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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS
Volume 1789, Issue 3, Pages 198-203Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.12.005
Keywords
Adenine nucleotide translocase; ATP; Gene expression; Transcription; CpG island; DNA methylation
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- NCRR NIH HHS [R21 RR017001-02, RR17001] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK059699, DK59699, R01 DK059699-05] Funding Source: Medline
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Adenine nucleotide translocase (Ant) mediates the exchange of ADP and ATP across the inner mitochondrial membrane in eukaryotes. Mice possess three distinct but highly homologous Ant isoforms. encoded by independent genes, whose transcription depends upon tissue type. Ant I is expressed selectively in heart and skeletal muscles, Ant2 is ubiquitously expressed in most tissues but lower in skeletal muscle and testis, while Ant4 is exclusively expressed in the testis. Of interest, each of these Ant genes contains CpG islands in their proximal promoter regions. We investigated the methylation status of the three Ant genes in Various tissues with active and inactive transcription. In contrast to the Ant4 gene in which CpG island methylation is essential for gene repression, the CpG islands of Ant1 and Ant2 are hypomethylated regardless of the gene expression Status throughout the tissues of male mice. Despite the tissue specific expression profile of Ant1, CpG methylation is unlikely involved in the regulation of the gene. Consistent with these findings, addition of a CpG-demethylating agent, 5-aza-2'-deoxycitidine, to fibroblasts increased the expression of Ant4 but riot Ant1 or Ant2 genes. This study provides insight regarding the differential regulation of Ant isoforms in mammals, whereby both the Ant1 and Ant2 genes are capable of expression, but the Ant4 gene is completely repressed throughout somatic tissues. To the best of our knowledge, this is a first example to clearly demonstrate a differential usage of CpG island methylation within a family of genes. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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