RRC ID 58214
著者 Aaron B. Bogutz, Julie Brind’Amour, Hisato Kobayashi, Kristoffer N. Jensen, Kazuhiko Nakabayashi, Hiroo Imai, Matthew C. Lorincz & Louis Lefebvre.
タイトル Evolution of imprinting via lineage-specific insertion of retroviral promoters.
ジャーナル Nature communications
Abstract Imprinted genes are expressed from a single parental allele, with the other allele often silenced by DNA methylation (DNAme) established in the germline. While species-specific imprinted orthologues have been documented, the molecular mechanisms underlying the evolutionary switch from biallelic to imprinted expression are unknown. During mouse oogenesis, gametic differentially methylated regions (gDMRs) acquire DNAme in a transcription-guided manner. Here we show that oocyte transcription initiating in lineagespecific endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) is likely responsible for DNAme establishment at 4/6 mouse-specific and 17/110 human-specific imprinted gDMRs. The latter are divided into Catarrhini- or Hominoidea-specific gDMRs embedded within transcripts initiating in ERVs specific to these primate lineages. Strikingly, imprinting of the maternally methylated genes Impact and Slc38a4 was lost in the offspring of female mice harboring deletions of the relevant murine-specific ERVs upstream of these genes. Our work reveals an evolutionary mechanism whereby maternally silenced genes arise from biallelically expressed progenitors.
巻・号 10, 5674
公開日 2019-12-12
DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-13662-9
PMID 31831741
PMC PMC6908575
MeSH Animals DNA Methylation* Epigenomics Evolution, Molecular* Female Genomic Imprinting* Germ Cells Haplorhini Humans Macaca Male Mice Oocytes / metabolism Pan troglodytes Primates Promoter Regions, Genetic / genetics* Retroviridae / genetics* Species Specificity Terminal Repeat Sequences
IF 12.121
リソース情報
GAIN chimpanzee