Journal
CHROMOSOME RESEARCH
Volume 13, Issue 8, Pages 809-818Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-005-1015-4
Keywords
epigenetics; imprinting; methylation; protein binding sites; UPD
Funding
- NICHD NIH HHS [K23 HD40843, R03 HD38433] Funding Source: Medline
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The gene MEG3 is located in the imprinted human chromosomal region on 14q32. Imprinting of a structurally homologous region IGF2/H19 on 11p15 is mediated through cytosine methylation-controlled binding of the protein CTCF to target sites upstream of H19. We identified five new CTCF binding sites around the promoter of MEG3. Using an electrophoretic mobility shift assay, we showed that these sites bind CTCF in vitro. Using one of these sites, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) analysis confirmed CTCF binding in-vivo, and differential allele-specific methylation was demonstrated in seven individuals with either maternal or paternal uniparental disomy 14 (UPD14). The site was unmethylated on the maternally inherited chromosomes 14 and methylated on the paternally inherited chromosomes 14, suggesting parent-specific methylation of sequences upstream of MEG3. We speculate that this CTCF-binding region may provide a mechanism for the transcriptional regulation of MEG3 and DLK1.
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