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Lsh is required for meiotic chromosome synapsis and retrotransposon silencing in female germ cells

  1. Author:
    De la Fuente, R.
    Baumann, C.
    Fan, T.
    Schmidtmann, A.
    Dobrinski, I.
    Muegge, K.

  2. Author Address

    Univ Penn, Sch Vet Med, Female Germ Cell Biol Grp, Dept Clin Studies,Ctr Anim Transgenesis & Germ Ce, Kennett Sq, PA 19348 USA. NCI, Mol Immunoregulat Lab, SAIC Basic Res Program, Frederick, MD 21701 USA.;De la Fuente, R, Univ Penn, Sch Vet Med, Female Germ Cell Biol Grp, Dept Clin Studies,Ctr Anim Transgenesis & Germ Ce, 382 W St Rd,Kennett Sq, Kennett Sq, PA 19348 USA.;rfuente@vet.upenn.edu
    1. Year: 2006
    2. Date: Dec
  2. Journal: Nature Cell Biology
    1. 8
    2. 12
    3. Pages: 1448-U85
  4. Type of Article: Article
  5. ISSN: 1465-7392
  1. Abstract:

    Lymphoid specific helicase (Lsh) is a major epigenetic regulator that is essential for DNA methylation and transcriptional silencing of parasitic elements in the mammalian genome(1,2). However, whether Lsh is involved in the regulation of chromatin-mediated processes during meiosis is not known. Here, we show that Lsh is essential for the completion of meiosis and transcriptional repression of repetitive elements in the female gonad. Oocytes from Lsh knockout mice exhibit demethylation of transposable elements and tandem repeats at pericentric heterochromatin, as well as incomplete chromosome synapsis associated with persistent RAD51 foci and gamma H2AX phosphorylation. Failure to load crossover-associated foci results in the generation of non-exchange chromosomes. The severe oocyte loss observed and lack of ovarian follicle formation, together with the patterns of Lsh nuclear compartmentalization in the germ line, demonstrate that Lsh has a critical and previously unidentified role in epigenetic gene silencing and maintenance of genomic stability during female meiosis.

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  2. DOI: 10.1038/ncb1513
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  4. WOS: 000242419800022

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