Maternally-inherited anti-sense piRNAs antagonize transposon expression in teleost embryos
Guo, Y.; Gert, K. R.; Lebedeva, S.; Potok, M. E.; Wike, C. L.; Grow, E. J.; Ketting, R. F.; Pauli, A.; Cairns, B.
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Transposable elements threaten genome stability, and the Piwi-piRNA system has evolved to silence transposons in the germline1-6. However, it remains largely unknown what mechanisms are utilized in early vertebrate embryos prior to germline establishment and ping-pong piRNA production. To address this, we first characterized small RNAs in early zebrafish embryos and detected abundant maternally-deposited, Ziwi-associated, antisense piRNAs that map largely to evolutionarily young long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons. Notably, the focal establishment of the repressive modification H3K9me2/3 coincides with these young LTR elements, is deposited independent of transcription, and is required for LTR silencing. We find piRNAs highly enriched and maintained in primordial germ cells (PGCs), which display lower LTR expression than somatic cells. To examine the consequences of piRNA loss, we used reciprocal zebrafish-medaka hybrids, which display selective activation of LTRs that lack maternally-contributed targeting piRNAs. Thus, the Piwi-piRNA system actively antagonizes transposons in the soma and PGCs during early vertebrate embryogenesis.
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