2007年4月
DNA methylation imprints on the IG-DMR of the Dlk1-Gtl2 domain in mouse male germline
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- 巻
- 581
- 号
- 7
- 開始ページ
- 1255
- 終了ページ
- 1260
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.02.034
- 出版者・発行元
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Mouse genomes show a large cluster of imprinted genes at the Dlk1-Gtl2 domain in the distal region of chromosome 12. An intergenic-differentially methylated region (IGDMR) located between Dlk1 and Gtl2 is specifically methylated in the male germline; IG-DMR regulates the parental allele-specific expression of imprinted genes. Here, we show the resetting of IG-DMR methylation marks during male germ-cell differentiation. For parental allele-specific methylation analysis, polymorphisms were detected in a 2.6-kb IG-DMR in three mouse strains. Bisulfite methylation analysis showed erasure of the marks by E14 and re-establishment before birth. The IG-DMR methylation status was maintained in spermatogonia and spermatocytes of mature testes. The IG-DMR methylation status established before birth is thus maintained throughout the lifetime in the male germline. (c) 2007 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.02.034
- ISSN : 0014-5793
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000245913300002