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DNA Methylation-dependent regulation of Cathepsin E gene expression by the transcription factor Kaiso in MRL/lpr mice.

ABSTRACT: Global DNA hypomethylation in CD4+ cells in SLE patients was suggested to play a key role in the pathogenesis. To identify new methylation-sensitive genes, we integrated genome-wide DNA methylation and mRNA profiling in CD4+ cells of MRL/lpr (MRL) and C57BL6/J (B6) mice. We identified Ctse, in which 13 methyl-CpGs within 583 bp region of intron 1 were hypomethylated, and mRNA upregulated in MRL compared with B6 mice. One of methyl-CpGs, mCGCG was hypomethylated and mutated to CGGG in MRL mice. Kaiso is known to bind mCGCG and we hypothesized that it represses expression of Ctse. The binding of Kaiso to mCGCG site in B6 was reduced in MRL mice revealed by ChIP-PCR. EL4 cells treated with 5-azaC and/or TSA showed the suppression of the binding of Kaiso to mCGCG motif and the overexpression of Ctse was demonstrated by qPCR. Ctse gene silencing by siRNA in EL4 cells resulted in reduction of IL-10 secretion. Accordingly, IL10 and CTSE mRNAs up-regulated in CD4+ T cells both in MRL mice and the patients with SLE. The hypomethylation of mCGCG motif, reduced recruitment of Kaiso, and increased expression of Ctse and Il-10 in CD4+ cells may be involved in the pathogenesis of SLE.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE102421 | GEO | 2017/08/13

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA397745

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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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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DNA Methylation-dependent regulation of Cathepsin E gene expression by the transcription factor Kaiso in MRL/lpr mice.

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