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ZNF445 is a primary regulator of genomic imprinting.

ABSTRACT: Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic process regulated by germline-derived DNA methylation, causing parental origin-specific monoallelic gene expression. Zinc finger protein 57 (ZFP57) is critical for maintenance of this epigenetic memory during post-fertilization reprogramming, yet incomplete penetrance of ZFP57 mutations in humans and mice suggests additional effectors. We reveal that ZNF445/ZFP445, which we trace to the origins of imprinting, binds imprinting control regions (ICRs) in mice and humans. In mice, ZFP445 and ZFP57 act together, maintaining all but one ICR in vivo, whereas earlier embryonic expression of ZNF445 and its intolerance to loss-of-function mutations indicate greater importance in the maintenance of human imprints.

SUBMITTER: Takahashi N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6317318 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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ZNF445 is a primary regulator of genomic imprinting.

Takahashi Nozomi N Coluccio Andrea A Thorball Christian W CW Planet Evarist E Shi Hui H Offner Sandra S Turelli Priscilla P Imbeault Michael M Ferguson-Smith Anne C AC Trono Didier D

Genes & development 20190101 1-2

Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic process regulated by germline-derived DNA methylation, causing parental origin-specific monoallelic gene expression. Zinc finger protein 57 (ZFP57) is critical for maintenance of this epigenetic memory during post-fertilization reprogramming, yet incomplete penetrance of <i>ZFP57</i> mutations in humans and mice suggests additional effectors. We reveal that ZNF445/ZFP445, which we trace to the origins of imprinting, binds imprinting control regions (ICRs) in m ...[more]

PMID: 30602440

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Project description:Imprinted genes are peculiar in that expression of the two copies differs depending on whether the copy was maternally or paternally inherited. The discovery of this striking pattern of gene expression inspired myriad evolutionary theories, the most successful of which identify scenarios that create an asymmetry between the maternally and paternally inherited gene copies that favors silencing of one of the copies. Most notably, imprinting can evolve when gene dosage affects kin interactions (typically involving conflict) or when silencing enhances coadaptation by coordinating traits expressed by interacting kin. Although we have a well-established theory for the former process (the "Kinship Theory"), the coadaptation process has only been explored for the specific case of interactions between mothers and offspring. Here, we fill this critical gap in our understanding by developing a general "Coadaptation Theory" that explains how imprinting can evolve to coordinate interactions between all types of relatives. Using a simple model in which fitness of an individual is determined by an interaction between its own phenotype (and hence genotype) and that of its social partner(s), we find that when the relatedness of interactants differs through their maternally versus paternally inherited gene copies, then selection favors expression of the allele through which relatedness is higher. The predictions of this Coadaptation Theory potentially apply whenever a gene underlies traits that mediate the outcome of conspecific interactions, regardless of their mechanism or the type of organism, and therefore provide a potential explanation for enigmatic patterns of imprinting, including those underlying adult traits. By providing simple testable predictions that often directly contrast with those derived from alternative theories, our model should play an important role in consolidating our understanding of the evolution of imprinting across genes and species, which will ultimately provide crucial insights into imprinted gene function and dysfunction.

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ZNF445 is a primary regulator of genomic imprinting.

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ZNF445 is a primary regulator of genomic imprinting.

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