title: Proximity ligation in situ assay for monitoring the global DNA methylation in cells.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  DNA methylation has a central role in the epigenetic control of mammalian gene expression, and is required for X inactivation, genomics imprinting and silencing of retrotransposons and repetitive sequences. Thus, several technologies have been developed to measure the degree of DNA methylation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We here present the development of the detection of protein-protein interactions via the adaptation of the proximity ligation in situ technology to evaluate the DNA methylation status in cells since the quantification of Dnmt1/PCNA interaction in cells reflects the degree of DNA methylation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This method being directly realizable on cells, it appears that it could suggest a wide range of applications in basic research and drug development. More particularly, this method is specially adapted for the investigations realized from a weak quantity of biologic materiel such as stem cells or primary cultured tumor cells for examples.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes-Angers, INSERM, U892, Equipe Apoptose et Progression Tumorale, Equipe labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 8 quai moncousu, BP7021, 44007 Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hervouet
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hulin
authors.forename: François M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Vallette
authors.forename: Pierre-François
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Cartron
mesh_terms: D001374:Azacitidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D000076123:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1; D004248:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019175:DNA Methylation; D000077209:Decitabine; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D057890:Epigenomics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D034622:RNA Interference
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D000077209:Decitabine; D000076123:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1; D004248:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases; C000619380:DNMT1 protein, human; D001374:Azacitidine