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ArticleNucleic acids research2018

Two are better than one: HPoxBS - hairpin oxidative bisulfite sequencing.

Pascal Giehr, Charalampos Kyriakopoulos, Konstantin Lepikhov, Stefan Wallner, Verena Wolf, Jörn Walter

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pascal GiehrDepartment of Biological Sciences, Saarland University, Campus A2.4, 66123 Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
Charalampos KyriakopoulosComputer Science Department, Saarland University, Campus E1.3, 66123 Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
Konstantin LepikhovDepartment of Biological Sciences, Saarland University, Campus A2.4, 66123 Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
Stefan WallnerInstitute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Bayern, Germany.
Verena WolfComputer Science Department, Saarland University, Campus E1.3, 66123 Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
Jörn WalterDepartment of Biological Sciences, Saarland University, Campus A2.4, 66123 Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.
Saarland University · DEUniversity Hospital Regensburg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The controlled and stepwise oxidation of 5mC to 5hmC, 5fC and 5caC by Tet enzymes is influencing the chemical and biological properties of cytosine. Besides direct effects on gene regulation, oxidised forms influence the dynamics of demethylation and re-methylation processes. So far, no combined methods exist which allow to precisely determine the strand specific localisation of cytosine modifications along with their CpG symmetric distribution. Here we describe a comprehensive protocol combining conventional hairpin bisulfite with oxidative bisulfite sequencing (HPoxBS) to determine the strand specific distribution of 5mC and 5hmC at base resolution. We apply this method to analyse the contribution of local oxidative effects on DNA demethylation in mouse ES cells. Our method includes the HPoxBS workflow and subsequent data analysis using our developed software tools. Besides a precise estimation and display of strand specific 5mC and 5hmC levels at base resolution we apply the data to predict region specific activities of Dnmt and Tet enzymes. Our experimental and computational workflow provides a precise double strand display of 5mC and 5hmC modifications at single base resolution. Based on our data we predict region specific Tet and Dnmt enzyme efficiencies shaping the distinct locus levels and patterns of 5hmC and 5mC.

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DNA MethylationGene Expression Regulation5-MethylcytosineAnimalsCytosineDNADNA-Binding ProteinsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1Embryonic Stem CellsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMiceOxidation-ReductionProto-Oncogene ProteinsSulfites5-carboxylcytosine5-formylcytosine5-hydroxymethylcytosine5-MethylcytosineCytosineDNADNA-Binding ProteinsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1Dnmt1 protein, mousehydrogen sulfiteProto-Oncogene ProteinsSulfitesTET1 protein, mouse

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PMID29912476
PMCPMC6125676
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