TY - JOUR
T1 - Epigenetic gene inactivation induced by a cis-acting methylation center
AU - Mummaneni, Padmaja
AU - Walker, Kimberly A.
AU - Bishop, Peggy L.
AU - Turker, Mitchell S.
PY - 1995/1/13
Y1 - 1995/1/13
N2 - In this report we test the hypothesis that a cis-acting methylation center can induce epigenetic gene inactivation. The cis-acting element used is an 838-base pair fragment that was shown previously to provide a de novo methylation signal (Mummaneni, P., Bishop, P. L., and Turker, M. S. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 552-558). Its normal location is approximately 1.3 kilobase pairs upstream of the mouse aprt (adenine phosphoribosyltransferase) gene. To determine if the methylation center could induce inactivation of the aprt gene, a plasmid construct was created in which the methylation center was moved next to the aprt promoter. Transfection experiments demonstrated inactivation of the aprt gene on the hybrid construct. The inactivation event was shown with a Southern blot analysis to correlate with hypermethylation and to be reversible by treatment with 2-deoxy-5'-azacytidine, a demethylating agent. Interestingly, gene inactivation induced by the methylation center required truncation of the aprt promoter. The results demonstrate that epigenetic gene inactivation can be induced by a DNA methylation center.
AB - In this report we test the hypothesis that a cis-acting methylation center can induce epigenetic gene inactivation. The cis-acting element used is an 838-base pair fragment that was shown previously to provide a de novo methylation signal (Mummaneni, P., Bishop, P. L., and Turker, M. S. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 552-558). Its normal location is approximately 1.3 kilobase pairs upstream of the mouse aprt (adenine phosphoribosyltransferase) gene. To determine if the methylation center could induce inactivation of the aprt gene, a plasmid construct was created in which the methylation center was moved next to the aprt promoter. Transfection experiments demonstrated inactivation of the aprt gene on the hybrid construct. The inactivation event was shown with a Southern blot analysis to correlate with hypermethylation and to be reversible by treatment with 2-deoxy-5'-azacytidine, a demethylating agent. Interestingly, gene inactivation induced by the methylation center required truncation of the aprt promoter. The results demonstrate that epigenetic gene inactivation can be induced by a DNA methylation center.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.270.2.788
DO - 10.1074/jbc.270.2.788
M3 - Article
C2 - 7822312
AN - SCOPUS:0028939394
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 270
SP - 788
EP - 792
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 2
ER -