Role of Tet1 in genomic imprinting erasure [RRBS-sperm]

ABSTRACT: Genomic imprinting is an allele-specific gene expression system important for mammalian development and function. The molecular basis of genomic imprinting is allele-specific DNA methylation 2. While it is well known that the de novo DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a/b are responsible for the establishment of genomic imprinting, how the methylation mark is erased during primordial germ cell (PGC) reprogramming remains a mystery. Here we report that Tet1 plays a critical role in the erasure of genomic imprinting. We show that despite their identical genotype, progenies derived from mating between Tet1-KO males and wild-type females exhibit a number of variable phenotypes including placental, fetal and postnatal growth defects, and early embryonic lethality. These defects are, at least in part,

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Yi Zhang 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-49763 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress