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The conserved regulatory basis of mRNA contributions to the early Drosophila embryo differs between the maternal and zygotic genomes
The gene products that drive early development are critical for setting up developmental trajectories in all animals. The earliest stages of development are fueled by maternally provided mRNAs until the zygote can take over transcription of its own genome. In early development, both maternally depos...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7145188/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32226006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008645 |
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author | Omura, Charles S. Lott, Susan E. |
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description | The gene products that drive early development are critical for setting up developmental trajectories in all animals. The earliest stages of development are fueled by maternally provided mRNAs until the zygote can take over transcription of its own genome. In early development, both maternally deposited and zygotically transcribed gene products have been well characterized in model systems. Previously, we demonstrated that across the genus Drosophila, maternal and zygotic mRNAs are largely conserved but also showed a surprising amount of change across species, with more differences evolving at the zygotic stage than the maternal stage. In this study, we use comparative methods to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms underlying maternal deposition and zygotic transcription across species. Through motif analysis, we discovered considerable conservation of regulatory mechanisms associated with maternal transcription, as compared to zygotic transcription. We also found that the regulatory mechanisms active in the maternal and zygotic genomes are quite different. For maternally deposited genes, we uncovered many signals that are consistent with transcriptional regulation at the level of chromatin state through factors enriched in the ovary, rather than precisely controlled gene-specific factors. For genes expressed only by the zygotic genome, we found evidence for previously identified regulators such as Zelda and GAGA-factor, with multiple analyses pointing toward gene-specific regulation. The observed mechanisms of regulation are consistent with what is known about regulation in these two genomes: during oogenesis, the maternal genome is optimized to quickly produce a large volume of transcripts to provide to the oocyte; after zygotic genome activation, mechanisms are employed to activate transcription of specific genes in a spatiotemporally precise manner. Thus the genetic architecture of the maternal and zygotic genomes, and the specific requirements for the transcripts present at each stage of embryogenesis, determine the regulatory mechanisms responsible for transcripts present at these stages. |
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spelling | pubmed-71451882020-04-21 The conserved regulatory basis of mRNA contributions to the early Drosophila embryo differs between the maternal and zygotic genomes Omura, Charles S. Lott, Susan E. PLoS Genet Research Article The gene products that drive early development are critical for setting up developmental trajectories in all animals. The earliest stages of development are fueled by maternally provided mRNAs until the zygote can take over transcription of its own genome. In early development, both maternally deposited and zygotically transcribed gene products have been well characterized in model systems. Previously, we demonstrated that across the genus Drosophila, maternal and zygotic mRNAs are largely conserved but also showed a surprising amount of change across species, with more differences evolving at the zygotic stage than the maternal stage. In this study, we use comparative methods to elucidate the regulatory mechanisms underlying maternal deposition and zygotic transcription across species. Through motif analysis, we discovered considerable conservation of regulatory mechanisms associated with maternal transcription, as compared to zygotic transcription. We also found that the regulatory mechanisms active in the maternal and zygotic genomes are quite different. For maternally deposited genes, we uncovered many signals that are consistent with transcriptional regulation at the level of chromatin state through factors enriched in the ovary, rather than precisely controlled gene-specific factors. For genes expressed only by the zygotic genome, we found evidence for previously identified regulators such as Zelda and GAGA-factor, with multiple analyses pointing toward gene-specific regulation. The observed mechanisms of regulation are consistent with what is known about regulation in these two genomes: during oogenesis, the maternal genome is optimized to quickly produce a large volume of transcripts to provide to the oocyte; after zygotic genome activation, mechanisms are employed to activate transcription of specific genes in a spatiotemporally precise manner. Thus the genetic architecture of the maternal and zygotic genomes, and the specific requirements for the transcripts present at each stage of embryogenesis, determine the regulatory mechanisms responsible for transcripts present at these stages. Public Library of Science 2020-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7145188/ /pubmed/32226006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008645 Text en © 2020 Omura, Lott http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Omura, Charles S. Lott, Susan E. The conserved regulatory basis of mRNA contributions to the early Drosophila embryo differs between the maternal and zygotic genomes |
title | The conserved regulatory basis of mRNA contributions to the early Drosophila embryo differs between the maternal and zygotic genomes |
title_full | The conserved regulatory basis of mRNA contributions to the early Drosophila embryo differs between the maternal and zygotic genomes |
title_fullStr | The conserved regulatory basis of mRNA contributions to the early Drosophila embryo differs between the maternal and zygotic genomes |
title_full_unstemmed | The conserved regulatory basis of mRNA contributions to the early Drosophila embryo differs between the maternal and zygotic genomes |
title_short | The conserved regulatory basis of mRNA contributions to the early Drosophila embryo differs between the maternal and zygotic genomes |
title_sort | conserved regulatory basis of mrna contributions to the early drosophila embryo differs between the maternal and zygotic genomes |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7145188/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32226006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008645 |
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