title: Methylation status of putative differentially methylated regions of porcine IGF2 and H19.
abstract: This study was designed to identify the putative differentially methylated regions (DMRs) of the porcine imprinted genes insulin-like growth factor 2 and H19 (IGF2-H19), and to assess the genomic imprinting status of IGF2-H19 by identifying the methylation patterns of these regions in germ cells, and in tissues from porcine fetuses, an adult pig, as well as cloned offspring produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Porcine IGF2-H19 DMRs exhibit a normal monoallelic methylation pattern (i.e., either the paternally- or the maternally derived allele is methylated) similar to the pattern observed for the same genes in the human and mice genomes. Examination of the methylation patterns of the IGF2-H19 DMRs revealed that the zinc finger protein binding sites CTCF1 and 2 did not exhibit differential methylation in both control and cloned offspring. In contrast, the CTCF3 and DMR2 loci of the IGF2 gene showed abnormal methylation in cloned offspring, but a normal differential or moderate methylation pattern in tissues from control offspring and an adult pig. Our data thus suggest that regulation of genomic imprinting at the porcine IGF2-H19 loci is conserved among species, and that the abnormal methylation pattern in the regulatory elements of imprinted genes may lead to an alteration in the coordinated expression of genes required for successful reprogramming, which, in consequence, may contribute to the low efficiency of porcine genome reprogramming induced by nuclear transfer.
authors.affiliation: Bio-Organ Research Center, Department of Animal Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 1, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Wook
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Young Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Jeong Tae
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Mukesh Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Sang Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Uhm
authors.forename: Jin-Hoi
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hans R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Schöler
authors.forename: Hoon Taek
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D000076246:CCCTC-Binding Factor; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018392:Genomic Imprinting; D006801:Humans; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020218:Response Elements / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000076246:CCCTC-Binding Factor; C000619697:CTCF protein, human; C000619698:Ctcf protein, mouse; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II