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ArticleEpigenetics & chromatin2020

The conserved DNMT1-dependent methylation regions in human cells are vulnerable to neurotoxicant rotenone exposure.

Dana M Freeman, Dan Lou, Yanqiang Li, Suzanne N Martos, Zhibin Wang

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Article in Epigenetics & chromatin, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Dana M FreemanLaboratory of Environmental Epigenomes, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1981-4368
Dan LouLaboratory of Environmental Epigenomes, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Yanqiang LiLaboratory of Environmental Epigenomes, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Suzanne N MartosLaboratory of Environmental Epigenomes, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Zhibin WangLaboratory of Environmental Epigenomes, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. zwang47@jhu.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Traning Program in Environmental Health SciencesT32ES007141 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Marsha Wills-Karp · 1985 to 2026
$22.2M
Investigating Effect of Air pollution and Host Defenses in SARS-CoV2 infectionU01ES026721 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BISWAL, SHYAM, RAJAGOPALAN, SANJAY · 2016 to 2020
$3.8M
Exposure-altered gene expression in five candidate imprinted loci for adult diseaseR01ES025761 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, ZHIBIN · 2016 to 2020
$1.5M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES025761NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007141NIEHS NIH HHS U01 ES026721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAllele-specific DNA methylation (ASM) describes genomic loci that maintain CpG methylation at only one inherited allele rather than having coordinated methylation across both alleles. The most prominent of these regions are germline ASMs (gASMs) that control the expression of imprinted genes in a parent of origin-dependent manner and are associated with disease. However, our recent report reveals numerous ASMs at non-imprinted genes. These non-germline ASMs are dependent on DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) and strikingly show the feature of random, switchable monoallelic methylation patterns in the mouse genome. The significance of these ASMs to human health has not been explored. Due to their shared allelicity with gASMs, herein, we propose that non-traditional ASMs are sensitive to exposures in association with human disease.

resultsWe first explore their conservancy in the human genome. Our data show that our putative non-germline ASMs were in conserved regions of the human genome and located adjacent to genes vital for neuronal development and maturation. We next tested the hypothesized vulnerability of these regions by exposing human embryonic kidney cell HEK293 with the neurotoxicant rotenone for 24 h. Indeed,14 genes adjacent to our identified regions were differentially expressed from RNA-sequencing. We analyzed the base-resolution methylation patterns of the predicted non-germline ASMs at two neurological genes, HCN2 and NEFM, with potential to increase the risk of neurodegeneration. Both regions were significantly hypomethylated in response to rotenone.

conclusionsOur data indicate that non-germline ASMs seem conserved between mouse and human genomes, overlap important regulatory factor binding motifs, and regulate the expression of genes vital to neuronal function. These results support the notion that ASMs are sensitive to environmental factors such as rotenone and may alter the risk of neurological disease later in life by disrupting neuronal development.

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EpigenomeAnimalsConserved SequenceDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNA MethylationHEK293 CellsHumansHyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated ChannelsInsecticidesMiceNeurofilament ProteinsNeurotoxicity SyndromesPotassium ChannelsRotenoneTranscriptomeDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNMT1 protein, humanHCN2 protein, humanHyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated ChannelsInsecticidesneurofilament protein MNeurofilament ProteinsPotassium ChannelsRotenoneAllele-specific methylationDNA methylationNeurotoxicityParkinson’s diseaseRotenone

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PMID32178731
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