Synergetic effects of DNA methylation and histone modification during mouse induced pluripotent stem cell generation.
DNA methylation and histone methylation (H3K27me3) have been reported as major barriers to induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) generation using four core transcription factors (Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc, termed OSKM). Here, to illustrate the possibility of deriving iPSCs via demethylation, as well as the exact effects of DNA methylation and histone modification on gene expression regulation, we performed RNA sequencing to characterize the transcriptomes of ES cells and iPSCs derived by demethylation with miR-29b or shDnmt3a, and carried out integrated analyses. Results showed that OSKM + miR-29b-iPSC was more close to ES cells than the others, and up-regulated genes typically presented with methylated CpG-dense promoters and H3K27me3-enriched regions. The differentially expressed genes caused by introduction of DNA demethylation during somatic cell reprogramming mainly focus on stem cell associated GO terms and KEGG signaling pathways, which may decrease the tumorigenesis risk of iPSCs. These findings indicated that DNA methylation and histone methylation have synergetic effects on regulating gene expression during iPSC generation, and demethylation by miR-29b is better than shDnmt3a for iPSC quality. Furthermore, integrated analyses are superior for exploration of slight differences as missed by individual analysis.
Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
Guiying
G
Wang
Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
Rong
R
Weng
Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
Yuanyuan
Y
Lan
Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
Xudong
X
Guo
Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
Qidong
Q
Liu
Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
Xiaoqin
X
Liu
Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
Chenqi
C
Lu
Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China.
Jiuhong
J
Kang
D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D019175:DNA Methylation; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D042421:Histone Code; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism*; D057026:Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D000090062:Kruppel-Like Factor 4; D051379:Mice; D035683:MicroRNAs; D059467:Transcriptome
D006657:Histones; C000715468:Klf4 protein, mouse; D000090062:Kruppel-Like Factor 4; C547014:MIRN29 microRNA, mouse; D035683:MicroRNAs