TY - JOUR TI - Histone hyperacetylation during meiosis interferes with large-scale chromatin remodeling, axial chromatid condensation and sister chromatid separation in the mammalian oocyte AU - Yang, Feikun AU - Baumann, Claudia AU - Viveiros, MariaM. AU - De La Fuente, Rabindranath T2 - The International Journal of Developmental Biology AB - Histone acetylation regulates higher-order chromatin structure and function and is critical for the control of gene expression. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) are currently unĀ¬der investigation as novel cancer therapeutic drugs. Here, we show that female germ cells are extremely suscepĀ¬tible to chromatin changes induced by HDACi. Our results indicate that exposure to trichostatin A (TSA) at nanomolar levels interferes with major chromatin remodeling events in the mammalian oocyte leading to chromosome instability. High resolution analysis of chromatin structure and live-cell imaging revealed a striking euchromatin decondensation associated with histone H4 hyperacetylation following exposure to 15 nM TSA in >90% of pre-ovulatory oocytes. Dynamic changes in large-scale chromatin structure were detected after 2 h of exposure and result in the formation of misaligned chromosomes in >75% (P PY - 2012 DO - 10.1387/ijdb.120246rd VL - 56 IS - 10-11-12 SP - 889 EP - 899 J2 - Int. J. Dev. Biol. LA - en SN - 0214-6282 SN - 1696-3547 UR - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/120246rd Y2 - 2024/05/06/14:53:51 ER -