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Genome-Wide Association of Histone H3 Lysine Nine Methylation with CHG DNA Methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana

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Bernatavichute, Yana V., Zhang, Xiaoyu, Cokus, Shawn, Pellegrini, Matteo, Jacobsen, Steven E.·2008·PLoS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0003156PMC PMC2522283
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Methylation of histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) is a hallmark of transcriptional silencing in many organisms. In Arabidopsis thaliana, dimethylation of H3K9 (H3K9m2) is important in the silencing of transposons and in the control of DNA methylation. We constructed a high-resolution genome-wide map of H3K9m2 methylation by using chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with whole genome Roche Nimblegen microarrays (ChIP-chip). We observed a very high coincidence between H3K9m2 and CHG methylation (where H is either A,T or C) throughout the genome. The coding regions of genes that are associated exclusively with methylation in a CG context did not contain H3K9m2. In addition, we observed two distinct patterns of H3K9m2. Transposons and other repeat elements present in the euchromatic arms contained small islands of H3K9m2 present at relatively low levels. In contrast, pericentromeric/centromeric regions of Arabidopsis chromosomes contained long, rarely interrupted blocks of H3K9m2 present at much higher average levels than seen in the chromosome arms. These results suggest a complex interplay between H3K9m2 and different types of DNA methylation and suggest that distinct mechanisms control H3K9m2 in different compartments of the genome.

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Figure 1 Distribution of DNA methylation and K9H3m2 methylation along chromosomes. Top panels show average DNA methylation levels in a sliding 100 kb window [32]. Bottom panels show the number of H3K9m2 positive probes (z-score>0.2) in a sliding 100 kb window.
Figure 1 Distribution of DNA methylation and K9H3m2 methylation along chromosomes. Top panels show average DNA methylation levels in a sliding 100 kb window [32]. Bottom panels show the number of H3K9m2 positive probes (z-score>0.2) in a sliding 100 kb window.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 2 Correlation of H3K9m2 methylation with CHG DNA methylation. (a) Average DNA methylation levels genome wide (purple), in H3K9m2 positive regions (Z score>1, green) and in H3K9m2 negative regions (Z-score<0, orange). (b) Percent of CG, CHG and CHH methylation falling within H3K9m2 positive regions. (c) Correlation of the percentage of CHG methylation at individual sites throughout the genome with H3K9m2 levels. The x-axis is divided onto 10 individual bins that represent deciles of the percentage of CHG methylation of all CHG sites in the genome. Purple bars represent the percentage of CHG sites that fall with each methylation decile (right logarithmic axis), and orange line represents the average H3K9m2 level (Z-score) (left axis).
Figure 2 Correlation of H3K9m2 methylation with CHG DNA methylation. (a) Average DNA methylation levels genome wide (purple), in H3K9m2 positive regions (Z score>1, green) and in H3K9m2 negative regions (Z-score<0, orange). (b) Percent of CG, CHG and CHH methylation falling within H3K9m2 positive regions. (c) Correlation of the percentage of CHG methylation at individual sites throughout the genome with H3K9m2 levels. The x-axis is divided onto 10 individual bins that represent deciles of the percentage of CHG methylation of all CHG sites in the genome. Purple bars represent the percentage of CHG sites that fall with each methylation decile (right logarithmic axis), and orange line represents the average H3K9m2 level (Z-score) (left axis).CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 3 Relationship between H3K9m2 levels and the length of H3K9m2 positive regions in different chromosomal compartments. (a) Examples of typical H3K9m2 levels present in either euchromatic chromosomal arms or pericentromeric regions. Each gray bar corresponds to the Z-score of an individual probe. (b) Distribution of z-scores in the euchromatic arms (green) and pericentromeric regions (red). (c) Lengths of uninterrupted H3K9m2 methylated regions, with each horizontal bar representing a single region in either the euchromatic arms or pericentromeric regions.
Figure 3 Relationship between H3K9m2 levels and the length of H3K9m2 positive regions in different chromosomal compartments. (a) Examples of typical H3K9m2 levels present in either euchromatic chromosomal arms or pericentromeric regions. Each gray bar corresponds to the Z-score of an individual probe. (b) Distribution of z-scores in the euchromatic arms (green) and pericentromeric regions (red). (c) Lengths of uninterrupted H3K9m2 methylated regions, with each horizontal bar representing a single region in either the euchromatic arms or pericentromeric regions.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 4 The percentage of DNA methylation increases as the length of H3K9m2 positive regions increases. Average percent DNA methylation of CG (red), CHG (green) and CHH (blue) was calculated for H3K9m2 positive regions of different lengths.
Figure 4 The percentage of DNA methylation increases as the length of H3K9m2 positive regions increases. Average percent DNA methylation of CG (red), CHG (green) and CHH (blue) was calculated for H3K9m2 positive regions of different lengths.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 5 H3K9m2 methylation and expression levels of genes. (a) Histogram of H3K9m2 methylation of genes present in euchromatic arms (red line) or present in pericentromeric regions (blue bars). X-axis corresponds to average Z-score of each gene and Y-axis is the percent of the genes falling within each Z-score interval. (b) Expression level of all genes located in pericentromeric regions (green), those that are H3K9m2 methylated (red) or are unmethylated (blue).
Figure 5 H3K9m2 methylation and expression levels of genes. (a) Histogram of H3K9m2 methylation of genes present in euchromatic arms (red line) or present in pericentromeric regions (blue bars). X-axis corresponds to average Z-score of each gene and Y-axis is the percent of the genes falling within each Z-score interval. (b) Expression level of all genes located in pericentromeric regions (green), those that are H3K9m2 methylated (red) or are unmethylated (blue).CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 6 H3K9m2 methylation of transposable elements. The majority of transposons in pericentromeric regions have high levels of H3K9m2 (blue bars), while a large number of transposons in the arms are unmethylated (red line). X axis represents the average H3K9m2 level (Z-score) for the element and Y axis represents the percentage of elements falling into each category.
Figure 6 H3K9m2 methylation of transposable elements. The majority of transposons in pericentromeric regions have high levels of H3K9m2 (blue bars), while a large number of transposons in the arms are unmethylated (red line). X axis represents the average H3K9m2 level (Z-score) for the element and Y axis represents the percentage of elements falling into each category.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 7 H3K9m2 of various repeat elements in the Arabidopsis genome. (a) Percent of H3K9m2 methylated (purple) and unmethylated repeats (white). The majority of unmethylated repeats are present in euchromatic arms (green), while the majority of methylated repeats are located in pericentromeric regions (red). (b) Average H3K9m2 levels across tandem, inverted and interspersed repeats present in different genome compartments. All three kinds of repeats are more frequently methylated and have higher average H3K9m2 levels when they reside in pericentromeric regions. X axis represents the average H3K9m2 level (Z-score) for the element and Y axis represents the percentage of elements falling into each category.
Figure 7 H3K9m2 of various repeat elements in the Arabidopsis genome. (a) Percent of H3K9m2 methylated (purple) and unmethylated repeats (white). The majority of unmethylated repeats are present in euchromatic arms (green), while the majority of methylated repeats are located in pericentromeric regions (red). (b) Average H3K9m2 levels across tandem, inverted and interspersed repeats present in different genome compartments. All three kinds of repeats are more frequently methylated and have higher average H3K9m2 levels when they reside in pericentromeric regions. X axis represents the average H3K9m2 level (Z-score) for the element and Y axis represents the percentage of elements falling into each category.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 8 H3K9m2 methylation of siRNA clusters. Graph shows the percentage of different categories of siRNA clusters (dense, medium, or sparse) that overlap with H3K9m2 positive regions in either pericentromeric regions (orange) or arms (purple).
Figure 8 H3K9m2 methylation of siRNA clusters. Graph shows the percentage of different categories of siRNA clusters (dense, medium, or sparse) that overlap with H3K9m2 positive regions in either pericentromeric regions (orange) or arms (purple).CC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors
Bernatavichute, Y. V., Zhang, X., Cokus, S., Pellegrini, M., & Jacobsen, S. E.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University of Georgia (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
  • Pellegrini, Matteo
  • Jacobsen, Steven E.
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Venue
PLoS ONE
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2008-09-08
Volume
3
Issue
9
Pages
e3156
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0003156
PMC
PMC2522283
OpenAlex
W1999644599
Cited by
333
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55
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7.96
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Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institutes of Health (GM60398, grant GM60398)
  • U.S. Public Health Service (GM07104)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM007104, GM60398, R37GM060398, R01GM060398)
  • Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation
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 › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Molecular Biology Research
Keywords
H3K9 dimethylation, histone methylation, DNA methylation, transcriptional silencing, transposon silencing, centromeric heterochromatin, pericentromeric regions, CG methylation, repetitive elements, Arabidopsis thaliana, genome-wide methylation mapping
MeSH terms
Chromatin, DNA Transposable Elements, Heterochromatin, Histones, Lysine, Methylation, Transcription, Genetic, Genes, Plant, Arabidopsis, Genome, Plant, DNA Methylation, Arabidopsis Proteins, RNA, Small Interfering, Epigenesis, Genetic, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Genome-Wide Association Study

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