ArticleScientific reports2021
Distinct roles of androgen receptor, estrogen receptor alpha, and BCL6 in the establishment of sex-biased DNA methylation in mouse liver.
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- Survey of gene, lncRNA and transposon transcription patterns in four mouse organs highlights shared and organ-specific sex-biased regulation.Genome biology · 2025Article
- Direct androgen receptor control of sexually dimorphic gene expression in the mammalian kidney.Developmental cell · 2023Article
- Direct androgen receptor regulation of sexually dimorphic gene expression in the mammalian kidney.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Genetic variation in the Y chromosome and sex-biased DNA methylation in somatic cells in the mouse.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2023Article
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- Postnatal developmental trajectory of sex-biased gene expression in the mouse pituitary gland.Biology of sex differences · 2022Article
- Interplay Between GH-regulated, Sex-biased Liver Transcriptome and Hepatic Zonation Revealed by Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing.Endocrinology · 2022Article
- Male-Specific Activation of Lysine Demethylases 5B and 5C Mediates Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury and Hepatocyte Dedifferentiation.Hepatology communications · 2022Article
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Abstract
Sexual dimorphism in gene regulation, including DNA methylation, is the main driver of sexual dimorphism in phenotypes. However, the questions of how and when sex shapes DNA methylation remain unresolved. Recently, using mice with different combinations of genetic and phenotypic sex, we identified sex-associated differentially methylated regions (sDMRs) that depended on the sex phenotype. Focusing on a panel of validated sex-phenotype dependent male- and female-biased sDMRs, we tested the developmental dynamics of sex bias in liver methylation and the impacts of mutations in the androgen receptor, estrogen receptor alpha, or the transcriptional repressor Bcl6 gene. True hermaphrodites that carry both unilateral ovaries and contralateral testes were also tested. Our data show that sex bias in methylation either coincides with or follows sex bias in the expression of sDMR-proximal genes, suggesting that sex bias in gene expression may be required for demethylation at certain sDMRs. Global ablation of AR, ESR1, or a liver-specific loss of BCL6, all alter sDMR methylation, whereas presence of both an ovary and a testis delays the establishment of male-type methylation levels in hermaphrodites. Moreover, the Bcl6-LKO shows dissociation between expression and methylation, suggesting a distinct role of BCL6 in demethylation of intragenic sDMRs.
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