DNA-binding factors shape the mouse methylome at distal regulatory regions - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2011 Dec 14;480(7378):490-5.

doi: 10.1038/nature10716.

Rabih Murr, Lukas Burger, Robert Ivanek, Florian Lienert, Anne Schöler, Erik van Nimwegen, Christiane Wirbelauer, Edward J Oakeley, Dimos Gaidatzis, Vijay K Tiwari, Dirk Schübeler

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DNA-binding factors shape the mouse methylome at distal regulatory regions

Michael B Stadler et al. Nature. 2011.

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Methylation of cytosines is an essential epigenetic modification in mammalian genomes, yet the rules that govern methylation patterns remain largely elusive. To gain insights into this process, we generated base-pair-resolution mouse methylomes in stem cells and neuronal progenitors. Advanced quantitative analysis identified low-methylated regions (LMRs) with an average methylation of 30%. These represent CpG-poor distal regulatory regions as evidenced by location, DNase I hypersensitivity, presence of enhancer chromatin marks and enhancer activity in reporter assays. LMRs are occupied by DNA-binding factors and their binding is necessary and sufficient to create LMRs. A comparison of neuronal and stem-cell methylomes confirms this dependency, as cell-type-specific LMRs are occupied by cell-type-specific transcription factors. This study provides methylome references for the mouse and shows that DNA-binding factors locally influence DNA methylation, enabling the identification of active regulatory regions.

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