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Comparative principles of DNA methylation reprogramming during human and mouse in vitro primordial germ cell specification [Mouse and Human RNA-seq and BS-seq]

Organism Icon Mus musculus
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Primordial germ cell (PGC) development is characterized by global epigenetic remodeling, which resets genomic potential and establishes an epigenetic ground state. Here we recapitulate PGC specification in vitro from naive embryonic stem cells and characterize the early events of epigenetic reprogramming during the formation of the human and mouse germline. Following rapid de novo DNA methylation during priming to epiblast-like cells, methylation is globally erased in PGC-like cells (PGCLCs). Repressive chromatin marks (H3K9me2/3) and transposable elements are enriched at demethylation resistant regions, while active chromatin marks (H3K4me3 or H3K27ac) are more prominent at regions that demethylate faster. The dynamics of specification and epigenetic reprogramming show species-specific differences, in particular markedly slower reprogramming kinetics in the human germline. Differences in developmental kinetics between species may be explained by differential regulation of epigenetic modifiers. Our work establishes a robust and faithful experimental system of the early events of epigenetic reprogramming and its regulation in the germline. Overall design: mRNA-seq, BS-seq and PBAT of different time-points during human and mouse in vitro PGC-like cell specification
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