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5-hydroxymethylcytosine-mediated epigenetic dynamics during neurodevelopment and aging [5hmC Capture and Seq]

ABSTRACT: DNA methylation dynamics influence brain function and are altered in neurological disorders. 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC), a DNA base derived from 5-methylcytosine (5mC) accounts for ~40% of modified cytosine in brain, and has been implicated in DNA methylation-related plasticity. Here we map 5-hmC genome-wide across three ages in mouse hippocampus and cerebellum, allowing assessment of its stability and dynamic regulation during postnatal neurodevelopment through adulthood. We find developmentally programmed acquisition of 5-hmC in neuronal cells. Epigenomic localization of 5-hmC-regulated regions reveals stable and dynamically modified loci during neurodevelopment and aging. By profiling 5-hmC in human cerebellum we establish conserved genomic features of 5-hmC. Finally, we implicate 5-hmC in neurodevelopmental disease by finding that its levels are inversely correlated with methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (Mecp2) dosage, a protein encoded by a gene in which mutations cause Rett Syndrome. These data point toward critical roles for 5-hmC-mediated epigenetic modification in neurodevelopment and diseases. Here we map 5-hmC genome-wide across three ages in mouse hippocampus and cerebellum, allowing assessment of its stability and dynamic regulation during postnatal neurodevelopment through adulthood. Profiling of 5-hmC in human cerebellum we establish conserved genomic features of 5-hmC. Finally, we implicate 5-hmC in neurodevelopmental disease by profiling 5-hmC in mouse cerebellum lacking MeCP2, a protein encoded by a gene in which mutations cause Rett Syndrome.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Keith Szulwach

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32050 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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5-hmC-mediated epigenetic dynamics during postnatal neurodevelopment and aging.

Szulwach Keith E KE Li Xuekun X Li Yujing Y Song Chun-Xiao CX Wu Hao H Dai Qing Q Irier Hasan H Upadhyay Anup K AK Gearing Marla M Levey Allan I AI Vasanthakumar Aparna A Godley Lucy A LA Chang Qiang Q Cheng Xiaodong X He Chuan C Jin Peng P

Nature neuroscience 20111030 12

DNA methylation dynamics influence brain function and are altered in neurological disorders. 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC), a DNA base that is derived from 5-methylcytosine, accounts for ∼40% of modified cytosine in the brain and has been implicated in DNA methylation-related plasticity. We mapped 5-hmC genome-wide in mouse hippocampus and cerebellum at three different ages, which allowed us to assess its stability and dynamic regulation during postnatal neurodevelopment through adulthood. We ...[more]

PMID: 22037496

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5-hydroxymethylcytosine-mediated epigenetic dynamics during neurodevelopment and aging [5hmC Capture and Seq]

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5-hmC-mediated epigenetic dynamics during postnatal neurodevelopment and aging.

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