H1 histones are potentially significant to nuclear reprogramming during the oocyte-to-embryo transition. One characteristic distinguishing the H1 subtypes is that the somatic H1 histones are found primarily in dividing cells, whereas the H10 subtype is predominantly found in differentiated cells. The H1 complement in mouse oocytes and preimplantation embryos from wild-type and H10-/- animals was investigated. / Immunocytochemistry of wild-type cells demonstrated that H10 was predominant in oocytes while somatic H1 began accumulating in the 2-cell embryo. In H10-/- cells H10 was not detected, but, surprisingly, somatic H1 was detected beginning at the 1-cell stage. Radiolabeling of wild-type and H10-/- cells revealed that somatic H1 synthesis intensified after meiotic maturation, and therefore prior to its detection in embryos. The functional study found that loss of H10 impaired oogenesis but enhanced embryogenesis. The patterns of H1 immunodetection and synthesis are integrated, and the significance of H1 composition in development is discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.33399 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Fu, Germaine, 1976- |
| Contributors | Clarke, Hugh J. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Biology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001782162, proquestno: MQ70708, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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