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Development, Vol 127, Issue 14 3101-3105, Copyright © 2000 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Imprint switching for non-random X-chromosome inactivation during mouse oocyte growth

T Tada, Y Obata, M Tada, Y Goto, N Nakatsuji, S Tan, T Kono and N Takagi
Department of Development and Differentiation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kawara-cho 53, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. ttada@mail.frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jp

In mammals, X-chromosome inactivation occurs in all female cells, leaving only a single active X chromosome. This serves to equalise the dosage of X-linked genes in male and female cells. In the mouse, the paternally derived X chromosome (X(P)) is imprinted and preferentially inactivated in the extraembryonic tissues whereas in the embryonic tissues inactivation is random. To investigate how X(P) is chosen as an inactivated X chromosome in the extraembryonic cells, we have produced experimental embryos by serial nuclear transplantation from non-growing (ng) oocytes and fully grown (fg) oocytes, in which the X chromosomes are marked with (1) an X-linked lacZ reporter gene to assay X-chromosome activity, or (2) the Rb(X.9)6H translocation as a cytogenetic marker for studying replication timing. In the extraembryonic tissues of these ng/fg embryos, the maternal X chromosome (X(M)) derived from the ng oocyte was preferentially inactivated whereas that from the fg oocyte remained active. However, in the embryonic tissues, X inactivation was random. This suggests that (1) a maternal imprint is set on the X(M) during oocyte growth, (2) the maternal imprint serves to render the X(M) resistant to inactivation in the extraembryonic tissues and (3) the X(M) derived from an ng oocyte resembles a normal X(P).


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