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Defining a Chromatin Pattern That Characterizes DNA Hypermethylated Genes in Colon Cancer Cells

ABSTRACT: Epigenetic gene regulation is a key determinant of heritable gene expression patterns and is critical for normal cellular function. Dysregulation of epigenetic transcriptional control is a fundamental feature of cancer, particularly manifesting as increased promoter DNA methylation with associated aberrant gene silencing which plays a significant role in tumor progression. We now globally map key chromatin parameters for genes with promoter CpG island DNA hypermethylation in colon cancer cells by combining microarray gene expression analyses with ChIP on chip technology. We first show that the silent state of such genes universally correlates with a broad distribution of a low, but distinct, level of the PcG mediated histone modification, methylation of lysine 27 of histone 3 (H3K27me) and a very low level of the active mark, H3K4me2. This chromatin pattern, and particularly H3K4me2 levels, crisply separates DNA hypermethylated genes from those where histone deacetylation is responsible for transcriptional silencing. Moreover, the chromatin pattern can markedly enhance identification of truly silent and DNA hypermethylated genes. We additionally find that when DNA hypermethylated genes are de-methylated and re-expressed, they adopt a “bivalent” chromatin pattern which is associated with the poised gene expression state of a large group of ES cell genes, and is characterized by an increase in levels of both the H3K27me3 and H3K4me2 marks. Our data have great relevance for the increasing interest in re-expression of DNA hypermethylated genes for the treatment of cancer. Keywords: DNA methylation, chromatin, histone modifications, cancer, epigenetic, ChIP-chip, expression microarray, hypermethylome, DNA-hypermethylation, DAC, TSA, colorectal cancer

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE11173 | GEO | 2009/01/20

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA106865

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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