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肝癌表观遗传学研究进展 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
肝细胞癌是原发性肝癌的主要类型,也是恶性程度最高的肿瘤之一.目前人们对肝癌的发病机制并不十分清楚.研究表明,由遗传学和表观遗传学改变弓『起的原癌基因的活化和抑癌基因的灭活而引起细胞恶性改变是肿瘤发生的核心生物学过程.过去人们普遍认为遗传学上的基因突变是肿瘤发病机制中的关键事件,尤其是抑癌基因的体细胞突变与肿瘤的发生有着密切的关系.但是,近年来随着对肿瘤认识的深入,人们发现DNA序列以外的调控机制(即表观遗传学)异常在肿瘤的发生、发展过程中也起到非常重要的作用.表观遗传学机制包括:DNA甲基化修饰,组蛋白修饰,非编码RNAs(包括microRNA),染色质重塑等.其中,DNA甲基化和microRNA与肝癌发生的关系是得到最为深入研究的表观遗传学机制.本文将结合本课题组的研究重点,综述DNA甲基化和microRNA在肝癌研究中的进展. 相似文献
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同卵双胞胎来源于同一个受精卵,DNA序列基本一致,但在某些重要表型上如复杂疾病,并不完全一样。利用表型不一致的同卵双胞胎进行研究,能在遗传背景、母体效应、年龄性别效应等一致的基础上,深入研究分析复杂性状的表观调控机制。而DNA甲基化是最为稳定的一类表观遗传修饰。在人类中,利用同卵双胞胎对印记异常疾病、精神类疾病、自身免疫病及癌症等疾病的DNA甲基化调控研究已经揭示了多个致病基因,为研究疾病的表观调控以及表观遗传学药物的应用打下了基础。本文着重对同卵双胞胎DNA甲基化状态、DNA甲基化遗传力计算以及复杂性状DNA甲基化调控的研究应用及其进展展开综述,以期为复杂性状表观调控机制研究提供借鉴和参考。 相似文献
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杂种优势形成的表观遗传学研究进展 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
杂种优势是一种复杂的生物学现象,在农业生产上得到了广泛的应用,但对其形成的遗传机理和分子基础尚不清楚。随着表观遗传学的深入研究,尤其是DNA甲基化、小分子RNA和组蛋白修饰等技术的发展,为杂种优势形成的分子基础提供了新的研究策略和技术手段。DNA甲基化、小分子RNA、组蛋白三者在杂交种中水平的改变与杂种优势有着一定关系,同时,三者之间相互作用调节基因表达影响杂种优势。本文简述了近年来表观遗传学在杂种优势形成中的作用和遗传机制等方面的研究进展,并且提出了目前存在的问题和下一步的研究方向。本综述将有助于从表观遗传学的角度认识杂种优势的形成机理,从而促进对杂种优势的表观遗传学基础的理解及其在植物杂交育种上的应用研究。 相似文献
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DNA甲基化是表观遗传学研究的热点问题之一, 植物DNA甲基化的研究对植物研究领域的发展有着举足轻重的作用。本文阐述了植物DNA甲基化的相关机制, 其中包括RdDM(RNA-dependent DNA methylation)、DNA 甲基化与组蛋白修饰
以及DNA 去甲基化等近几年研究的热点问题; 讨论了DNA甲基化在植物发育中的功能(包括基因组防御和调控基因表达)、DNA甲基化与转基因沉默的关系以及其在表观遗传学中的地位。最后就目前国内外研究植物DNA甲基化所采取的常用策略,即高效液相色谱法、亚硫酸盐测序法、甲基化敏感的限制性内切酶结合Southern杂交分析法和MSAP(methylation-sensitive amplified Polymorphism)法进行了详尽的介绍和讨论。 相似文献
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DNA甲基化和组蛋白修饰等表观遗传机制是恶性肿瘤发生发展的重要原因之一.然而近年来研究发现,microRNA表达水平改变也参与恶性肿瘤的形成.最新研究资料揭示,表观遗传可调控microRNA表达,而一些种类的microRNA也可调节表观遗传,并且二者之间相互作用可调控组织细胞内基因表达以及诱导体内恶性肿瘤产生.研究资料还显示,表观遗传主要通过DNA甲基化、组蛋白修饰等方式调控microRNA表达,而microRNA则通过调节DNA甲基化转移酶、维持细胞中DNA甲基化水平或改变组蛋白修饰等途径调控表观遗传.对microRNA与表观遗传之间的调控关系以及在抗肿瘤领域内的应用进行全面而系统的论述. 相似文献
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植物DNA甲基化及其研究策略 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
DNA甲基化是表观遗传学研究的热点问题之一,植物DNA甲基化的研究对植物研究领域的发展有着举足轻重的作用。本文阐述了植物DNA甲基化的相关机制,其中包括RdDM(RNA—dependent DNA methylation)、DNA甲基化与组蛋白修饰以及DNA去甲基化等近几年研究的热点问题:讨论了DNA甲基化在植物发育中的功能(包括基因组防御和调控基因表达)、DNA甲基化与转基因沉默的关系以及其在表观遗传学中的地位。最后就目前国内外研究植物DNA甲基化所采取的常用策略,即高效液相色谱法、亚硫酸盐测序法、甲基化敏感的限制性内切酶结合Southern杂交分析法和MSAP(methylation—sensitive amplified polymorphism)法进行了详尽的介绍和讨论。 相似文献
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《Epigenetics》2013,8(4):508-515
DNA methylation is involved in development and in human diseases. Genomic DNA derived from lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) is commonly used to study DNA methylation. There are potential confounding factors regarding the use of LCL-derived DNA, however, such as Epstein-Barr (EB) viral infection and artifacts induced during cell culture. Recently, several groups compared the DNA methylation status of peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) and LCLs and concluded that the DNA methylation profiles between them might be consistent. To confirm and extend theses results, we performed a comprehensive DNA methylation analysis using both PBLs and LCLs derived from the same individuals. Using the luminometric methylation assay, we revealed that the global DNA methylation level was different between PBLs and LCLs. Furthermore, the direction of change was not consistent. Comparisons of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns of promoter regions revealed that methylation profiles were largely conserved between PBLs and LCLs. A preliminary analysis in a small number of samples suggested that the methylation status of an LCL may be better correlated with PBLs from the same individual than with LCLs from other individuals. Expectedly, DNA methylation in promoter regions overlapping with CpG islands was associated with gene silencing in both PBLs and LCLs. With regard to methylation differences, we found that hypermethylation was more predominant than hypomethylation in LCLs compared with PBLs. These findings suggest that LCLs should be used for DNA methylation studies with caution as the methylation patterns of promoter regions in LCLs are not always the same as those in PBLs. 相似文献
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《Epigenetics》2013,8(3):396-403
DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism that regulates gene expression and can be modified by one-carbon nutrients. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of folic acid (FA) fortification of the US food supply on leukocyte global DNA methylation and the relationship between DNA methylation, red blood cell (RBC) folate, and other one-carbon biomarkers among postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. We selected 408 women from the highest and lowest tertiles of RBC folate distribution matching on age and timing of the baseline blood draw, which spanned the pre- (1994–1995), peri- (1996–1997), or post-fortification (1998) periods. Global DNA methylation was assessed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and expressed as a percentage of total cytosine. We observed an interaction (P = 0.02) between fortification period and RBC folate in relation to DNA methylation. Women with higher (vs. lower) RBC folate had higher mean DNA methylation (5.12 vs. 4.99%; P = 0.05) in the pre-fortification period, but lower (4.95 vs. 5.16%; P = 0.03) DNA methylation in the post-fortification period. We also observed significant correlations between one-carbon biomarkers and DNA methylation in the pre-fortification period, but not in the peri- or post-fortification period. The correlation between plasma homocysteine and DNA methylation was reversed from an inverse relationship during the pre-fortification period to a positive relationship during the post-fortification period. Our data suggest that (1) during FA fortification, higher RBC folate status is associated with a reduction in leukocyte global DNA methylation among postmenopausal women and; (2) the relationship between one-carbon biomarkers and global DNA methylation is dependent on folate availability. 相似文献
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Hiroko Sugawara Kazuya Iwamoto Miki Bundo Junko Ueda Jun Ishigooka Tadafumi Kato 《Epigenetics》2011,6(4):508-515
DNA methylation is involved in development and in human diseases. Genomic DNA derived from lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) is commonly used to study DNA methylation. There are potential confounding factors regarding the use of LCL-derived DNA, however, such as Epstein-Barr (EB) viral infection and artifacts induced during cell culture. Recently, several groups compared the DNA methylation status of peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) and LCLs and concluded that the DNA methylation profiles between them might be consistent. To confirm and extend theses results, we performed a comprehensive DNA methylation analysis using both PBLs and LCLs derived from the same individuals. Using the luminometric methylation assay, we revealed that the global DNA methylation level was different between PBLs and LCLs. Furthermore, the direction of change was not consistent. Comparisons of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns of promoter regions revealed that methylation profiles were largely conserved between PBLs and LCLs. A preliminary analysis in a small number of samples suggested that the methylation status of an LCL may be better correlated with PBLs from the same individual than with LCLs from other individuals. Expectedly, DNA methylation in promoter regions overlapping with CpG islands was associated with gene silencing in both PBLs and LCLs. With regard to methylation differences, we found that hypermethylation was more predominant than hypomethylation in LCLs compared with PBLs. These findings suggest that LCLs should be used for DNA methylation studies with caution as the methylation patterns of promoter regions in LCLs are not always the same as those in PBLs.Key words: DNA methylation, lymphoblastoid cell lines, peripheral blood leukocytes, LUMA, promoter tiling array, gene expression 相似文献
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Salt Tolerant and Sensitive Rice Varieties Display Differential Methylome Flexibility under Salt Stress 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Liliana J. Ferreira Vanessa Azevedo Jo?o Maroco M. Margarida Oliveira Ana Paula Santos 《PloS one》2015,10(5)
DNA methylation has been referred as an important player in plant genomic responses to environmental stresses but correlations between the methylome plasticity and specific traits of interest are still far from being understood. In this study, we inspected global DNA methylation levels in salt tolerant and sensitive rice varieties upon salt stress imposition. Global DNA methylation was quantified using the 5-methylcytosine (5mC) antibody and an ELISA-based technique, which is an affordable and quite pioneer assay in plants, and in situ imaging of methylation sites in interphase nuclei of tissue sections. Variations of global DNA methylation levels in response to salt stress were tissue- and genotype-dependent. We show a connection between a higher ability of DNA methylation adjustment levels and salt stress tolerance. The salt-tolerant rice variety Pokkali was remarkable in its ability to quickly relax DNA methylation in response to salt stress. In spite of the same tendency for reduction of global methylation under salinity, in the salt-sensitive rice variety IR29 such reduction was not statistically supported. In ‘Pokkali’, the salt stress-induced demethylation may be linked to active demethylation due to increased expression of DNA demethylases under salt stress. In ‘IR29’, the induction of both DNA demethylases and methyltransferases may explain the lower plasticity of DNA methylation. We further show that mutations for epigenetic regulators affected specific phenotypic parameters related to salinity tolerance, such as the root length and biomass. This work emphasizes the role of differential methylome flexibility between salt tolerant and salt sensitive rice varieties as an important player in salt stress tolerance, reinforcing the need to better understand the connection between epigenetic networks and plant responses to environmental stresses. 相似文献
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Paul L. Severson Erik J. Tokar Lukas Vrba Michael P. Waalkes Bernard W. Futscher 《Epigenetics》2012,7(11):1238-1248
Epigenetic dysfunction is a known contributor in carcinogenesis, and is emerging as a mechanism involved in toxicant-induced malignant transformation for environmental carcinogens such as arsenicals or cadmium. In addition to aberrant DNA methylation of single genes, another manifestation of epigenetic dysfunction in cancer is agglomerative DNA methylation, which can participate in long-range epigenetic silencing that targets many neighboring genes and has been shown to occur in several types of clinical cancers. Using in vitro model systems of toxicant-induced malignant transformation, we found hundreds of aberrant DNA methylation events that emerge during malignant transformation, some of which occur in an agglomerative fashion. In an arsenite-transformed prostate epithelial cell line, the protocadherin (PCDH), HOXC and HOXD gene family clusters are targeted for agglomerative DNA methylation. The agglomerative DNA methylation changes induced by arsenicals appear to be common and clinically relevant events, since they occur in other human cancer cell lines and models of malignant transformation, as well as clinical cancer specimens. Aberrant DNA methylation in general occurred more often within histone H3 lysine-27 trimethylation stem cell domains. We found a striking association between enrichment of histone H3 lysine-9 trimethylation stem cell domains and toxicant-induced agglomerative DNA methylation, suggesting these epigenetic modifications may become aberrantly linked during malignant transformation. In summary, we found an association between toxicant-induced malignant transformation and agglomerative DNA methylation, which lends further support to the hypothesis that epigenetic dysfunction plays an important role in toxicant-induced malignant transformation. 相似文献
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DNA methylation changes detected by methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism in two contrasting rice genotypes under salt stress 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
DNA methylation,one of the most important epigenetic phenomena,plays a vital role in tuning gene expression during plant development as well as in response to environmental stimuli.In the present study,a rnethylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism (MSAP) analysis was performed to profile DNA methylation changes in two contrasting rice genotypes under salt stress.Consistent with visibly different phenotypes in response to salt stress,epigenetic markers classified as stable inter-cultivar DNA methylation differences were determined between salttolerant FL478 and salt-sensitive IR29.In addition,most tissue-specific DNA methylation loci were conserved,while many of the growth stage-dependent DNA methylation loci were dynamic between the two genotypes.Strikingly,salt stress induced a decrease in DNA methylation specifically in roots at the seedling stage that was more profound in IR29 than in the FL478.This result may indicate that demethylation of genes is an active epigenetic response to salt stress in roots at the seedling stage,and helps to further elucidate the implications of DNA methylation in crop growth and development. 相似文献
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《Epigenetics》2013,8(11):1238-1248
Epigenetic dysfunction is a known contributor in carcinogenesis, and is emerging as a mechanism involved in toxicant-induced malignant transformation for environmental carcinogens such as arsenicals or cadmium. In addition to aberrant DNA methylation of single genes, another manifestation of epigenetic dysfunction in cancer is agglomerative DNA methylation, which can participate in long-range epigenetic silencing that targets many neighboring genes and has been shown to occur in several types of clinical cancers. Using in vitro model systems of toxicant-induced malignant transformation, we found hundreds of aberrant DNA methylation events that emerge during malignant transformation, some of which occur in an agglomerative fashion. In an arsenite-transformed prostate epithelial cell line, the protocadherin (PCDH), HOXC and HOXD gene family clusters are targeted for agglomerative DNA methylation. The agglomerative DNA methylation changes induced by arsenicals appear to be common and clinically relevant events, since they occur in other human cancer cell lines and models of malignant transformation, as well as clinical cancer specimens. Aberrant DNA methylation in general occurred more often within histone H3 lysine-27 trimethylation stem cell domains. We found a striking association between enrichment of histone H3 lysine-9 trimethylation stem cell domains and toxicant-induced agglomerative DNA methylation, suggesting these epigenetic modifications may become aberrantly linked during malignant transformation. In summary, we found an association between toxicant-induced malignant transformation and agglomerative DNA methylation, which lends further support to the hypothesis that epigenetic dysfunction plays an important role in toxicant-induced malignant transformation. 相似文献
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Trap-Gentil MV Hébrard C Lafon-Placette C Delaunay A Hagège D Joseph C Brignolas F Lefebvre M Barnes S Maury S 《Journal of experimental botany》2011,62(8):2585-2597
An epigenetic control of vernalization has been demonstrated in annual plants such as Arabidopsis and cereals, but the situation remains unclear in biennial plants such as sugar beet that has an absolute requirement for vernalization. The role of DNA methylation in flowering induction and the identification of corresponding target loci also need to be clarified. In this context, sugar beet (Beta vulgaris altissima) genotypes differing in bolting tolerance were submitted to various bolting conditions such as different temperatures and/or methylating drugs. DNA hypomethylating treatment was not sufficient to induce bolting while DNA hypermethylation treatment inhibits and delays bolting. Vernalizing and devernalizing temperatures were shown to affect bolting as well as DNA methylation levels in the shoot apical meristem. In addition, a negative correlation was established between bolting and DNA methylation. Genotypes considered as resistant or sensitive to bolting could also be distinguished by their DNA methylation levels. Finally, sugar beet homologues of the Arabidopsis vernalization genes FLC and VIN3 exhibited distinct DNA methylation marks during vernalization independently to the variations of global DNA methylation. These vernalization genes also displayed differences in mRNA accumulation and methylation profiles between genotypes resistant or sensitive to bolting. Taken together, the data suggest that the time course and amplitude of DNA methylation variations are critical points for the induction of sugar beet bolting and represent an epigenetic component of the genotypic bolting tolerance, opening up new perspectives for sugar beet breeding. 相似文献
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Sajin Bae Cornelia M Ulrich Lynn B Bailey Olga Malysheva Elissa C Brown David R Maneval Marian L Neuhouser Ting-Yuan David Cheng Joshua W Miller Yingye Zheng Liren Xiao Lifang Hou Xiaoling Song Katharina Buck Shirley AA Beresford Marie A Caudill 《Epigenetics》2014,9(3):396-403
DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism that regulates gene expression and can be modified by one-carbon nutrients. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of folic acid (FA) fortification of the US food supply on leukocyte global DNA methylation and the relationship between DNA methylation, red blood cell (RBC) folate, and other one-carbon biomarkers among postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. We selected 408 women from the highest and lowest tertiles of RBC folate distribution matching on age and timing of the baseline blood draw, which spanned the pre- (1994–1995), peri- (1996–1997), or post-fortification (1998) periods. Global DNA methylation was assessed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and expressed as a percentage of total cytosine. We observed an interaction (P = 0.02) between fortification period and RBC folate in relation to DNA methylation. Women with higher (vs. lower) RBC folate had higher mean DNA methylation (5.12 vs. 4.99%; P = 0.05) in the pre-fortification period, but lower (4.95 vs. 5.16%; P = 0.03) DNA methylation in the post-fortification period. We also observed significant correlations between one-carbon biomarkers and DNA methylation in the pre-fortification period, but not in the peri- or post-fortification period. The correlation between plasma homocysteine and DNA methylation was reversed from an inverse relationship during the pre-fortification period to a positive relationship during the post-fortification period. Our data suggest that (1) during FA fortification, higher RBC folate status is associated with a reduction in leukocyte global DNA methylation among postmenopausal women and; (2) the relationship between one-carbon biomarkers and global DNA methylation is dependent on folate availability. 相似文献