Fig. 6. Embryos derived from NSN oocytes have aberrant RNAPII levels and localization, and are defective in maternal-to-zygotic transition.
a Immunoblots of GV oocytes, MII oocytes and 1-cell embryos derived from NSN and SN oocytes. Black arrows mark phosphorylated (IIO) and unphosphorylated (IIA) RPB1. b Immunofluorescence images of 1-cell embryos derived from NSN and SN oocytes. c, d, e, f Automated quantification of total intensity of RPB1, pS2, EU, and chromatin volume in 1-cell embryos derived from NSN and SN oocytes. P(pS2)=0.0045; P(RPB1) < 0.0001; P(EU) = 0.0253; P(chromatin volume)=0.0007. g Immunofluorescence images of pronuclei of 1-cell embryos derived from NSN, SN, and in vivo ovulated (IVO) oocytes. h Manual scoring of the number of nucleolus in the pronuclei of 1-cell embryos derived from NSN, SN, and IVO oocytes. (two-tailed Fisher’s exact test for male pronuclei, p = 0.0001; two-tailed Fisher’s exact test for female pronuclei, p = 0.6201) i Volcano plot showing differently expressed transcripts in 1-cell embryos derived from NSN and SN oocytes. j Euler diagrams showing the overlap between downregulated genes and minor ZGA transcripts and overlap between upregulated genes and maternal transcripts. k GO analysis of downregulated and upregulated genes not overlapping with minor ZGA transcripts and maternal transcripts. l ATAC-see images of 1-cell embryos derived from NSN and SN oocytes. m Automated quantification of total intensity of ATAC-see signal in 1-cell embryos derived from NSN and SN oocytes. p = 0.1052. n Immunofluorescence images of TSA-treated 1-cell embryos derived from NSN oocytes. o Manual scoring of TSA-treated 1-cell embryos derived from NSN oocytes. (two-tailed Fisher’s exact test for DMSO- and TSA-treated 1-cell embryos derived from NSN oocytes, p = 0.3089). *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. ***p < 0.001. ****p < 0.0001. N.S., not significant. Box plots show median(middle line), mean(small squares), 25th and 75th percentiles(boxes), 5th and 95th percentiles(whiskers), and 1st and 99th percentiles(crosses). Unpaired, two-tailed Student’s t test (c–f, l). The number of oocytes analyzed or loaded is specified in italics. Scale bars are 5 µm. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
