RRC ID 34821
著者 Matsuzaki H, Okamura E, Takahashi T, Ushiki A, Nakamura T, Nakano T, Hata K, Fukamizu A, Tanimoto K.
タイトル De novo DNA methylation through the 5'-segment of the H19 ICR maintains its imprint during early embryogenesis.
ジャーナル Development
Abstract Genomic imprinting is a major monoallelic gene expression regulatory mechanism in mammals, and depends on gamete-specific DNA methylation of specialized cis-regulatory elements called imprinting control regions (ICRs). Allele-specific DNA methylation of the ICRs is faithfully maintained at the imprinted loci throughout development, even in early embryos where genomes undergo extensive epigenetic reprogramming, including DNA demethylation, to acquire totipotency. We previously found that an ectopically introduced H19 ICR fragment in transgenic mice acquired paternal allele-specific methylation in the somatic cells of offspring, whereas it was not methylated in sperm, suggesting that its gametic and postfertilization modifications were separable events. We hypothesized that this latter activity might contribute to maintenance of the methylation imprint in early embryos. Here, we demonstrate that methylation of the paternally inherited transgenic H19 ICR commences soon after fertilization in a maternal DNMT3A- and DNMT3L-dependent manner. When its germline methylation was partially obstructed by insertion of insulator sequences, the endogenous paternal H19 ICR also exhibited postfertilization methylation. Finally, we refined the responsible sequences for this activity in transgenic mice and found that deletion of the 5' segment of the endogenous paternal H19 ICR decreased its methylation after fertilization and attenuated Igf2 gene expression. These results demonstrate that this segment of the H19 ICR is essential for its de novo postfertilization DNA methylation, and that this activity contributes to the maintenance of imprinted methylation at the endogenous H19 ICR during early embryogenesis.
巻・号 142(22)
ページ 3833-44
公開日 2015-11-15
DOI 10.1242/dev.126003
PII dev.126003
PMID 26417043
MeSH Animals Base Sequence Blotting, Southern DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases / metabolism DNA Methylation / physiology* DNA Methyltransferase 3A DNA Primers / genetics Embryonic Development / physiology* Female Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / physiology* Genomic Imprinting / physiology* Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / metabolism Male Mice Mice, Transgenic Molecular Sequence Data RNA, Long Noncoding / metabolism* Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Sequence Analysis, DNA
IF 5.611
引用数 12
WOS 分野 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
実験動物マウス RBRC03733