Genome-wide DNA methylation profiles changes associated with constant heat stress in pigs as measured by bisulfite sequencing

AbstractThe heterogeneity of major depressive disorder (MDD) is attributed to the fact that diagnostic criteria (e.g., DSM-5) are only based on clinical symptoms. The discovery of blood biomarkers has the potential to change the diagnosis of MDD. The purpose of this study was to identify blood biomarkers of DNA methylation by strategically subtyping patients with MDD by onset age. We analyzed genome-wide DNA methylation of patients with adult-onset depression (AOD; age ≥ 50 years, age at depression onset < 50 years; N = 10) and late-onset depression (LOD; age ≥ 50 years, age at depression onset ≥ 50 years; N = 25) in comparison to that of 30 healthy subjects. The methylation profile of the AOD group was not only different from that of the LOD group but also more homogenous. Six identified methylation CpG sites were validated by pyrosequencing and amplicon bisulfite sequencing as potential markers for AOD in a second set of independent patients with AOD and healthy control subjects (N = 11). The combination of three specific methylation markers achieved the highest accuracy (sensitivity, 64%; specificity, 91%; accuracy, 77%). Taken together, our findings suggest that DNA methylation markers are more suitable for AOD than for LOD patients.

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Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Maps in Follicular Lymphoma Cells Determined by Methylation-Enriched Bisulfite Sequencing

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0013020 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 (9) ◽

pp. e13020 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Jeong-Hyeon Choi ◽

Yajun Li ◽

Juyuan Guo ◽

Lirong Pei ◽

Tibor A. Rauch ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dna Methylation ◽

Follicular Lymphoma ◽

Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Lymphoma Cells ◽

Genome Wide

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Low-pass whole genome bisulfite sequencing of neonatal dried blood spots identifies a role for RUNX1 in Down syndrome DNA methylation profiles

Human Molecular Genetics ◽

10.1093/hmg/ddaa218 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Benjamin I Laufer ◽

Hyeyeon Hwang ◽

Julia M Jianu ◽

Charles E Mordaunt ◽

Ian F Korf ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Dna Methylation ◽

Down Syndrome ◽

Early Life ◽

Trisomy 21 ◽

Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Dried Blood Spots ◽

Whole Genome ◽

Genome Wide ◽

Low Pass ◽

Genome Bisulfite Sequencing

Abstract Neonatal dried blood spots (NDBS) are a widely banked sample source that enables retrospective investigation into early life molecular events. Here, we performed low-pass whole genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) of 86 NDBS DNA to examine early life Down syndrome (DS) DNA methylation profiles. DS represents an example of genetics shaping epigenetics, as multiple array-based studies have demonstrated that trisomy 21 is characterized by genome-wide alterations to DNA methylation. By assaying over 24 million CpG sites, thousands of genome-wide significant (q < 0.05) differentially methylated regions (DMRs) that distinguished DS from typical development and idiopathic developmental delay were identified. Machine learning feature selection refined these DMRs to 22 loci. The DS DMRs mapped to genes involved in neurodevelopment, metabolism, and transcriptional regulation. Based on comparisons with previous DS methylation studies and reference epigenomes, the hypermethylated DS DMRs were significantly (q < 0.05) enriched across tissues while the hypomethylated DS DMRs were significantly (q < 0.05) enriched for blood-specific chromatin states. A ~28 kb block of hypermethylation was observed on chromosome 21 in the RUNX1 locus, which encodes a hematopoietic transcription factor whose binding motif was the most significantly enriched (q < 0.05) overall and specifically within the hypomethylated DMRs. Finally, we also identified DMRs that distinguished DS NDBS based on the presence or absence of congenital heart disease (CHD). Together, these results not only demonstrate the utility of low-pass WGBS on NDBS samples for epigenome-wide association studies, but also provide new insights into the early life mechanisms of epigenomic dysregulation resulting from trisomy 21.

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164 Genome-wide DNA Methylation Profiling in in Utero Heat-stressed Pigs as Measured by Whole-genome Bisulfite Sequencing

Journal of Animal Science ◽

10.1093/jas/skab235.157 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 99 (Supplement_3) ◽

pp. 87-88

Author(s):

Luiz F Brito ◽

Jacob M Maskal ◽

Shi-Yi Chen ◽

Hinayah R Oliveira ◽

Jason R Graham ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dna Methylation ◽

Heat Stress ◽

Cellular Response ◽

Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Cholesterol Biosynthesis ◽

In Utero ◽

Whole Genome ◽

Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Differentially Methylated Genes ◽

Genome Bisulfite Sequencing

Abstract In utero heat stress (IUHS) has several postnatal consequences in pigs that compromise health, increase stress response, and reduce performance. These phenotypes may be caused by epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation, which are heritable molecular modifications that impact gene expression and phenotypic outcomes without changing the DNA sequence. Therefore, we aimed to compare the DNA methylation profiles between in-utero thermoneutral (IUTN) and IUHS pigs to identify differentially methylated regions. Twenty-four pregnant gilts were evenly assigned to either a thermoneutral (17.5 ± 2.1°C) or heat stress (cycling 26 to 36°C) chamber from d 0 to 59 of gestation, followed by thermoneutral conditions (20.9 ± 2.3°C) for the rest of gestation and until the piglets were weaned. At 105 d of age, 10 IUTN and 10 IUHS piglets were euthanized and Longissimus dorsi muscle samples were collected and used to perform whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS). Purified genomic DNA was fragmented and bisulfite conversion was performed. Illumina platforms were used to sequence WGBS libraries. All pigs had similar proportions of methylation at CpG sites. Two-hundred-sixty-eight genomic regions were differentially methylated between IUTN and IUHS pigs. These identified regions are located across all pig chromosomes and ranged from 2 (SSC18) to 40 (SSC10). Eighty-five unique differentially-methylated genes were identified. These genes have been reported to be involved in key biological processes such as transcriptional repressor activity and tRNA processing (e.g., SKOR2,TRMT6, TSEN2), cellular response to heat stress (e.g.,CCAR2), placental vascularization (e.g.,FZD5), central nervous system (e.g.,VEPH1), cholesterol biosynthesis (e.g., CYB5R1), insulin receptor substrate (e.g.,IRS2), synaptic transmission (e.g.,RIMBP2), neurotrophic factor receptor activity (e.g.,LIFR), immune response (e.g., CD84), DNA repair (e.g., CHD1L), and cell proliferation and endocrine signaling (e.g., SSTR1, CYB5R1). These findings contribute to a better understanding of the epigenomic mechanisms underlying postnatal consequences of IUHS in pigs.

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Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiling in the Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) Flower Showing its Contribution to the Stamen Petaloid

Plants ◽

10.3390/plants8050135 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 135 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Zhongyuan Lin ◽

Meihui Liu ◽

Rebecca Njeri Damaris ◽

Tonny Maraga Nyong’a ◽

Dingding Cao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gene Expression ◽

Dna Methylation ◽

Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Epigenetic Modification ◽

Nelumbo Nucifera ◽

Flower Formation ◽

Relationship Analysis ◽

Genome Wide ◽

Dna Methylation Profiling ◽

Methylation Profiling

DNA methylation is a vital epigenetic modification. Methylation has a significant effect on the gene expression influencing the regulation of different physiological processes. Current studies on DNA methylation have been conducted on model plants. Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a basic eudicot exhibiting variations during development, especially in flower formation. DNA methylation profiling was conducted on different flower tissues of lotuses through whole genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) to investigate the effects of DNA methylation on its stamen petaloid. A map of methylated cytosines at the single base pair resolution for the lotus was constructed. When the stamen was compared with the stamen petaloid, the DNA methylation exhibited a global decrease. Genome-wide relationship analysis between DNA methylation and gene expression identified 31 different methylation region (DMR)-associated genes, which might play crucial roles in floral organ formation, especially in the stamen petaloid. One out of 31 DMR-associated genes, NNU_05638 was homolog with Plant U-box 33 (PUB33). The DNA methylation status of NNU_05638 promoter was distinct in three floral organs, which was confirmed by traditional bisulfite sequencing. These results provide further insights about the regulation of stamen petaloids at the epigenetic level in lotus.

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Efficient and accurate determination of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana with enzymatic methyl sequencing

Epigenetics & Chromatin ◽

10.1186/s13072-020-00361-9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Suhua Feng ◽

Zhenhui Zhong ◽

Ming Wang ◽

Steven E. Jacobsen

Keyword(s):

Dna Methylation ◽

Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Accurate Determination ◽

Gc Content ◽

Epigenetic Mark ◽

Whole Genome ◽

Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Genome Wide ◽

A Genome ◽

Genome Bisulfite Sequencing

Abstract Background 5′ methylation of cytosines in DNA molecules is an important epigenetic mark in eukaryotes. Bisulfite sequencing is the gold standard of DNA methylation detection, and whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) has been widely used to detect methylation at single-nucleotide resolution on a genome-wide scale. However, sodium bisulfite is known to severely degrade DNA, which, in combination with biases introduced during PCR amplification, leads to unbalanced base representation in the final sequencing libraries. Enzymatic conversion of unmethylated cytosines to uracils can achieve the same end product for sequencing as does bisulfite treatment and does not affect the integrity of the DNA; enzymatic methylation sequencing may, thus, provide advantages over bisulfite sequencing. Results Using an enzymatic methyl-seq (EM-seq) technique to selectively deaminate unmethylated cytosines to uracils, we generated and sequenced libraries based on different amounts of Arabidopsis input DNA and different numbers of PCR cycles, and compared these data to results from traditional whole-genome bisulfite sequencing. We found that EM-seq libraries were more consistent between replicates and had higher mapping and lower duplication rates, lower background noise, higher average coverage, and higher coverage of total cytosines. Differential methylation region (DMR) analysis showed that WGBS tended to over-estimate methylation levels especially in CHG and CHH contexts, whereas EM-seq detected higher CG methylation levels in certain highly methylated areas. These phenomena can be mostly explained by a correlation of WGBS methylation estimation with GC content and methylated cytosine density. We used EM-seq to compare methylation between leaves and flowers, and found that CHG methylation level is greatly elevated in flowers, especially in pericentromeric regions. Conclusion We suggest that EM-seq is a more accurate and reliable approach than WGBS to detect methylation. Compared to WGBS, the results of EM-seq are less affected by differences in library preparation conditions or by the skewed base composition in the converted DNA. It may therefore be more desirable to use EM-seq in methylation studies.

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Reduced representation bisulfite sequencing (RRBS) of dairy goat mammary glands reveals DNA methylation profiles of integrated genome-wide and critical milk-related genes

Oncotarget ◽

10.18632/oncotarget.23260 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (70) ◽

pp. 115326-115344 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Xiaoyan Zhang ◽

Sihuan Zhang ◽

Lin Ma ◽

Enhui Jiang ◽

Han Xu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Dna Methylation ◽

Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Mammary Glands ◽

Dairy Goat ◽

Reduced Representation ◽

Genome Wide ◽

Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing

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Focal disruption of DNA methylation dynamics at enhancers in IDH-mutant AML cells

Leukemia ◽

10.1038/s41375-021-01476-y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Elisabeth R. Wilson ◽

Nichole M. Helton ◽

Sharon E. Heath ◽

Robert S. Fulton ◽

Jacqueline E. Payton ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Dna Methylation ◽

Myeloid Leukemia ◽

Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Sequencing Data ◽

Genome Wide ◽

Cd34 Cells ◽

Recurrent Mutations ◽

Genome Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Bisulfite Sequencing Data ◽

Acute Myeloid

AbstractRecurrent mutations in IDH1 or IDH2 in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are associated with increased DNA methylation, but the genome-wide patterns of this hypermethylation phenotype have not been comprehensively studied in AML samples. We analyzed whole-genome bisulfite sequencing data from 15 primary AML samples with IDH1 or IDH2 mutations, which identified ~4000 focal regions that were uniquely hypermethylated in IDHmut samples vs. normal CD34+ cells and other AMLs. These regions had modest hypermethylation in AMLs with biallelic TET2 mutations, and levels of 5-hydroxymethylation that were diminished in IDH and TET-mutant samples, indicating that this hypermethylation results from inhibition of TET-mediated demethylation. Focal hypermethylation in IDHmut AMLs occurred at regions with low methylation in CD34+ cells, implying that DNA methylation and demethylation are active at these loci. AML samples containing IDH and DNMT3AR882 mutations were significantly less hypermethylated, suggesting that IDHmut-associated hypermethylation is mediated by DNMT3A. IDHmut-specific hypermethylation was highly enriched for enhancers that form direct interactions with genes involved in normal hematopoiesis and AML, including MYC and ETV6. These results suggest that focal hypermethylation in IDH-mutant AML occurs by altering the balance between DNA methylation and demethylation, and that disruption of these pathways at enhancers may contribute to AML pathogenesis.

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Cecum methylome response to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis infection in chicken through whole genome bisulfite sequencing

10.21203/rs.3.rs-20344/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Yuanmei Wang ◽

Liying Liu ◽

Min Li ◽

Lili Lin ◽

Pengcheng Su ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Dna Methylation ◽

Signaling Pathway ◽

Salmonella Enterica ◽

Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Whole Genome ◽

Poultry Production ◽

Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing ◽

Genome Wide ◽

Differentially Methylated Genes ◽

Genome Bisulfite Sequencing

Abstract Background: Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) is one of the pathogenic bacteria, which affects poultry production and poses severe threat to public health. Chicken meat and egg are the main source of SE. DNA methylation, an important epigenetic modification, involves in regulatory processes including gene expression, chromatin structure and genomic imprinting. To understand the methylation regulation in response to SE inoculation in chicken, the genome-wide DNA methylation profile following SE inoculation was analyzed through whole genome bisulfite sequencing in the current study. Results: There were 185,362,463 clean reads and 126,098,724 unique reads in the control group, and 180,530,750 clean Reads, 126,782,896 unique reads in the inoculated group. We found that the methylation density in gene body was higher than that in the upstream and downstream regions of gene. There were 8,946 differentially methylated genes (3,639 hypo-methylated genes, 5,307 hyper-methylated genes) obtained between inoculated and control groups. Methylated genes were mainly enriched in immune-related Gene Ontology (GO) terms and metabolic process terms. Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, TGF-beta signaling pathway, FoxO signaling pathway, Wnt signaling pathway and several metabolism-related pathways were significantly enriched. The density of differentially methylated cytosines in miRNAs was the highest. HOX genes were widely methylated and mainly distributed in Chr2 and 7. Conclusions: We firstly analyzed the genome-wide DNA methylation in the response to SE inoculation in chicken. SE inoculation promoted the DNA methylation in chicken cecum and caused methylation alteration in immune- and metabolic- related genes. Wnt signal pathway, miRNAs and HOX gene family may play a crucial role in the methylation regulation of SE infection in chicken. The findings herein will deepen the understanding of epigenetic regulation in the response to SE inoculation in chicken.

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