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Sequencing component for the whole genome methylation analysis in PBMCs and cell subsets pilot study

ABSTRACT: DNA methylation has been shown to play a major role in determining cellular phenotype by regulating gene expression. Moreover, dysregulation of differentially methylated genes has been implicated in disease pathogenesis of various conditions including cancer development as well as autoimmune diseases such as systemic Lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. Evidence is rapidly accumulating for a role of DNA methylation in regulating immune responses in health and disease. However, the exact mechanisms remain unknown. The overall aim of the project is to investigate the role of epigenetic mechanisms in regulating immunity and their impact on autoimmune disease pathogenesis.The aim of this pilot study is to perform whole genome methylation analysis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and cell subsets (CD4, CD8, CD14, CD19, CD16 and whole PBMCs) obtained from 6 healthy volunteers. Whole genome methylation analysis will be performed using two methodological approaches, the Infinium Methylation Bead Array K450 (Illumina) and MeDIP-seq. mRNA expression arrays will also be performed in order to correlate DNA methylation with gene expression as well as genotyping on the Illumina OmniExpress chip

INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina Genome Analyzer II

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

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PROVIDER: E-ERAD-179 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Genome-wide methylation analyses of primary human leukocyte subsets identifies functionally important cell-type-specific hypomethylated regions.

Zilbauer Matthias M Rayner Tim F TF Clark Christine C Coffey Alison J AJ Joyce Chris J CJ Palta Priit P Palotie Aarno A Lyons Paul A PA Smith Kenneth G C KG

Blood 20131024 25

DNA methylation is an important mechanism by which gene transcription and hence cellular function are regulated. Here, we provide detailed functional genome-wide methylome maps of 5 primary peripheral blood leukocyte subsets including T cells, B cells, monocytes/macrophages, and neutrophils obtained from healthy individuals. A comparison of these methylomes revealed highly specific cell-lineage and cell-subset methylation profiles. DNA hypomethylation is known to be permissive for gene expressio ...[more]

PMID: 24159175

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Project description:Background: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) are relatively easily obtainable cells in humans. Gene expression profiles of PBMCs have been shown to reflect the pathological and physiological state of a person. Recently, we showed that the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) has a functional role in human PBMCs during fasting. However, the extent of the role of PPARα in human PBMCs remains unclear. In this study, we therefore performed gene expression profiling of PBMCs incubated with the specific PPARα ligand WY14,643. Results: Incubation of PBMCs with WY14,643 for 12 hours resulted in a differential expression of 1,373 of the 13,080 genes expressed in the PBMCs. Gene expression profiles showed a clear individual response to PPARα activation between six healthy human blood donors, which was not the result of the nutritional status of the donors. Pathway analysis showed that genes in fatty acid metabolism, primarily in β-oxidation were up-regulated upon activation of PPARα with WY14,643, and genes in several amino acid metabolism pathways were down-regulated. Conclusions: This study shows that PPARα in human PBMCs regulates fatty acid and amino acid metabolism. In addition, PBMC gene expression profiles show individual responses to WY14,643 activation. We show that PBMCs are a suitable model to study changes in PPARα activation in healthy humans. Keywords: metabolic state analysis PBMCs from six healthy Caucasian male blood donors, aged between 30 and 48 yr, were isolated directly after arrival of the buffy coat (max. 8 hours after donation) by Ficol-paque Plus density gradient centrifugation (Amersham Biosciences, Roosendaal, the Netherlands). PBMCs were incubated in RPMI1640 medium with 2 mmol/L L-glutamine, 10% fetal bovine serum and antibiotics (penicillin and streptomycin) in the presence of 5% CO2 at 37°C. at 1.0 x 106 cells per ml with either WY14,643 (50 μM) or vehicle (DMSO, 0.1%) for 12 hours. Total RNA from PBMCs was labeled using a one-cycle cDNA labeling kit (Affymetrix Inc, Santa Clara, CA) and hybridized to Affymetrix Human whole genome U133 plus 2.0 arrays (Affymetrix). Sample labeling, hybridization to chips and image scanning was performed according to the manufacturer’s GeneChip Expression Analysis Technical Manual (Affymetrix).

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Sequencing component for the whole genome methylation analysis in PBMCs and cell subsets pilot study

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Genome-wide methylation analyses of primary human leukocyte subsets identifies functionally important cell-type-specific hypomethylated regions.

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