Project description:5-Hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) is an important epigenetic mark that can regulate gene expression. While some methods were developed to detect 5hmC, direct genome-wide mapping of 5hmC at base resolution are still highly desirable. Herein, we proposed a single-step deamination sequencing (SSD-seq) method for the genome-wide mapping of 5hmC at single-base resolution. This method capitalizes on a screened engineered human apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing catalytic polypeptide-like 3A (A3A) protein to produce differential deamination activity toward cytosine (C), 5-methylcytosine (5mC), and 5hmC. In SSD-seq, an engineered A3A protein (eA3A-v10) can adequately deaminate C and 5mC, but not 5hmC. The original C and 5mC in DNA are deaminated by eA3A-v10 to form uracil (U) and thymine (T), both of which are read as T during sequencing. However, 5hmC is resistant to the deamination by eA3A-v10 and is still read as C during sequencing. Therefore, the remaining C in the sequence reads manifests the original 5hmC. Applying SSD-seq to generate a base-resolution map of 5hmC in human lung tissue, we found that 5hmC was almost entirely confined to CpG dinucleotides. The base-resolution map of 5hmC from human lung tissue generated by SSD-seq correlated strongly with that generated by prior ACE-seq. Taken together, the SSD-seq method is single-step, bisulfite-free and does not require DNA glycosylation or chemical treatment, which offers a valuable tool for the direct and quantitative detection of 5hmC in genomes at single-base resolution.
Project description:Active DNA demethylation in mammals involves TET-mediated oxidation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), 5-formylcytosine (5fC) and 5-carboxycytosine (5caC). However, genome-wide detection of 5fC at single-base resolution remains challenging. Here we present a bisulfite-free method for the whole-genome analysis of 5fC, based on a selective chemical labeling of 5fC and subsequent C-to-T transition during PCR. Base-resolution 5fC maps reveal limited overlap with 5hmC, with 5fC-marked regions more active than 5hmC-marked ones. Utilization of cyclization-enabled C-to-T transition of 5fC (hence “fC-CET”) to obtain genome-wide map of 5fC at single-base resolution WT and TdgKO mES cell lines. Two non-enriched input DNAs (Input: preAI), two AI labeled samples (Input: AI), two pull-down output samples.
Project description:Whole-genome single-base resolution methylcytosine and hydroxymethylcytosine maps reveal profound changes that occur during frontal cortex development in humans and mice.
Project description:5'-complete cDNA sequencing on ribosome-depleted total RNA from the human K562 cell line. Provides high-quality, genome-wide single-base resolution profiling of transcription start sites and their expression levels. This dataset represents a whole-genome, single-base resolution profiling of transcription start site (TSS) expression in the human K562 cell line. These profiles were established using RAMPAGE, a high-throughput, high-accuracy 5'-complete cDNA sequencing method implemented on the Illumina platform. The data was analyzed using custom scripts and algorithms that are all available upon request.
Project description:Active DNA demethylation in mammals involves TET-mediated oxidation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), 5-formylcytosine (5fC) and 5-carboxycytosine (5caC). However, genome-wide detection of 5fC at single-base resolution remains challenging. Here we present a bisulfite-free method for the whole-genome analysis of 5fC, based on a selective chemical labeling of 5fC and subsequent C-to-T transition during PCR. Base-resolution 5fC maps reveal limited overlap with 5hmC, with 5fC-marked regions more active than 5hmC-marked ones.
