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Comparative methylomics reveals gene-body H3K36me3 in Drosophila predicts DNA methylation and CpG landscapes in other invertebrates


ABSTRACT: Here, we demonstrate that Nematostella vectensis, Ciona intestinalis, Apis mellifera, and B. mori, show two distinct populations of genes differentiated by gene-body CpG density. Genome-scale DNA methylation profiles for A. mellifera spermatozoa reveal CpG-poor genes are methylated in the germ line, as predicted by the depletion of CpGs. We find an evolutionarily conserved distinction between CpG-poor and -rich genes: the former are associated with basic biological processes, the latter with more specialized functions. This distinction is strikingly similar to that recently observed between euchromatin-associated genes in Drosophila that contain intragenic histone 3 lysine 36 trimethylation (H3K36me3) and those that do not, even though Drosophila doesnM-CM-"M-BM-^@M-BM-^Yt display CpG density bimodality or methylation. We confirm that a significant number of CpG-poor genes in N. vectensis, C. intestinalis, A. mellifera and B. mori are orthologs of H3K36me3- rich genes in Drosophila. We propose that over evolutionary time, gene-body H3K36me3 has influenced gene-body DNA methylation levels, and consequently the gene-body CpG density bimodality characteristic of invertebrates that harbor CpG methylation. Examination of DNA methylation in Apis Mellifera sperm

ORGANISM(S): Apis mellifera

SUBMITTER: Guillermo Carbajosa 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-29982 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Comparative methylomics reveals gene-body H3K36me3 in Drosophila predicts DNA methylation and CpG landscapes in other invertebrates.

Nanty Lisa L   Carbajosa Guillermo G   Heap Graham A GA   Ratnieks Francis F   van Heel David A DA   Down Thomas A TA   Rakyan Vardhman K VK  

Genome research 20110922 11


In invertebrates that harbor functional DNA methylation enzymatic machinery, gene-bodies are the primary targets for CpG methylation. However, virtually all other aspects of invertebrate DNA methylation have remained a mystery until now. Here, using a comparative methylomics approach, we demonstrate that Nematostella vectensis, Ciona intestinalis, Apis mellifera, and Bombyx mori show two distinct populations of genes differentiated by gene-body CpG density. Genome-scale DNA methylation profiles  ...[more]

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