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Expression data from human embryonic stem cells(hESCs)

ABSTRACT: To detect the effect of early culture on hESCs, almost all initial-passaged hESCs have normal expression of DLK1-DIO3 gene cluster, the low-passaged hESCs lost the expression of DLK1-DIO3 gene cluster. hESCs were extracted for RNA with TriZOL and hybridization on Affymetrix arrays

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Ge Lin

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-38662 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Physiological oxygen prevents frequent silencing of the DLK1-DIO3 cluster during human embryonic stem cells culture.

Xie Pingyuan P Sun Yi Y Ouyang Qi Q Hu Liang L Tan Yueqiu Y Zhou Xiaoying X Xiong Bo B Zhang Qianjun Q Yuan Ding D Pan Yi Y Liu Tiancheng T Liang Ping P Lu Guangxiu G Lin Ge G

Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 20140201 2

Genetic and epigenetic alterations are observed in long-term culture (>30 passages) of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs); however, little information is available in early cultures. Through a large-scale gene expression analysis between initial-passage hESCs (ihESCs, <10 passages) and early-passage hESCs (ehESCs, 20-30 passages) of 12 hESC lines, we found that the DLK1-DIO3 gene cluster was normally expressed and showed normal methylation pattern in ihESC, but was frequently silenced after 20 p ...[more]

PMID: 24123616

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Project description:Our previous study demonstrated a significant upregulation of a large set of miRNAs at the genomic imprinted Dlk1-Dio3 locus in lymphocytes of diverse murine lupus-prone strains. The upregulation of Dlk1-Dio3 miRNAs in lupus-prone mice is correlated with the global DNA hypomethylation. In this study, by performing genome-wide DNA methylation analysis, we reported that Dlk1-Dio3 genomic region in CD4+ T cells of MRL/lpr mice was hypomethylated, further linking hypomethylation to the increased expression of Dlk1-Dio3 miRNAs in lupus. Then, we assessed the gene expression levels of enzymes that either write (DNA methyltransferases, DNMTs) or erase DNA methylation (Ten-eleven translation proteins, TETs) to understand the molecular contributor to the DNA hypomethylation in MRL/lpr CD4+ T cells. The expression levels of Dnmt1, Dnmt3b, Tet1, and Tet2 were significantly increased in CD4+ T cells of MRL/lpr mice, as well as in B6/lpr and B6.sle123 mice, compared to their respective control mice. These data indicate the significant involvement of the TETs-mediated active demethylation pathway rather than reduced DNMTs-mediated passive demethylation pathway in the hypomethylation of murine lupus CD4+ T cells. The transcription factor, early growth response 2 (EGR2) is critically involved in regulating T cell functions and autoimmunity. In this research, we found that Egr2 deletion in B6/lpr mice notably reduced methylation-sensitive Dlk1-Dio3 cluster miRNAs expression in CD4+ T cells. Surprisingly, even though EGR2 has been shown to induce DNA demethylation by recruiting TET2, we found that deleting Egr2 in B6/lpr mice induced a higher number of hypomethylated DMRs than hypermethylated DMRs at either whole genome or the Dlk1-Dio3 locus in CD4+ T cells of B6/lpr mice. These data are the first finding on the positive role of EGR2 on the expression of Dlk1-Dio3 cluster miRNAs in lupus mice. Given that Dlk1-Dio3 miRNAs target the major signaling pathways in autoimmunity, these data provide a new perspective in understanding the potential pathogenic role of upregulated EGR2 in lupus.

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Expression data from human embryonic stem cells(hESCs)

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Physiological oxygen prevents frequent silencing of the DLK1-DIO3 cluster during human embryonic stem cells culture.

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