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Zhen-Bo Wang, Ph.D., Professor

Oogenesis, meiotic maturation and fertilization


Staffs: Zhiming Han
Postdoc: Yuanyuan Li, Wei Yue, Mingzhe Dong, Xi Yang
Students: Ji Ding, Linjian Gu, Jiani Guo, Mengyu Liu, Yike Lu, Jingyi Qiao, Simin Sun, Hong Wu, Yuanhong Xu, Xuemei Yang, Bingwang Zhao, Yina Zhang

 

  Life begins with the fusion of oocyte and sperm. By using the materials from mouse, non-human primate and clinic treatment, my group focus on the mechanisms of oogenesis, meiotic maturation and fertilization.



Maternal factors regulate the establishment of H3K27 methylation in zygote



Post-translational modification of Bin2 mediates female fertility

 

 

Plain English:
Current interests in my laboratory include: (i) reveal the mechanisms of oogenesis and meiotic maturation. (ii) dissection of the basis of fertilization and life initiation.

 

Selected publications:

  1. Zhu FY*, Wang LL*, Meng TG*, Wang RL*, Yang ZX*, Cao Y, Zhu GY, Jin Z, Gao LL, Zeng WT, Wang ZB#, Sun QY#, Zhang D#(2021). Inhibiting bridge integrator 2 phosphorylation leads to improved oocyte quality, ovarian health and fertility in aging and after chemotherapy in mice. Nat Aging (in press)
  2. Meng TG*, Zhou Q*, Ma XS*, Liu XY*, Meng QR, Huang XJ, Liu HL, Lei WL, Zhao ZH, Ouyang YC, Hou Y, Schatten H, Ou XH#, Wang ZB#, Gao SR#, Sun QY#(2020). PRC2 and EHMT1 regulate H3K27me2 and H3K27me3 establishment across the zygote genome. Nat Commun. Dec 11;11(1):6354.
  3. Meng TG*, Lu X*, Guo L*, Hou GM, Ma XS, Li QN, Huang L, Fan LH, Zhao ZH, Ou XH, OuYang YC, Schatten H, Li L, Wang ZB#, Sun QY# (2019). Mettl14 is required for mouse postimplantation development by facilitating epiblast maturation. FASEB J . Jan;33(1):1179-1187.
  4. Hu MW*, Meng TG*, Jiang ZZ, Dong MZ, Schatten H, Xu X, Wang ZB#, Sun QY# (2016). Protein Phosphatase 6 Protects Prophase I-Arrested Oocytes by Safeguarding Genomic Integrity. PLoS Genet . Dec 8;12(12):e1006513.
  5. Wang ZB*, Jiang ZZ, Zhang QH, Hu MW, Huang L, Ou XH, Guo L, Ouyang YC, Hou Y, Brakebusch C, Schatten H, Sun QY# (2013).Specific deletion of Cdc42 does not affect meiotic spindle organization/migration and homologous chromosome segregation, but disrupts polarity establishment and cytokinesis in mouse oocyte. Mol Biol Cell  24(24):3832-41.
  6. Wang ZB*, Schatten H, Sun QY# (2011).Why is Chromosome Segregation Error in Oocytes Increased With Maternal Aging. Physiology  (Bethesda) 26(5):314-25.