DNA methylation profiles of freshly isolated CD34+ cells and upon expansion on either tissue culture plastic (TCP) or mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs)

ABSTRACT: Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HPCs) can be maintained in vitro, but the vast majority of their progeny loses M-bM-^@M-^\stemnessM-bM-^@M-^] during culture. In this study, we have analyzed DNA methylation (DNAm) profiles of freshly isolated CD34+ cells and upon expansion on either tissue culture plastic (TCP) or mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). DNAm profiles of expanded CD34+ versus CD34- subsets reflected hematopoietic differentiation, whereas culture on TCP or MSCs had little impact. Notably, all cultured HPCs - even those which remained CD34 positive - acquired significant DNA-hypermethylation, particularly in up-stream promoter regions, shore-regions of CpG islands, and binding sides for PU.1 and RUNX1. Our results point to a coordinated epigenetic process which needs to be controlled to enhance self-renewal of HPCs in vitro. 12 samples were hybridised to the Illumina Infinium 450k Human Methylation Beadchip

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Wolfgang Wagner 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-40799 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress