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Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and large offspring syndrome involve alterations in methylome, transcriptome, and chromatin configuration [WGBS]

ABSTRACT: Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) is the most common epigenetic overgrowth syndrome, caused by epigenetic alterations on chromosome 11p15. In ~50% of patients with BWS, the imprinted region KvDMR1 (IC2) is hypomethylated. Nearly all children with BWS develop organ overgrowth and up to 28% develop cancer during childhood. The global epigenetic alterations beyond the 11p15 region in BWS are not currently known. Uncovering these alterations at the methylome, transcriptome, and chromatin architecture levels are necessary steps to improve the diagnosis and understanding of patients with BWS. Here we characterized the complete epigenetic profiles of BWS IC2 individuals together with the animal model of BWS, bovine large offspring syndrome (LOS). A novel finding of this research is the identification of two molecular subgroups of BWS IC2 individuals. Genome-wide alterations were detected for DNA methylation, transcript abundance, alternative splicing events of RNA, chromosome compartments, and topologically associating domains (TADs) in BWS and LOS, with shared alterations identified between species. Altered chromosome compartments and TADs were correlated with differentially expressed genes in BWS and LOS. Together, we highlight genes and genomic regions that have the potential to serve as targets for biomarker development to improve current molecular diagnostic methodologies for BWS.

ORGANISM(S): Bos indicus x Bos taurus

PROVIDER: GSE251959 | GEO | 2025/11/25

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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