DNA Methylation Regulates Alternative Polyadenylation via CTCF and the Cohesin Complex
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ABSTRACT: Dysregulation of DNA methylation and mRNA alternative cleavage and polyadenylation (APA) are both prevalent in cancer. Through various mechanisms, these processes promote carcinogenesis by altering the production of oncogenes and tumour suppressors. Although promoter DNA methylation is most studied, the majority of differentially methylated regions occur in non-promoter contexts, including the gene 3′ ends, where APA occurs. Using genome-wide methylation sequencing and poly(A)-sequencing we identified a correlation between DNA methylation and APA. As such, we sought to define the mechanism regulating this relationship. Here, we show that DNA methylation regulates APA using CCCTC binding factor (CTCF) binding and recruitment of the cohesin complex. Using data of cancer subtypes available from The Cancer Genome Atlas we authenticated this correlation in vivo. This mechanism of DNA methylation-regulated APA demonstrates the impact of aberrant DNA methylation on transcriptome diversity in cancer.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE131606 | GEO | 2020/03/18
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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