Parent-of-Origin DNA Methylation Dynamics during Mouse Development

Parent-specific differentially methylated regions (DMRs) are established during gametogenesis and regulate parent-specific expression of imprinted genes. Monoallelic expression of imprinted genes is essential for development, suggesting that imprints are faithfully maintained in embryos and adults....

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Main Authors: Stelzer, Yonatan, Wu, Hao, Song, Yuelin, Shivalila, Chikdu S., Markoulaki, Styliani, Jaenisch, Rudolf
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
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Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107925
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5466-859X
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author Stelzer, Yonatan
Wu, Hao
Song, Yuelin
Shivalila, Chikdu S.
Markoulaki, Styliani
Jaenisch, Rudolf
author2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
author_facet Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Stelzer, Yonatan
Wu, Hao
Song, Yuelin
Shivalila, Chikdu S.
Markoulaki, Styliani
Jaenisch, Rudolf
author_sort Stelzer, Yonatan
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description Parent-specific differentially methylated regions (DMRs) are established during gametogenesis and regulate parent-specific expression of imprinted genes. Monoallelic expression of imprinted genes is essential for development, suggesting that imprints are faithfully maintained in embryos and adults. To test this hypothesis, we targeted a reporter for genomic methylation to the imprinted Dlk1-Dio3 intergenic DMR (IG-DMR) to assess the methylation of both parental alleles at single-cell resolution. Biallelic gain or loss of IG-DMR methylation occurred in a small fraction of mouse embryonic stem cells, significantly affecting developmental potency. Mice carrying the reporter in either parental allele showed striking parent-specific changes in IG-DMR methylation, causing substantial and consistent tissue- and cell-type-dependent signatures in embryos and postnatal animals. Furthermore, dynamics in DNA methylation persisted during adult neurogenesis, resulting in inter-individual diversity. This substantial cell-cell DNA methylation heterogeneity implies that dynamic DNA methylation variations in the adult may be of functional importance.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1079252022-10-01T20:38:41Z Parent-of-Origin DNA Methylation Dynamics during Mouse Development Stelzer, Yonatan Wu, Hao Song, Yuelin Shivalila, Chikdu S. Markoulaki, Styliani Jaenisch, Rudolf Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology Song, Yuelin Jaenisch, Rudolf Parent-specific differentially methylated regions (DMRs) are established during gametogenesis and regulate parent-specific expression of imprinted genes. Monoallelic expression of imprinted genes is essential for development, suggesting that imprints are faithfully maintained in embryos and adults. To test this hypothesis, we targeted a reporter for genomic methylation to the imprinted Dlk1-Dio3 intergenic DMR (IG-DMR) to assess the methylation of both parental alleles at single-cell resolution. Biallelic gain or loss of IG-DMR methylation occurred in a small fraction of mouse embryonic stem cells, significantly affecting developmental potency. Mice carrying the reporter in either parental allele showed striking parent-specific changes in IG-DMR methylation, causing substantial and consistent tissue- and cell-type-dependent signatures in embryos and postnatal animals. Furthermore, dynamics in DNA methylation persisted during adult neurogenesis, resulting in inter-individual diversity. This substantial cell-cell DNA methylation heterogeneity implies that dynamic DNA methylation variations in the adult may be of functional importance. National Institutes of Health (HD 045022) Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (grant 22950) 2017-04-06T20:48:28Z 2017-04-06T20:48:28Z 2016-09 2016-09 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2211-1247 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107925 Stelzer, Yonatan, Hao Wu, Yuelin Song, Chikdu S. Shivalila, Styliani Markoulaki, and Rudolf Jaenisch. “Parent-of-Origin DNA Methylation Dynamics During Mouse Development.” Cell Reports 16, no. 12 (September 2016): 3167–3180. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5466-859X en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.08.066 Cell Reports Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier Elsevier
spellingShingle Stelzer, Yonatan
Wu, Hao
Song, Yuelin
Shivalila, Chikdu S.
Markoulaki, Styliani
Jaenisch, Rudolf
Parent-of-Origin DNA Methylation Dynamics during Mouse Development
title Parent-of-Origin DNA Methylation Dynamics during Mouse Development
title_full Parent-of-Origin DNA Methylation Dynamics during Mouse Development
title_fullStr Parent-of-Origin DNA Methylation Dynamics during Mouse Development
title_full_unstemmed Parent-of-Origin DNA Methylation Dynamics during Mouse Development
title_short Parent-of-Origin DNA Methylation Dynamics during Mouse Development
title_sort parent of origin dna methylation dynamics during mouse development
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107925
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5466-859X
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