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Retroelement-Linked H3K4me1 Histone Tags Uncover Regulatory Evolution Trends of Gene Enhancers and Feature Quickly Evolving Molecular Processes in Human Physiology.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Retroelements (REs) are mobile genetic elements comprising ~40% of human DNA. They can reshape expression patterns of nearby genes by providing various regulatory sequences. The proportion of regulatory sequences held by REs can serve a measure of regulatory evolution rate of the respective genes and molecular pathways. METHODS:We calculated RE-linked enrichment scores for individual genes and molecular pathways based on ENCODE project epigenome data for enhancer-specific histone modification H3K4me1 in five human cell lines. We identified consensus groups of molecular processes that are enriched and deficient in RE-linked H3K4me1 regulation. RESULTS:We calculated H3K4me1 RE-linked enrichment scores for 24,070 human genes and 3095 molecular pathways. We ranked genes and pathways and identified those statistically significantly enriched and deficient in H3K4me1 RE-linked regulation. CONCLUSION:Non-coding RNA genes were statistically significantly enriched by RE-linked H3K4me1 regulatory modules, thus suggesting their high regulatory evolution rate. The processes of gene silencing by small RNAs, DNA metabolism/chromatin structure, sensory perception/neurotransmission and lipids metabolism showed signs of the fastest regulatory evolution, while the slowest processes were connected with immunity, protein ubiquitination/degradation, cell adhesion, migration and interaction, metals metabolism/ion transport, cell death, intracellular signaling pathways.

SUBMITTER: Nikitin D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830109 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Retroelement-Linked H3K4me1 Histone Tags Uncover Regulatory Evolution Trends of Gene Enhancers and Feature Quickly Evolving Molecular Processes in Human Physiology.

Nikitin Daniil D Kolosov Nikita N Murzina Anastasiia A Pats Karina K Zamyatin Anton A Tkachev Victor V Sorokin Maxim M Kopylov Philippe P Buzdin Anton A

Cells 20191008 10

<h4>Background</h4>Retroelements (REs) are mobile genetic elements comprising ~40% of human DNA. They can reshape expression patterns of nearby genes by providing various regulatory sequences. The proportion of regulatory sequences held by REs can serve a measure of regulatory evolution rate of the respective genes and molecular pathways.<h4>Methods</h4>We calculated RE-linked enrichment scores for individual genes and molecular pathways based on ENCODE project epigenome data for enhancer-specif ...[more]

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Retroelement-Linked H3K4me1 Histone Tags Uncover Regulatory Evolution Trends of Gene Enhancers and Feature Quickly Evolving Molecular Processes in Human Physiology.

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Retroelement-Linked H3K4me1 Histone Tags Uncover Regulatory Evolution Trends of Gene Enhancers and Feature Quickly Evolving Molecular Processes in Human Physiology.

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