigenetic remodeling during early embryonic development.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  4. The rebirth of repressive chromatin during early vertebrate development.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Mélanie PaillesUniversité Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Mélanie HirlemannUniversité Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Vincent BrochardUniversité Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Martine ChebroutUniversité Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Jean-François OudinUniversité Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Hendrik MarksDepartment of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Radboud University, 6525GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Alice JouneauUniversité Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France. alice.jouneau@inrae.fr.
Amélie Bonnet-GarnierUniversité Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France. amelie.bonnet-garnier@inrae.fr.
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement · FRBiologie de la Reproduction, Environnement, Epigénétique et Développement · FRÉcole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort · FRRadboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences · NLUniversité Paris-Saclay · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early mouse development is characterized by structural and epigenetic changes while cells progress towards differentiation. At blastocyst stage, the segregation of the three primordial lineages is accompanied by establishment of differential patterns of DNA methylation and post-translational modifications of histones, such as H3K27me3. Here, we analysed the dynamics of H3K27me3 at pericentromeric heterochromatin (PCH) during early development. We also followed the localization of EZH2 and BEND3, previously shown in ESCs to drive PRC2 to hypomethylated PCH. We show that the location of H3K27me3 at PCH, in addition to H3K9me3, is a defining feature of embryonic cells in vivo. Moreover, it may play an important role in structuring PCH and preserving genomic integrity at a time of globally relaxed chromatin. At peri-implantation stages, while DNA methylation is still low, EZH2 and then H3K27me3, leave PCH in epiblast progenitors at the time of their spatial segregation from primitive endoderm cells, while BEND3 remains there up to implantation. The comparison with stem cells (ESCs and TSCs) reveals that the epigenetic marks (i.e. H3K9me3 and H3K27me3) of PCH are reset during in vitro derivation and only partially restored thereafter. This highlights possible divergences between in vitro and "in embryo" epigenetic regulation regarding constitutive heterochromatin.

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HeterochromatinHistonesAnimalsBlastocystDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticMiceHeterochromatinHistones

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PMID35974030
PMCPMC9381757
OpenAlexW4226197427

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