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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | DNA methylation-mediated Down-regulation of DNA methyltransferase-1 (DNMT1) is coincident with, but not essential for, global hypomethylation in human placenta |
Author: | Novakovic, B. Wong, N. Sibson, M. Ng, H. Morley, R. Manuelpillai, U. Down, T. Rakyan, V. Beck, S. Hiendleder, S. Roberts, C. Craig, J. Saffery, R. |
Citation: | Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2010; 285(13):9583-9593 |
Publisher: | Amer Soc Biochemistry Molecular Biology Inc |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
ISSN: | 0021-9258 1083-351X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Boris Novakovic, Nick C. Wong, Mandy Sibson, Hong-Kiat Ng, Ruth Morley, Ursula Manuelpillai, Thomas Down, Vardhman K. Rakyan, Stephan Beck, Stefan Hiendleder, Claire T. Roberts, Jeffrey M. Craig, and Richard Saffery |
Abstract: | The genome of extraembryonic tissue, such as the placenta, is hypomethylated relative to that in somatic tissues. However, the origin and role of this hypomethylation remains unclear. The DNA methyltransferases DNMT1, -3A, and -3B are the primary mediators of the establishment and maintenance of DNA methylation in mammals. In this study, we investigated promoter methylation-mediated epigenetic down-regulation of DNMT genes as a potential regulator of global methylation levels in placental tissue. Although DNMT3A and -3B promoters lack methylation in all somatic and extraembryonic tissues tested, we found specific hypermethylation of the maintenance DNA methyltransferase (DNMT1) gene and found hypomethylation of the DNMT3L gene in full term and first trimester placental tissues. Bisulfite DNA sequencing revealed monoallelic methylation of DNMT1, with no evidence of imprinting (parent of origin effect). In vitro reporter experiments confirmed that DNMT1 promoter methylation attenuates transcriptional activity in trophoblast cells. However, global hypomethylation in the absence of DNMT1 down-regulation is apparent in non-primate placentas and in vitro derived human cytotrophoblast stem cells, suggesting that DNMT1 down-regulation is not an absolute requirement for genomic hypomethylation in all instances. These data represent the first demonstration of methylation-mediated regulation of the DNMT1 gene in any system and demonstrate that the unique epigenome of the human placenta includes down-regulation of DNMT1 with concomitant hypomethylation of the DNMT3L gene. This strongly implicates epigenetic regulation of the DNMT gene family in the establishment of the unique epigenetic profile of extraembryonic tissue in humans. |
Keywords: | Stem Cells Trophoblasts Placenta Humans Sequence Analysis, DNA Cell Differentiation DNA Methylation Down-Regulation Epigenesis, Genetic Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic Base Sequence Pregnancy Molecular Sequence Data Female DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1 DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases |
Rights: | © 2010 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. |
DOI: | 10.1074/jbc.M109.064956 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m109.064956 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Obstetrics and Gynaecology publications |
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