eprintid: 10094889 rev_number: 14 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/09/48/89 datestamp: 2020-04-16 14:47:37 lastmod: 2021-10-09 23:10:03 status_changed: 2020-04-16 14:47:37 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Bennabi, I creators_name: Crozet, F creators_name: Nikalayevich, E creators_name: Chaigne, A creators_name: Letort, G creators_name: Manil-Ségalen, M creators_name: Campillo, C creators_name: Cadart, C creators_name: Othmani, A creators_name: Attia, R creators_name: Genovesio, A creators_name: Verlhac, M-H creators_name: Terret, M-E title: Artificially decreasing cortical tension generates aneuploidy in mouse oocytes ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C08 divisions: D77 note: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. abstract: Human and mouse oocytes’ developmental potential can be predicted by their mechanical properties. Their development into blastocysts requires a specific stiffness window. In this study, we combine live-cell and computational imaging, laser ablation, and biophysical measurements to investigate how deregulation of cortex tension in the oocyte contributes to early developmental failure. We focus on extra-soft cells, the most common defect in a natural population. Using two independent tools to artificially decrease cortical tension, we show that chromosome alignment is impaired in extra-soft mouse oocytes, despite normal spindle morphogenesis and dynamics, inducing aneuploidy. The main cause is a cytoplasmic increase in myosin-II activity that could sterically hinder chromosome capture. We describe here an original mode of generation of aneuploidies that could be very common in oocytes and could contribute to the high aneuploidy rate observed during female meiosis, a leading cause of infertility and congenital disorders. date: 2020-04-03 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15470-y oa_status: green full_text_type: pub pmcid: PMC7125192 language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1775905 doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15470-y pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-15470-y lyricists_name: Chaigne, Agathe lyricists_id: ACHAI50 actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette actors_id: BFFLY94 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Nature Communications volume: 11 article_number: 1649 event_location: England citation: Bennabi, I; Crozet, F; Nikalayevich, E; Chaigne, A; Letort, G; Manil-Ségalen, M; Campillo, C; ... Terret, M-E; + view all <#> Bennabi, I; Crozet, F; Nikalayevich, E; Chaigne, A; Letort, G; Manil-Ségalen, M; Campillo, C; Cadart, C; Othmani, A; Attia, R; Genovesio, A; Verlhac, M-H; Terret, M-E; - view fewer <#> (2020) Artificially decreasing cortical tension generates aneuploidy in mouse oocytes. Nature Communications , 11 , Article 1649. 10.1038/s41467-020-15470-y <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15470-y>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094889/1/s41467-020-15470-y.pdf