This is not unique to the mutants because we also observe the same types of growth and reproductive abnormalities in wild-type animals that were starved for substantially longer durations (11 d) before transferring them to replete conditions (Fig. The germ-line defects we describe herein resemble those seen in spr-5 mutants that have compromised demethylase function, where the germ line becomes mortalized over several generations (28, 54). In AMPK/aak-1/2 mutants however, the reproductive consequences that manifest in the post-L1 diapause animals persist throughout multiple generations after the initial event resulting in the progressive extinction of the affected lineages. The duration of the starvation at the L1 stage has a cumulative impact on fertility in wild-type, AMPK/aak-1/2, and PTEN/daf-18 animals, whereas the sterility observed in the triple mutant combination (aak-1; daf-18; aak-2) is even more severely affected: 71 ± 6% of post-L1 diapause triple mutants became sterile after 1 d in the diapause compared with 4.6 ± 4% and 35 ± 6% for AMPK/aak-1/2 and PTEN/daf-18 mutants, respectively. S2I).
In the other selection methods (methods #2 and #3) we tested whether visibly healthy normal animals might nevertheless be affected epigenetically by the acute starvation during the L1 diapause. High Levels of ROS Impair Lysosomal Acidity and Autophagy Flux in Glucose-Deprived Fibroblasts by Activating ATM and Erk Pathways.
Wild hummingbirds can perceive a variety of nonspectral colors, accessing a rich color space for foraging, communication, and mate choice. This finding suggests that even though most of these post-L1 diapause parents were either phenotypically unaffected by the diapause, or that any initially occurring defects may have been resolved in the first generation, some heritable record of the initial event persisted and was manifested, albeit at low penetrance, up to nine generations after the initial event. Each experiment was performed minimally three independent times. 4A). (F) aak-1/2 mutants exhibit a progressive reduction in brood size with each successive generation, similar to a Mrt phenotype. Quantification of H3K4me3 levels normalized to HTP-3 signal following immunostaining in the PGCs of nonstarved (−), 3 d starved (3d), and in subsequent generations (F2, F4, and F6) of post-L1 diapause animals. (Scale bar, 50 μm.)
S2G; compare with Fig. How general this AMPK function may be is currently unknown, nor can we speculate on the limits of its buffering capacity. After 24 h, the density of newly hatched L1 larvae was adjusted to 6–10 L1 larvae per microliter. However, when the crosses were performed with post-L1 diapause AMPK/aak-1/2 mutant hermaphrodites and nonstarved male AMPK/aak-1/2 mutant animals, we noted that the brood-size defects could only be partially restored. Error bars: 95% CI. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! Surprisingly, the remaining 20% of the fertile adults produced an almost normal brood size and seem almost unaffected.
Ctl (–) indicates animals that were not starved; n > 40 per genotype per condition. Again, four representative plates were selected from among the plates of F2 progeny that exhibited a reduced F2 brood size.
In many organisms H3K4me3 is catalyzed by a COMPASS-like complex, the catalytic core of which includes a histone methyltransferase of the Su(var)3-9/enhancer of zeste/trithorax domain protein (SET1)/mixed lineage leukaemia (MLL) family (32⇓–34). The brood sizes of cross progeny were determined and represented as the percentage of the total population of animals born from the same successful cross. This finding suggests that only some of the reproductive defects (sterility or reduced brood size) of the post-L1 diapause AMPK/aak-1/2 mutants are derived from the sperm defects described above (Fig. When we mated AMPK/aak-1/2 mutant hermaphrodites that had never been starved with post-L1 diapause AMPK/aak-1/2 males, the resulting brood sizes were normal and we did not observe any significant increase in sterility, suggesting that the abundance or the quality of the sperm in post-L1 diapause AMPK/aak-1/2 adult hermaphrodites is not a major factor in the observed sterility.
Error bars represent the confidence interval at 95% (95% CI); n ≥ 80 animals were scored per experimental condition. Subsequently, 50 larvae were collected for each dsRNA tested, maintained at 20 °C for 3 or 4 d, after which their fertility and brood size were scored.
S1A) (13⇓⇓–16). Our transgenerational analyses were performed according to three different selection methods to rigorously test whether a single exposure to starvation during the L1 stage results in reproductive defects in the descendants of these starved animals throughout multiple generations. 4.
In wild-type adult hermaphrodites, germ cells exit a mitotically active zone at the distal end of the gonad and enter meiotic prophase I as they move proximally. We noted that SET-2 levels were consistently higher in the PGCs of starved L1 larvae that lack AMPK compared with starved wild-type PGCs, indicating that AMPK compromise may affect its accumulation in the PGC nuclei and consequently increase the levels of H3K4me3 in the germ cells of the starved AMPK/aak-1/2 mutants (Fig. We then singled 50 F1 L4 larvae to individual plates and allowed them to reproduce (200 individual animals from four reduced lineages).
We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. (E) Prolonged duration in the L1 diapause results in premature adult lethality. Wild-type, aak-1/2, set-2, and rbr-2 L1 larvae were maintained in the L1 diapause for 3 d (*) or not starved (–), then recovered to replete plates and their post-L4 stage survival was scored every 2 d; n ≥100 animals per point. In its absence, critical chromatin modifications occur in the primordial germ cells (PGCs) of emergent starved L1 larvae that correlate with compromised reproductive fitness of the generation that experienced the stress, but also in the subsequent generations that never experienced the initial event. If AMPK-dependent phosphorylation of SET-2 or other components of the COMPASS complex results in recognition of the phosphotargets by 14-3-3 proteins to mediate its effects downstream of nutrient/energy stress, then loss of the C. elegans 14-3-3 proteins should recapitulate the phenotypes typical of AMPK compromise in post-L1 diapause animals.
To test whether a single bout of starvation during the L1 stage could result in transgenerational epigenetic defects in subsequent generations of progeny that never experienced the initial starvation, we carried out three distinct multigenerational analyses based on different hypotheses (Fig. The average brood size is indicated by horizontal bars for each genotype/condition. 1 A and B and Fig. (H) Synchronized daf-18 L1 larvae were maintained in M9 buffer without food for 3 d with or without 30 µM DRB. We then selected four representative plates from among the plates of F1 progeny obtained from parents that had reduced broods. The dotted line represents the minimum number of F1 progeny used to define reduced brood size (fewer than 100 F1 progeny). 2020 May 6;21(9):3289. doi: 10.3390/ijms21093289. To determine if the defects observed in AMPK-compromised starved animals are related to the link between increased H3K4me3 and aberrant resumption of transcriptional elongation, we blocked any elongating complexes during the period of starvation using 5,6-dichloro-1-β-d-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole (DRB), a potent, highly specific, elongation inhibitor (51, 52) and quantified the effects on fertility in the treated animals and on the brood-size defects in subsequent generations.
Gonadal defects observed in young-adult post-L1 diapause aak-1/2 mutant adults from C were quantified and represented graphically. This developmental pausing is not exceptional and in many organisms RNA polymerase II is maintained in a postinitiated state where subsequent elongation is regulated by factors that associate with the phosphorylated carboxyl-terminal domain of the RNA polymerase II large subunit (49). The chromosomal morphology typical of cells in the transition zone based on DAPI staining was abnormal, suggesting that the progression from mitosis to meiosis was affected. 2A). 1F). Further analysis suggested that DNA methylation patterns in specific regions of the genome were altered in many of the Hongerwinter children (1, 4).
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The increased H3K4me3 levels were not unique to the germ cells, but also occurred in the soma. DAPI and immunostaining were performed as described previously (59) with some modifications: L1 larvae were first fixed in paraformaldehyde, freeze-cracked, and then immersed in cold MeOH.
Autophagy. Animals were then transferred to regular OP50-seeded NGM plates and fertility was assessed after they reached adulthood.
These steps were repeated successively such that the brood size of 200 individual animals (4 plates of 50 individuals) was quantified at each generation. In contrast, young adult hermaphrodite aak-1/2 mutants that developed after a 3-d L1 diapause (*) displayed abnormal gonads that lack or have reduced germ cell numbers (d–f), where the mitosis–meiosis zone is disorganized. Primary antibodies were used at the following dilutions: purified guinea-pig and rabbit anti-HTP-3 (1:500, 1:300; a gift from M. Zetka, McGill University, Montreal) (59), rabbit anti-SET-2 (1:200; a gift from S. Strome, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA) (35), rabbit anti-H3K4me3 (1:500; Abcam, cat#ab8580), and rabbit anti-H2B phospho S36 (1:500; Cell Signaling, BL7546). (C) aak-1/2 mutants exhibit a progressive transgenerational reduction in brood size. (Scale bars, 50 μm.)
The F1 animals that arose from post-L1 diapause AMPK/aak-1/2 mutant parents with reduced broods did, however, die earlier than nonstarved mutant controls (Fig. The premature death that occurs in all of the post-L1 diapause animals appears to be independent of the observed morphological somatic defects, because 60% of the post-L1 diapause AMPK/aak-1/2 or PTEN/daf-18 mutant adults, and 70% of the wild-type animals that were starved 11 d, die prematurely, 6 d after reaching the L4 stage with no visible somatic defects.
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