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ArticlePloS one2025

Identification of maternal allele sequences of IG-DMR that are essential for neonatal viability.

Satoshi Hara, Akari Muramatsu, Miho Terao, Shuji Takada

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Satoshi HaraDepartment of Systems Developmental Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
Akari MuramatsuDepartment of Systems Developmental Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
Miho TeraoDepartment of Systems Developmental Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8391-083X
Shuji TakadaDepartment of Systems Developmental Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9406-4683

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Abstract

The expression of imprinted genes in the Dlk1-Dio3 domain is regulated by Dlk1-Meg3 intergenic DMR (IG-DMR), which is methylated in a parental-of-origin-specific manner. An unmethylated 4.1-kb region in the IG-DMR is essential for the maternal allele. Several molecular mechanisms have been proposed for the 4.1-kb region of IG-DMR; however, the sequence in the 4.1-kb region essential for imprinted gene expression is still unknown. To explore the sequence responsible for the IG-DMR in vivo, we generated mutant mice with a series of IG-DMR deletions. We observed that a deletion of the 2.7-kb region, including the IG-DMR transcriptional regulatory element (IGTRE), on the maternal allele causes IG-DMR dysfunction, resulting in perinatal lethality. At least two functional sequences exist in IGTRE that are functionally redundant in vivo, and the paternal transmission of a mutant allele, in which IGTRE was deleted together with a tandem repeat sequence in IG-DMR (IGRep), rescued embryonic lethality due to a lack of paternal IGRep. Our findings revealed that a sequence responsible for the lethal phenotype of the maternally inherited 4.1-kb deletion of IG-DMR is in the IGTRE domain.

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AllelesDNA, IntergenicGenomic ImprintingAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCalcium-Binding ProteinsDNA MethylationFemaleIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMaleMiceRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNA, Long NoncodingCalcium-Binding ProteinsDlk1 protein, mouseDNA, IntergenicIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMCPMC12097578

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