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ArticleBMC developmental biology2010

Rescue of placental phenotype in a mechanistic model of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.

Rosemary Oh-McGinnis, Aaron B Bogutz, Kang Yun Lee, Michael J Higgins, Louis Lefebvre

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Article in BMC developmental biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rosemary Oh-McGinnisDepartment of Medical Genetics, Molecular Epigenetics Group, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Aaron B Bogutz
Kang Yun Lee
Michael J Higgins
Louis Lefebvre
University of British Columbia · CARoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

EPIGENETIC REGULATION IN A CANCER ASSOCIATED REGIONR01CA089426 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI HIGGINS, MICHAEL JOSEPH · 2002 to 2012
$2.6M
CIHR 82863-1CIHR 87399-1CIHR MOP 82863NCI NIH HHS 2R01 CA089426
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSeveral imprinted genes have been implicated in the process of placentation. The distal region of mouse chromosome 7 (Chr 7) contains at least ten imprinted genes, several of which are expressed from the maternal homologue in the placenta. The corresponding paternal alleles of these genes are silenced in cis by an incompletely understood mechanism involving the formation of a repressive nuclear compartment mediated by the long non-coding RNA Kcnq1ot1 initiated from imprinting centre 2 (IC2). However, it is unknown whether some maternally expressed genes are silenced on the paternal homologue via a Kcnq1ot1-independent mechanism. We have previously reported that maternal inheritance of a large truncation of Chr7 encompassing the entire IC2-regulated domain (DelTel7 allele) leads to embryonic lethality at mid-gestation accompanied by severe placental abnormalities. Kcnq1ot1 expression can be abolished on the paternal chromosome by deleting IC2 (IC2KO allele). When the IC2KO mutation is paternally inherited, epigenetic silencing is lost in the region and the DelTel7 lethality is rescued in compound heterozygotes, leading to viable DelTel7/IC2KO mice.

resultsConsidering the important functions of several IC2-regulated genes in placentation, we set out to determine whether these DelTel7/IC2KO rescued conceptuses develop normal placentae. We report no abnormalities with respect to the architecture and vasculature of the DelTel7/IC2KO rescued placentae. Imprinted expression of several of the IC2-regulated genes critical to placentation is also faithfully recapitulated in DelTel7/IC2KO placentae.

conclusionTaken together, our results demonstrate that all the distal chromosome 7 imprinted genes implicated in placental function are silenced by IC2 and Kcnq1ot1 on the paternal allele. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that the methylated maternal IC2 is not required for the regulation of nearby genes. The results show the potential for fully rescuing LQ trans placental abnormalities that are caused by imprinting defects.

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Genomic ImprintingAnimalsBeckwith-Wiedemann SyndromeChromosomes, MammalianFemaleHumansKCNQ1 Potassium ChannelMaleMiceMice, KnockoutPlacentaPregnancyRNA, UntranslatedKCNQ1 Potassium ChannelKcnq1 protein, mouseRNA, Untranslated

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PMID20459838
PMCPMC2881899
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