Abstract
The inverse relationship between expression and methylation of β-type globin genes is well established. However, little is known about the relationship between expression and methylation of avian α-type globin genes. The embryonic απ-globin promoter was unmethylated, and α-globin RNA was easily detected in 5-day chicken erythroid cells. A progressive methylation of the CpG dinucleotides in the απ promoter associated with loss of expression of απ-globin gene was seen during development in primary erythroid cells. A 315-bp απ-globin promoter region was cloned in an expression construct (απpGL3E) containing a luciferase reporter gene and SV40 enhancer. The απpGL3E construct was transfected into primary erythroid cells derived from 5-day-old chicken embryos. Methylation of απpGL3E plasmid and απ-globin promoter alone resulted in a 20-fold and 7-fold inhibition of expression, respectively. The fully methylated but not the unmethylated 315-bp απ-globin gene promoter fragment formed a methyl cytosinebinding protein complex (MeCPC). Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays were combined with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction to assess histone acetylation associated with the απ-globin gene promoter. Slight hyperacetylation of histone H3 but a marked hyperacetylation of histone H4 was seen in 5-day when compared with 14-day erythroid cells. These results demonstrate that methylation can silence transcription of an avian α-type embryonic globin gene in homologous primary erythroid cells, possibly by interacting with an MeCPC and histone deacetylase complex.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4217-4222 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Blood |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Methylation of α-type embryonic globin gene απ represses transcription in primary erythroid cells. / Singal, Rakesh; VanWert, Jane M.; Ferdinand, Larry.
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T1 - Methylation of α-type embryonic globin gene απ represses transcription in primary erythroid cells
AU - Singal, Rakesh
AU - VanWert, Jane M.
AU - Ferdinand, Larry
PY - 2002/12/1
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N2 - The inverse relationship between expression and methylation of β-type globin genes is well established. However, little is known about the relationship between expression and methylation of avian α-type globin genes. The embryonic απ-globin promoter was unmethylated, and α-globin RNA was easily detected in 5-day chicken erythroid cells. A progressive methylation of the CpG dinucleotides in the απ promoter associated with loss of expression of απ-globin gene was seen during development in primary erythroid cells. A 315-bp απ-globin promoter region was cloned in an expression construct (απpGL3E) containing a luciferase reporter gene and SV40 enhancer. The απpGL3E construct was transfected into primary erythroid cells derived from 5-day-old chicken embryos. Methylation of απpGL3E plasmid and απ-globin promoter alone resulted in a 20-fold and 7-fold inhibition of expression, respectively. The fully methylated but not the unmethylated 315-bp απ-globin gene promoter fragment formed a methyl cytosinebinding protein complex (MeCPC). Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays were combined with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction to assess histone acetylation associated with the απ-globin gene promoter. Slight hyperacetylation of histone H3 but a marked hyperacetylation of histone H4 was seen in 5-day when compared with 14-day erythroid cells. These results demonstrate that methylation can silence transcription of an avian α-type embryonic globin gene in homologous primary erythroid cells, possibly by interacting with an MeCPC and histone deacetylase complex.
AB - The inverse relationship between expression and methylation of β-type globin genes is well established. However, little is known about the relationship between expression and methylation of avian α-type globin genes. The embryonic απ-globin promoter was unmethylated, and α-globin RNA was easily detected in 5-day chicken erythroid cells. A progressive methylation of the CpG dinucleotides in the απ promoter associated with loss of expression of απ-globin gene was seen during development in primary erythroid cells. A 315-bp απ-globin promoter region was cloned in an expression construct (απpGL3E) containing a luciferase reporter gene and SV40 enhancer. The απpGL3E construct was transfected into primary erythroid cells derived from 5-day-old chicken embryos. Methylation of απpGL3E plasmid and απ-globin promoter alone resulted in a 20-fold and 7-fold inhibition of expression, respectively. The fully methylated but not the unmethylated 315-bp απ-globin gene promoter fragment formed a methyl cytosinebinding protein complex (MeCPC). Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays were combined with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction to assess histone acetylation associated with the απ-globin gene promoter. Slight hyperacetylation of histone H3 but a marked hyperacetylation of histone H4 was seen in 5-day when compared with 14-day erythroid cells. These results demonstrate that methylation can silence transcription of an avian α-type embryonic globin gene in homologous primary erythroid cells, possibly by interacting with an MeCPC and histone deacetylase complex.
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