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DNA methylation and chromatin modification

Ng, Huck-Hui, Adrian, Bird·1999·Current Opinion in Genetics & Development

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DNA methylation and chromatin modification are two global mechanisms that regulate gene expression. Recent studies provide insight into the mechanism of transcriptional silencing by a methyl-CpG binding protein, MeCP2. MeCP2 is shown to interact with the Sin3/histone deacetylase co-repressor complex. Thus, this interaction can provide a mechanistic explanation for the long-known relationship between DNA methylation and chromatin structure. Moreover, several studies have shown that inhibition of histone deacetylases by specific inhibitors can reactivate endogenous genes or reporter constructs previously silenced by DNA methylation. Taken together, the data strongly suggest that DNA methylation can pattern chromatin modification.

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  • Methylation of CpG islands in a gene's promoter region may downregulate or transcriptionally silence that gene's expression.

    “If the CpG islands of the promoter region for a particular gene are methylated, the expression of that gene may be downregulated or transcriptionally silenced;”

    From Altered genome-wide methylation in endometriosis (2014) · cites this paper as [20]

  • Unmethylated CpG islands in a gene's promoter region are typically associated with higher expression of that gene.

    “in contrast, if the CpG islands in the promoter region remain unmethylated, the gene is typically more highly expressed.20,21”

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Authors
Ng, H.-H., & Adrian, B.
Affiliations
University of Edinburgh (GB)
Corresponding author
Ng, Huck-Hui
Venue
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1999-04
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
158-163
ISSN
0959-437X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2081195534
Cited by
648
References
48
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Genetics & Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Wellcome Trust
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cancer-related gene regulation
Keywords
DNA methylation, chromatin modification, MeCP2, methyl-CpG binding proteins, transcriptional silencing, histone deacetylase inhibitors, chromatin structure, epigenetic regulation
MeSH terms
Acetylation, Animals, Chromatin, Histones, Humans, Down-Regulation, DNA Methylation

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