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Comprehensive DNA Methylation Analysis Using a Methyl-CpG-binding Domain Capture-based Method in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients
Published on: June 16, 2017
The Effect of Single CpG Demethylation on the Pattern of DNA-Protein Binding
Barbara Sobiak1, Wiesława Leśniak2
1Laboratory of Calcium Binding Proteins, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 3 Pasteur Street, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland. b.sobiak@nencki.gov.pl.
Abstract:
Epidermal differentiation is a complex process and its regulation may involve epigenetic factors. Analysis of DNA methylation in 20 selected regions within the epidermal differentiation complex (EDC) gene cluster by targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) detected no or only minor changes in methylation, mostly slight demethylation, occurring during the course of keratinocyte differentiation. However, a single CpG pair within the exon of the PGLYRP3 gene underwent a pronounced demethylation concomitant with an increase in PGLYRP3 expression. We have employed a DNA-affinity precipitation assay (DAPA) and mass spectrometry to examine changes in the composition of proteins that bind to DNA containing either methylated or unmethylated CpG. We found that the unmethylated probe attracted mostly RNA binding proteins, including splicing factors, which suggests that demethylation of this particular CpG may facilitate PGLYRP3 transcription and/or pre-mRNA splicing.
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