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Genome-wide DNA methylation analyses by the MeDIP assay

ABSTRACT: We analyzed the genome-wide DNA methylation in Zscan4 overexpressing ES cells. Zscan4 overexpression induced slight DNA demethylation in telomere and major satellite regions. Subsequent genome-wide analysis of non-repeated regions revealed the significant reduction of DNA methylation at Zscan4-dependent hyperacetylation sites. This result indicates that Zscan4 is not only a marker of the Zscan4+ state of ES cells, but also indispensable for the dramatic epigenetic modifications occurring in the Zscan4+ state. DNA methylation in Zscan4 overexresssing ES cells

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Minoru Ko

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-58618 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Transient bursts of Zscan4 expression are accompanied by the rapid derepression of heterochromatin in mouse embryonic stem cells.

Akiyama Tomohiko T Xin Li L Oda Mayumi M Sharov Alexei A AA Amano Misa M Piao Yulan Y Cadet J Scotty JS Dudekula Dawood B DB Qian Yong Y Wang Weidong W Ko Shigeru B H SB Ko Minoru S H MS

DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes 20150831 5

Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) have a remarkable capacity to maintain normal genome stability and karyotype in culture. We previously showed that infrequent bursts of Zscan4 expression (Z4 events) are important for the maintenance of telomere length and genome stability in mESCs. However, the molecular details of Z4 events remain unclear. Here we show that Z4 events involve unexpected transcriptional derepression in heterochromatin regions that usually remain silent. During a Z4 event, we se ...[more]

PMID: 26324425

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Project description:The generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) by the forced expression of defined transcription factors in somatic cells holds great promise for the future of regenerative medicine. However, due to a poor understanding of the initial reprogramming mechanism, it is difficult to control the efficiency and quality of the iPSCs. Here we show that Zscan4, expressed transiently in 2-cell embryos and embryonic stem cells (ESCs), efficiently produces iPSCs from mouse embryo fibroblasts when coexpressed with Klf4, Oct4, and Sox2. Unlike other factors, Zscan4 is required only for the first few days of iPSC formation. Microarray analysis revealed transient and early induction of preimplantation-specific genes in a Zscan4-dependent manner. Our work indicates that Zscan4 is a previously unidentified potent natural factor that facilitates the reprogramming process through the recapitulation of the early embryonic program. Secondary MEFs were isolated from E13.5 embryos, which were harvested by tetraploid complementation. Secondary MEFs were plated on gelatin-coated 6-well plates at a density of 1x105 cells/well in the complete ES medium. After 24 h incubation, secondary MEFs were fed with complete ES medium with or without Dox (1.5 ?g/ml) and with or without 200 nM Tmx. Culture medium was changed every day. Withdrawal of drugs (Dox or Tmx) was always followed by 1x washing by PBS before changing culture medium. We cotransfected MEFs with PB-Tet-MKOS and either a PB-Tet-Zscan4 or PB-Tet-DsRed (control). These cells were subsequently cultured in the standard iPSC generation condition (Dox+). Unexpectedly, we found that MEFs transfected with a PB-Tet-Zscan4 show consistently higher efficiency of iPSC generation than MEFs transfected with a PB-Tet-DsRed (control). All selected iPSCs expressed pluripotent marker genes according to RT-PCR analysis and were positive for ALP, Nanog, and SSEA-1. These iPSCs also formed embryoid bodies in hanging drops without LIF and could be differentiated in vitro to cells of all three germ layers. We are currently studying whether the presence of Zscan4 has the beneficial effects on iPSCs in terms of genome stability.

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Genome-wide DNA methylation analyses by the MeDIP assay

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Transient bursts of Zscan4 expression are accompanied by the rapid derepression of heterochromatin in mouse embryonic stem cells.

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