Chromosomal rearrangement interferes with meiotic X chromosome inactivation.
Heterozygosity for certain mouse and human chromosomal rearrangements is characterized by the incomplete meiotic synapsis of rearranged chromosomes, by their colocalization with the XY body in primary spermatocytes, and by male-limited sterility. Previously, we argued that such X-autosomal associations could interfere with meiotic sex chromosome inactivation. Recently, supporting evidence has reported modifications of histones in rearranged chromosomes by a process called the meiotic silencing of unsynapsed chromatin (MSUC). Here, we report on the transcriptional down-regulation of genes within the unsynapsed region of the rearranged mouse chromosome 17, and on the subsequent disturbance of X chromosome inactivation. The partial transcriptional suppression of genes in the unsynapsed chromatin was most prominent prior to the mid-pachytene stage of primary spermatocytes. Later, during the mid-late pachytene, the rearranged autosomes colocalized with the XY body, and the X chromosome failed to undergo proper transcriptional silencing. Our findings provide direct evidence on the MSUC acting at the mRNA level, and implicate that autosomal asynapsis in meiosis may cause male sterility by interfering with meiotic sex chromosome inactivation.
Homolka
David
D
Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
Ivanek
Robert
R
Capkova
Jana
J
Jansa
Petr
P
Forejt
Jiri
J
D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics; D015536:Down-Regulation; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D020868:Gene Silencing; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D020297:Mice, Congenic; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D013090:Spermatocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000235:genetics; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000235:genetics*; D049951:X Chromosome Inactivation
D002843:Chromatin
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