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《Epigenetics》2013,8(12):1341-1348
More than a hundred protein-coding genes are controlled by genomic imprinting in humans. These atypical genes are organized in chromosomal domains, each of which is controlled by a differentially methylated "imprinting control region" (ICR). How ICRs mediate the parental allele-specific expression of close-by genes is now becoming understood. At several imprinted domains, this epigenetic mechanism involves the action of long non-coding RNAs. It is less well appreciated that imprinted gene domains also transcribe hundreds of microRNA and small nucleolar RNA genes and that these represent the densest clusters of small RNA genes in mammalian genomes. The evolutionary reasons for this remarkable enrichment of small regulatory RNAs at imprinted domains remain unclear. However, recent studies show that imprinted small RNAs modulate specific functions in development and metabolism and also are frequently perturbed in cancer. Here, we review our current understanding of imprinted small RNAs in the human genome and discuss how perturbation of their expression contributes to disease. 相似文献
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More than a hundred protein-coding genes are controlled by genomic imprinting in humans. These atypical genes are organized in chromosomal domains, each of which is controlled by a differentially methylated "imprinting control region" (ICR). How ICRs mediate the parental allele-specific expression of close-by genes is now becoming understood. At several imprinted domains, this epigenetic mechanism involves the action of long non-coding RNAs. It is less well appreciated that imprinted gene domains also transcribe hundreds of microRNA and small nucleolar RNA genes and that these represent the densest clusters of small RNA genes in mammalian genomes. The evolutionary reasons for this remarkable enrichment of small regulatory RNAs at imprinted domains remain unclear. However, recent studies show that imprinted small RNAs modulate specific functions in development and metabolism and also are frequently perturbed in cancer. Here, we review our current understanding of imprinted small RNAs in the human genome and discuss how perturbation of their expression contributes to disease. 相似文献
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Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Angelman syndrome (AS) are two distinct neurogenetic disorders caused by the loss of function of imprinted genes in the chromosomal region 15q11q13. An approximately 2 Mb region inside 15q11q13 is subject to genomic imprinting. As a consequence the maternal and paternal copies in this region are different in DNA methylation and gene expression. The most frequent genetic lesions in both disorders are an interstitial de novo deletion of the chromosomal region 15q11q13, uniparental disomy 15, an imprinting defect or, in the case of AS, a mutation of the UBE3A gene. Microdeletions in a small number of patients with PWS and AS with an imprinting defect have led to the identification of the chromosome 15 imprinting centre (IC) upstream of the SNURF-SNRPN gene, which acts in cis to regulate imprinting in the whole 15q imprinted domain. The IC consists of two critical elements: one in the more centromeric part which is deleted in patients with AS and which is thought to be responsible for the establishment of imprinting in the female germ line, and one in the more telomeric part which is deleted in patients with PWS and which is required to maintain the paternal imprint. 相似文献
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Small evolutionarily conserved RNA, resembling C/D box small nucleolar RNA, is transcribed from PWCR1, a novel imprinted gene in the Prader-Willi deletion region, which Is highly expressed in brain 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
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de los Santos T Schweizer J Rees CA Francke U 《American journal of human genetics》2000,67(5):1067-1082
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DNA replication asynchrony between the paternal and maternal alleles of imprinted genes does not straddle the R/G transition 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Régen Drouin Mohamed Boutouil Raouf Fetni Gerald P. Holmquist Patrick Scott Claude-Lise Richer Nicole Lemieux 《Chromosoma》1997,106(6):405-411
Imprinted autosomal loci apparently reside in very large chromosomal domains that exhibit asynchrony in replication of homologous
alleles during the DNA synthesis phase. Replication asynchrony can be cytogenetically visualized by a replication-banding
discordance between homologous bands of a given pair of chromosomal homologs. The replication time of a chromosomal band at
high resolution can be determined by blocking DNA synthesis at the R/G-band transition and using replication banding. The
R/G transition reflects the transition from early (R-) to late (G- and C-) band DNA replication. We studied discordance between
two groups of homologous chromosomal bands: (a) four bands, 6q26–27, 11p13, 11p15.5 and 15q11.2–12, each containing at least
one imprinted gene; and (b) nine bands containing no known imprinted genes. Fifty pairs of chromosomes were analyzed at high
resolution after R/G transition blocking and late 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine incorporation. The rate of discordance was the same
for bands containing imprinted genes and for control bands. Both homologous bands of a pair replicate either before or after
the R/G transition and do not straddle the R/G transition. Repression associated with imprinting does not appear to involve
late replication at the band level of resolution. Tissue-specific inactivation is associated with DNA methylation and late
replication, whereas allele-specific inactivation is associated with DNA methylation but not with delayed or late replication.
Received: 7 May 1996; in revised form: 27 January 1997 / Accepted: 31 July 1997 相似文献
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David Haig 《BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology》1996,18(5):351-353
A gene is described as imprinted if its pattern of expression depends on whether it passed the previous generation in a male or female germ line. A recent paper(1) reports that imprinted genes have fewer and smaller introns than a control set of genes. The differences are striking but their interpretation is unclear. The loss of introns after a gene becomes imprinted is not sufficient to explain why imprinted genes have fewer introns than average, because related unimprinted genes also have few introns. Similarly, small introns appear to be a property of chromosomal region rather than of imprinting status itself, because neighboring unimprinted genes also have small introns. 相似文献
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Anupam Paliwal Alexis M. Temkin Kristi Kerkel Alexander Yale Iveta Yotova Natalia Drost Simon Lax Chia-Ling Nhan-Chang Charles Powell Alain Borczuk Abraham Aviv Ronald Wapner Xiaowei Chen Peter L. Nagy Nicholas Schork Catherine Do Ali Torkamani Benjamin Tycko 《PLoS genetics》2013,9(8)
Allele-specific DNA methylation (ASM) is well studied in imprinted domains, but this type of epigenetic asymmetry is actually found more commonly at non-imprinted loci, where the ASM is dictated not by parent-of-origin but instead by the local haplotype. We identified loci with strong ASM in human tissues from methylation-sensitive SNP array data. Two index regions (bisulfite PCR amplicons), one between the C3orf27 and RPN1 genes in chromosome band 3q21 and the other near the VTRNA2-1 vault RNA in band 5q31, proved to be new examples of imprinted DMRs (maternal alleles methylated) while a third, between STEAP3 and C2orf76 in chromosome band 2q14, showed non-imprinted haplotype-dependent ASM. Using long-read bisulfite sequencing (bis-seq) in 8 human tissues we found that in all 3 domains the ASM is restricted to single differentially methylated regions (DMRs), each less than 2kb. The ASM in the C3orf27-RPN1 intergenic region was placenta-specific and associated with allele-specific expression of a long non-coding RNA. Strikingly, the discrete DMRs in all 3 regions overlap with binding sites for the insulator protein CTCF, which we found selectively bound to the unmethylated allele of the STEAP3-C2orf76 DMR. Methylation mapping in two additional genes with non-imprinted haplotype-dependent ASM, ELK3 and CYP2A7, showed that the CYP2A7 DMR also overlaps a CTCF site. Thus, two features of imprinted domains, highly localized DMRs and allele-specific insulator occupancy by CTCF, can also be found in chromosomal domains with non-imprinted ASM. Arguing for biological importance, our analysis of published whole genome bis-seq data from hES cells revealed multiple genome-wide association study (GWAS) peaks near CTCF binding sites with ASM. 相似文献
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Conservation of synteny of mammalian imprinted genes between chicken and human suggested that highly conserved gene clusters were selected long before these genes were recruited for genomic imprinting in mammals. Here we have applied in silico mapping of orthologous genes in pipid frog, zebrafish, spotted green and Japanese pufferfish to show considerable conservation of synteny in lower vertebrates. More than 400 million years ago in a common ancestor of teleost fish and tetrapods, 'preimprinted' chromosome regions homologous to human 6q25, 7q21, 7q32, 11p15, and 15q11-->q12 already contained most present-day mammalian imprinted genes. Interestingly, some imprinted gene orthologues which are isolated from imprinted clusters in mouse and human could be linked to preimprinted regions in lower vertebrates, indicating that separation occurred during mammalian evolution. On the contrary, newly arisen genes by segmental duplication in the mammalian lineage, i.e. SNRPN and FRAT3, were transposed or translocated to imprinted clusters and recruited for parent-specific activity. By analysis of currently available sequences of non-mammalian vertebrates, the imprinted gene clusters homologous to human chromosomes 14q32 and 19q12 are only poorly conserved in chicken, frog, and fish and, therefore, may not have evolved from ancestral preimprinted gene arrays. Evidently, evolution of imprinted gene clusters is an ongoing and dynamic process in mammals. In general, imprinted gene orthologues do not show a higher degree of synteny conservation in vertebrates than non-imprinted genes interspersed with or adjacent to an imprinted cluster. 相似文献
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A novel imprinted gene, HYMAI, is located within an imprinted domain on human chromosome 6 containing ZAC 总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9
Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus (TNDM) is a rare disease characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, dehydration, and failure to thrive due to a lack of normal insulin secretion. This disease is associated with paternal uniparental disomy or paternal duplication of chromosome 6, suggesting that the causative gene(s) for TNDM is imprinted. Recently, Gardner et al. (1999, J. Med. Genet. 36: 192-196) proposed that a candidate gene for TNDM lies within chromosome 6q24.1-q24.3. To find human imprinted genes, we performed a database search for EST sequences that mapped to this region, followed by RT-PCR analysis using monochromosomal hybrid cells with a human chromosome 6 of defined parental origin. Here we report the identification of a novel imprinted gene, HYMAI. This gene exhibits differential DNA methylation between the two parental alleles at an adjacent CpG island and is expressed only from the paternal chromosome. A previously characterized imprinted gene, ZAC/LOT1, is located 70 kb downstream of HYMAI and is also expressed only from the paternal allele. In the pancreas, both genes are moderately expressed. HYMAI and ZAC/LOT1 are therefore candidate genes involved in TNDM. Furthermore, the human chromosome 6q24 region is syntenic to mouse chromosome 10 and represents a novel imprinted domain. 相似文献
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Mammalian imprinted genes are clustered in chromosomal domains. Their mono-allelic, parent-of-origin-specific expression is regulated by imprinting control regions (ICRs), which are essential sequence elements marked by DNA methylation on one of the two parental alleles. These methylation “imprints” are established during gametogenesis and, after fertilization, are somatically maintained throughout development. Nonhistone proteins and histone modifications contribute to this epigenetic process. The way ICRs mediate imprinted gene expression differs between domains. At some domains, for instance, ICRs produce long noncoding RNAs that mediate chromatin silencing. Lysine methylation on histone H3 is involved in this developmental process and is particularly important for imprinting in the placenta and brain. Together, the newly discovered chromatin mechanisms provide further clues for addressing imprinting-related pathologies in humans. 相似文献
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Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus (TNDM) is a rare disease characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, dehydration, and failure to thrive due to a lack of normal insulin secretion. This disease is associated with paternal uniparental disomy or paternal duplication of chromosome 6, suggesting that the causative gene(s) for TNDM is imprinted. Recently, Gardner et al. (1999, J. Med. Genet. 36: 192–196) proposed that a candidate gene for TNDM lies within chromosome 6q24.1–q24.3. To find human imprinted genes, we performed a database search for EST sequences that mapped to this region, followed by RT-PCR analysis using monochromosomal hybrid cells with a human chromosome 6 of defined parental origin. Here we report the identification of a novel imprinted gene, HYMAI. This gene exhibits differential DNA methylation between the two parental alleles at an adjacent CpG island and is expressed only from the paternal chromosome. A previously characterized imprinted gene, ZAC/LOT1, is located 70 kb downstream of HYMAI and is also expressed only from the paternal allele. In the pancreas, both genes are moderately expressed. HYMAI and ZAC/LOT1 are therefore candidate genes involved in TNDM. Furthermore, the human chromosome 6q24 region is syntenic to mouse chromosome 10 and represents a novel imprinted domain. 相似文献
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Genomic imprinting, representing parent-specific expression of alleles at a locus, is mainly evident in flowering plants and
placental mammals. Most imprinted genes, including numerous non-coding RNAs, are located in clusters regulated by imprinting
control regions (ICRs). The acquisition and evolution of genomic imprinting is among the most fundamental genetic questions.
Discoveries about the transition of mammalian imprinted gene domains from their non-imprinted ancestors, especially recent
studies undertaken on the most ancient mammalian clades — the marsupials and monotremes from which model species genomes have
recently been sequenced, are of high value. By reviewing and analyzing these studies, a close connection between non-coding
RNAs and the acquisition of genomic imprinting in mammals is demonstrated. The evidence comes from two observations accompanied
with the acquisition of the imprinting: (i) many novel non-coding RNA genes emerged in imprinted regions; (ii) the expressions
of some conserved non-coding RNAs have changed dramatically. Furthermore, a systematical analysis of imprinted snoRNA (small
nucleolar RNA) genes from 15 vertebrates suggests that the origination of imprinted snoRNAs occurred after the divergence
between eutherians and marsupials, followed by a rapid expansion leading to the fixation of major gene families in the eutherian
ancestor prior to the radiation of modern placental mammals. Involved in the regulation of imprinted silencing and mediating
the chromatins epigenetic modification may be the major roles that non-coding RNAs play during the acquisition of genomic
imprinting in mammals.
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30830066), the Ministry of Education of China and Natural
Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant No. IRT0447, NSF-05200303) and National Key Basic Research and Development
Program of China (Grant No. 2005CB724600) 相似文献
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Transient neonatal diabetes (TNDM) is manifested before the age of 6 weeks and typically resolves within 18 months. Main clinical features include intrauterine growth retardation, hyperglycemia and dehydration with absent ketoacidosis. Causes of TNDM are heterogeneous but 70% are due to a chromosomal aberration in the region 6q24 which contains the imprinted genes PLAGL1/ZAC and HYMAI. Paternal uniparental disomy 6 (upd(6)pat) or paternal duplications of the imprinted region as well as imprinting defects of the maternal allele all result in an overexpression of the paternally expressed gene PLAGL1. Imprinting defects in 6q24 can occur as isolated events or can affect more than one locus (hypomethylation syndrome). Hypomethylation at multiple loci has so far been observed in patients with TNDM, Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS).The risk of recurrence depends on the underlying cause of TNDM. Chromosomal aberrations in the parents affecting chromosome 6 increase the risk for UPD or duplication of the imprinted locus in 6q24. Nevertheless, UPD and duplication 6q24 are mostly de novo occurrences. 相似文献
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M. V. Nemtsova 《Molecular Biology》2000,34(4):554-560
Modern data are reviewed that concern hereditary disorders caused by abnormal expression of imprinted genes rather than mutations
and structural aberrations. As an example, the molecular organization of the critical chromosomal region 15(q11.2–q13) and
the possible pathogenetic mechanisms are described in detail for Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes. 相似文献
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