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Meg3-DMR, not the Meg3 gene, regulates imprinting of the Dlk1-Dio3 locus.

ABSTRACT: The imprinted delta like 1 homolog (DLK1) - thyroxine deiodinase type III (DIO3) locus regulates development and growth. Its imprinting regulation involves two differentially methylated regions (DMRs), intergenic-DMR (IG-DMR) and maternally expressed gene 3-DMR (Meg3-DMR). In mice, a maternal deletion of the IG-DMR leads to LOI in the locus, proving that the IG-DMR is a cis-acting imprinting control region of the locus. However, the Meg3-DMR overlaps with the promoter, exon 1 and intron 1 of the Meg3 gene. Because deletion of the Meg3-DMR inactivates the Meg3 gene, their roles in imprinting regulation of Meg3-DMR mice is unknown. Therefore, we generated two mouse models: Meg3?(1-4) and Meg3?(2-4), respectively targeting exons 1-4 and exons 2-4 of the Meg3 gene. A maternal deletion of Meg3?(1-4) caused embryonic death and LOI in both embryos and placentas, but did not affect methylation status of the IG-DMR. In contrast, mice carrying a maternal deletion of Meg3?(2-4) were born normally and did not have LOI. These data indicate that it is the Meg3-DMR, not the Meg3 gene, which regulates imprinting of the Dlk1-Dio3 locus.

SUBMITTER: Zhu W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754764 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Meg3-DMR, not the Meg3 gene, regulates imprinting of the Dlk1-Dio3 locus.

Zhu Wende W Botticelli Erin M EM Kery Rachel E RE Mao Yanfei Y Wang Xin X Yang Anli A Wang Xianling X Zhou Jie J Zhang Xun X Soberman Roy J RJ Klibanski Anne A Zhou Yunli Y

Developmental biology 20190710 1

The imprinted delta like 1 homolog (DLK1) - thyroxine deiodinase type III (DIO3) locus regulates development and growth. Its imprinting regulation involves two differentially methylated regions (DMRs), intergenic-DMR (IG-DMR) and maternally expressed gene 3-DMR (Meg3-DMR). In mice, a maternal deletion of the IG-DMR leads to LOI in the locus, proving that the IG-DMR is a cis-acting imprinting control region of the locus. However, the Meg3-DMR overlaps with the promoter, exon 1 and intron 1 of the ...[more]

PMID: 31301299

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Meg3-DMR, not the Meg3 gene, regulates imprinting of the Dlk1-Dio3 locus.

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Meg3-DMR, not the Meg3 gene, regulates imprinting of the Dlk1-Dio3 locus.

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