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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Atashpaz, Sina author Samadi Shams, Sara author Gonzalez, Javier Martin author Sebestyén, Endre author Arghavanifard, Negar author Gnocchi, Andrea author Albers, Eliene author Minardi, Simone author Faga, Giovanni author Soffientini, Paolo author Allievi, Elisa author Cancila, Valeria author Bachi, Angela author Tripodo, Claudio author Ferrari, Francesco author López-Contreras, Andrés Joaquin author Costanzo, Vincenzo author Fernandez-Capetillo, Oscar author 2020-03-12 Unrepaired DNA damage during embryonic development can be potentially inherited by a large population of cells. However, the quality control mechanisms that minimize the contribution of damaged cells to developing embryos remain poorly understood. Here, we uncovered an ATR- and CHK1-mediated transcriptional response to replication stress (RS) in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) that induces genes expressed in totipotent two-cell (2C) stage embryos and 2C-like cells. This response is mediated by Dux, a multicopy retrogene defining the cleavage-specific transcriptional program in placental mammals. In response to RS, DUX triggers the transcription of 2C-like markers such as murine endogenous retrovirus-like elements (MERVL) and Zscan4. This response can also be elicited by ETAA1-mediated ATR activation in the absence of RS. ATR-mediated activation of DUX requires GRSF1-dependent post-transcriptional regulation of Dux mRNA. Strikingly, activation of ATR expands ESCs fate potential by extending their contribution to both embryonic and extra-embryonic tissues. These findings define a novel ATR dependent pathway involved in maintaining genome stability in developing embryos by controlling ESCs fate in response to RS. Elife. 2020;9:e54756. 10.7554/eLife.54756 2050-084X eLife 32163370 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/10988 DNA-DAMAGE EPIGENETIC RESTRICTION TELOMERE ELONGATION GENOMIC STABILITY GENE ATR ATR expands embryonic stem cell fate potential in response to replication stress.