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Transgene- and locus-dependent imprinting reveals allele-specific chromosome conformations.


ABSTRACT: When positioned into the integrin ?-6 gene, an Hoxd9lacZ reporter transgene displayed parental imprinting in mouse embryos. While the expression from the paternal allele was comparable with patterns seen for the same transgene when present at the neighboring HoxD locus, almost no signal was scored at this integration site when the transgene was inherited from the mother, although the Itga6 locus itself is not imprinted. The transgene exhibited maternal allele-specific DNA hypermethylation acquired during oogenesis, and its expression silencing was reversible on passage through the male germ line. Histone modifications also corresponded to profiles described at known imprinted loci. Chromosome conformation analyses revealed distinct chromatin microarchitectures, with a more compact structure characterizing the maternally inherited repressed allele. Such genetic analyses of well-characterized transgene insertions associated with a de novo-induced parental imprint may help us understand the molecular determinants of imprinting.

SUBMITTER: Lonfat N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3718164 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transgene- and locus-dependent imprinting reveals allele-specific chromosome conformations.

Lonfat Nicolas N   Montavon Thomas T   Jebb David D   Tschopp Patrick P   Nguyen Huynh Thi Hanh TH   Zakany Jozsef J   Duboule Denis D  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130701 29


When positioned into the integrin α-6 gene, an Hoxd9lacZ reporter transgene displayed parental imprinting in mouse embryos. While the expression from the paternal allele was comparable with patterns seen for the same transgene when present at the neighboring HoxD locus, almost no signal was scored at this integration site when the transgene was inherited from the mother, although the Itga6 locus itself is not imprinted. The transgene exhibited maternal allele-specific DNA hypermethylation acquir  ...[more]

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