The genome-wide impact of trisomy 21 on DNA methylation and its implications for hematopoiesis.
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SUBMITTER: Muskens IS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7865055 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
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The genome-wide impact of trisomy 21 on DNA methylation and its implications for hematopoiesis.
Muskens Ivo S IS Li Shaobo S Jackson Thomas T Elliot Natalina N Hansen Helen M HM Myint Swe Swe SS Pandey Priyatama P Schraw Jeremy M JM Roy Ritu R Anguiano Joaquin J Goudevenou Katerina K Siegmund Kimberly D KD Lupo Philip J PJ de Bruijn Marella F T R MFTR Walsh Kyle M KM Vyas Paresh P Ma Xiaomei X Roy Anindita A Roberts Irene I Wiemels Joseph L JL de Smith Adam J AJ
Nature communications 20210205 1
Down syndrome is associated with genome-wide perturbation of gene expression, which may be mediated by epigenetic changes. We perform an epigenome-wide association study on neonatal bloodspots comparing 196 newborns with Down syndrome and 439 newborns without Down syndrome, adjusting for cell-type heterogeneity, which identifies 652 epigenome-wide significant CpGs (P < 7.67 × 10<sup>-8</sup>) and 1,052 differentially methylated regions. Differential methylation at promoter/enhancer regions corre ...[more]
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Project description:Background: Down syndrome (DS) is associated with a wide range of phenotypes. To address the hypothesis that the genome-wide perturbation of gene regulation in DS is modulated by epigenetic changes, we performed an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) on neonatal bloodspots comparing 196 newborns with DS and 439 newborns without DS. Results: We identified 652 epigenome-wide significant CpGs (P<7.67x10-8) and 1,052 differentially methylated regions (DMRs) across the genome. Differential methylation at promoters/enhancers correlated with gene expression changes in DS versus non-DS fetal liver hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPC) (P<0.0001). Two of the top 3 DS-associated CpGs overlapped RUNX1, and were highly significantly hypermethylated in DS newborns (P<1.0x10-21). The top two DMRs overlapped promoters of RUNX1 and FLI1, both important regulators of megakaryopoiesis. FLI1 expression was markedly reduced in DS fetal liver HSCs (P<0.0001) and myeloid progenitors (P<0.0001). By contrast, RUNX1 expression was increased in DS fetal liver myeloid progenitors (P<0.0001), consistent with selective hypermethylation of the RUNX1 P2 promoter, which dominates in embryonic development, but sparing the P1 promoter that drives definitive hematopoiesis. Targeted sequencing of GATA1 revealed somatic, preleukemic mutations in 16.3% DS newborns, consistent with the high frequency of these mutations in DS newborns. Removal of DS newborns with GATA1 mutations had minimal impact on the EWAS results. Conclusions: DS has profound, genome-wide effects on DNA methylation in hematopoietic cells in early life, which may contribute to the high frequency of hematological problems, including leukemia, in children with DS. Blood-detectable DS-related epigenetic changes may underlie an array of DS outcomes, including neurologic and immune-related morbidities.
2020-12-04 | GSE160637 | GEO
Project description:The genome-wide impact of trisomy 21 on DNA methylation and its implications for hematopoiesis
| PRJNA673834 | ENA
Project description:The primary abnormality in Down syndrome (DS), trisomy 21, is well known; but how this chromosomal gain produces the complex DS phenotype, including immune system defects, is not well understood. We profiled DNA methylation in total peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) and T-lymphocytes from adults with DS and normal controls and found gene-specific abnormalities of CpG methylation in DS, with many of the differentially methylated genes having known or predicted roles in lymphocyte development and function. Validation of the microarray data by bisulfite sequencing and methylation-sensitive Pyrosequencing (MS-Pyroseq) confirmed strong differences in methylation (p<0.0001) for each of 8 genes tested: TMEM131, TCF7, CD3Z/CD247, SH3BP2, EIF4E, PLD6, SUMO3, and CPT1B, in DS versus control PBL. In addition, we validated differential methylation of NOD2/CARD15 by bisulfite sequencing in DS versus control T-cells. The differentially methylated genes were found on various autosomes, with no enrichment on chromosome 21. Differences in methylation were generally stable in a given individual, remained significant after adjusting for age, and were not due to altered cell counts. Some but not all of the differentially methylated genes showed different mean mRNA expression in DS versus control PBL; and the altered expression of 5 of these genes, TMEM131, TCF7, CD3Z, NOD2, and NPDC1, was recapitulated by exposing normal lymphocytes to the demethylating drug 5-aza-2'deoxycytidine (5aza-dC) plus mitogens. We conclude that altered gene-specific DNA methylation is a recurrent and functionally relevant downstream response to trisomy 21 in human cells.
| S-EPMC2987931 | biostudies-literature
Project description:DNA methylation is essential in mammalian development. We have hypothesized that methylation differences induced by trisomy 21 (T21) contribute to the phenotypic characteristics and heterogeneity in Down syndrome (DS). In order to determine the methylation differences in T21 without interference of the interindividual genomic variation, we have used fetal skin fibroblasts from monozygotic (MZ) twins discordant for T21. We also used skin fibroblasts from MZ twins concordant for T21, normal MZ twins without T21, and unrelated normal and T21 individuals. Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing (RRBS) revealed 35 differentially methylated promoter regions (DMRs) (Absolute methylation differences = 25%, FDR < 0.001) in MZ twins discordant for T21 that have also been observed in comparison between unrelated normal and T21 individuals. The identified DMRs are enriched for genes involved in embryonic organ morphogenesis (FDR = 1.60 e -03) and include genes of the HOXB and HOXD clusters. These DMRs are maintained in iPS cells generated from this twin pair and are correlated with the gene expression changes. We have also observed an increase in DNA methylation level in the T21 methylome compared to the normal euploid methylome. This observation is concordant with the up regulation of DNA methyltransferase enzymes (DNMT3B and DNMT3L) and down regulation of DNA demethylation enzymes (TET2 and TET3) observed in the iPSC of the T21 versus normal twin. Altogether, the results of this study highlight the epigenetic effects of the extra chromosome 21 in T21 on loci outside of this chromosome that are relevant to DS associated phenotypes.
| S-EPMC4552626 | biostudies-literature
Project description:The trials performed worldwide toward noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) of Down's syndrome (or trisomy 21) have shown the commercial and medical potential of NIPD compared to the currently used invasive prenatal diagnostic procedures. Extensive investigation of methylation differences between the mother and the fetus has led to the identification of differentially methylated regions (DMRs). In this study, we present a strategy using the methylated DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDiP) methodology in combination with real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) to achieve fetal chromosome dosage assessment, which can be performed noninvasively through the analysis of fetal-specific DMRs. We achieved noninvasive prenatal detection of trisomy 21 by determining the methylation ratio of normal and trisomy 21 cases for each tested fetal-specific DMR present in maternal peripheral blood, followed by further statistical analysis. The application of this fetal-specific methylation ratio approach provided correct diagnosis of 14 trisomy 21 and 26 normal cases.
| S-EPMC3977039 | biostudies-literature
Project description:BackgroundDown Syndrome (DS) is the most common chromosome anomaly in humans and occurs due to an extra copy of chromosome 21. The malignancy profile in DS is unique, since DS patients have a low risk of developing solid tumors such as breast cancer however they are at higher risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.MethodsIn this study, we investigated DNA methylation signatures and epigenetic aging in DS individuals with and without breast cancer. We analyzed DNA methylation patterns in Trisomy 21 (T21) individuals without breast cancer (T21-BCF) and DS individuals with breast cancer (T21-BC), using the Infinium Methylation EPIC BeadChip array.ResultsOur results revealed several differentially methylated sites and regions in the T21-BC patients that were associated with changes in gene expression. The differentially methylated CpG sites were enriched for processes related to serine-type peptidase activity, epithelial cell development, GTPase activity, bicellular tight junction, Ras protein signal transduction, etc. On the other hand, the epigenetic age acceleration analysis showed no difference between T21-BC and T21-BCF patients.ConclusionsThis is the first study to investigate DNA methylation changes in Down syndrome women with and without breast cancer and it could help shed light on factors that protect against breast cancer in DS.
| S-EPMC10395079 | biostudies-literature
Project description:BACKGROUND: The presence of an extra whole or part of chromosome 21 in people with Down syndrome (DS) is associated with multiple neurological changes, including pathological aging that often meets the criteria for Alzheimer's Disease (AD). In addition, trisomies have been shown to disrupt normal epigenetic marks across the genome, perhaps in response to changes in gene dosage. We hypothesized that trisomy 21 would result in global epigenetic changes across all participants, and that DS patients with cognitive impairment would show an additional epigenetic signature. METHODS: We therefore examined whole-genome DNA methylation in buccal epithelial cells of 10 adults with DS and 10 controls to determine whether patterns of DNA methylation were correlated with DS and/or cognitive impairment. In addition we examined DNA methylation at the APP gene itself, to see whether there were changes in DNA methylation in this population. Using the Illumina Infinium 450 K Human Methylation Array, we examined more than 485,000 CpG sites distributed across the genome in buccal epithelial cells. RESULTS: We found 3300 CpGs to be differentially methylated between the groups, including 495 CpGs that overlap with clusters of differentially methylated probes. In addition, we found 5 probes that were correlated with cognitive function including two probes in the TSC2 gene that has previously been associated with Alzheimer's disease pathology. We found no enrichment on chromosome 21 in either case, and targeted analysis of the APP gene revealed weak evidence for epigenetic impacts related to the AD phenotype. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, our results indicated that both Trisomy 21 and cognitive impairment were associated with distinct patterns of DNA methylation.
| S-EPMC3879645 | biostudies-literature
Project description:The supernumerary chromosome 21 in Down syndrome differentially affects the methylation statuses at CpG dinucleotide sites and creates genome-wide transcriptional dysregulation of parental alleles, ultimately causing diverse pathologies. At present, it is unknown whether those effects are dependent or independent of the parental origin of the nondisjoined chromosome 21. Linkage analysis is a standard method for the determination of the parental origin of this aneuploidy, although it is inadequate in cases with deficiency of samples from the progenitors. Here, we assessed the reliability of the epigenetic 5mCpG imprints resulting in the maternally (oocyte)-derived allele methylation at a differentially methylated region (DMR) of the candidate imprinted WRB gene for asserting the parental origin of chromosome 21. We developed a methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme-specific PCR assay, based on the WRB DMR, across single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to examine the methylation statuses in the parental alleles. In genomic DNA from blood cells of either disomic or trisomic subjects, the maternal alleles were consistently methylated, while the paternal alleles were unmethylated. However, the supernumerary chromosome 21 did alter the methylation patterns at the RUNX1 (chromosome 21) and TMEM131 (chromosome 2) CpG sites in a parent-of-origin-independent manner. To evaluate the 5mCpG imprints, we conducted a computational comparative epigenomic analysis of transcriptome RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) and histone modification expression patterns. We found allele fractions consistent with the transcriptional biallelic expression of WRB and ten neighboring genes, despite the similarities in the confluence of both a 17-histone modification activation backbone module and a 5-histone modification repressive module between the WRB DMR and the DMRs of six imprinted genes. We concluded that the maternally inherited 5mCpG imprints at the WRB DMR are uncoupled from the parental allele expression of WRB and ten neighboring genes in several tissues and that trisomy 21 alters DNA methylation in parent-of-origin-dependent and -independent manners.
| S-EPMC4839675 | biostudies-literature
Project description:The primary abnormality in Down syndrome (DS), trisomy 21, is well known, but how this chromosomal gain produces the complex DS phenotype, including immune system defects, is not well understood. We profiled DNA methylation in total peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) and T-lymphocytes from adults with DS and normal controls and found gene-specific abnormalities of CpG methylation in DS, with many of the differentially methylated genes having known or predicted roles in lymphocyte development and function. NOTE 1: the analysis in Kerkel et al., PLOS Genet, 2010 was carried out after removing probes for genes on the X and Y chromosomes. NOTE 2: these GEO data have been analyzed with this latest version of BeadStudio; the data in the supplementary tables of Kerkel et al., PLOS Genetics, 2010, were from these same Bead chips, but extracted using an earlier version of this software. This re-extraction does not affect the conclusions in Kerkel et al., PLOS Genetics, 2010.
2010-11-18 | GSE25395 | GEO
Project description:Patients with Down syndrome (trisomy 21, T21) have hematologic abnormalities throughout life. Newborns frequently exhibit abnormal blood counts and a clonal preleukemia. Human T21 fetal livers contain expanded erythro-megakaryocytic precursors with enhanced proliferative capacity. The impact of T21 on the earliest stages of embryonic hematopoiesis is unknown and nearly impossible to examine in human subjects. We modeled T21 yolk sac hematopoiesis using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Blood progenitor populations generated from T21 iPSCs were present at normal frequency and proliferated normally. However, their developmental potential was altered with enhanced erythropoiesis and reduced myelopoiesis, but normal megakaryocyte production. These abnormalities overlap with those of T21 fetal livers, but also reflect important differences. Our studies show that T21 confers distinct developmental stage- and species-specific hematopoietic defects. More generally, we illustrate how iPSCs can provide insight into early stages of normal and pathological human development.
| S-EPMC3491490 | biostudies-literature