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Title: | Epigenomic analysis detects aberrant super-enhancer DNA methylation in human cancer |
Author: | Heyn, Holger Vidal, Enrique Ferreira, Humberto J. Vizoso, Miguel Sayols, Sergi Gómez, Antonio Moran, Sebastian Boque-Sastre, Raquel Guil, Sonia Martínez Cardús, Anna Lin, Charles Y. Royo, Romina Sanchez-Mut, Jose Vicente Martínez, Ramón Gut, Marta Torrents Arenales, David Orozco López, Modesto Gut, Ivo G. Young, Richard A. Esteller, Manel |
Keywords: | ADN Epigènesi Genètica Metilació Càncer DNA Epigenesis Genetics Methylation Cancer |
Issue Date: | 26-Jan-2016 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Abstract: | Background: One of the hallmarks of cancer is the disruption of gene expression patterns. Many molecular lesions contribute to this phenotype, and the importance of aberrant DNA methylation profiles is increasingly recognized. Much of the research effort in this area has examined proximal promoter regions and epigenetic alterations at other loci are not well characterized. Results: Using whole genome bisulfite sequencing to examine uncharted regions of the epigenome, we identify a type of far-reaching DNA methylation alteration in cancer cells of the distal regulatory sequences described as super-enhancers. Human tumors undergo a shift in super-enhancer DNA methylation profiles that is associated with the transcriptional silencing or the overactivation of the corresponding target genes. Intriguingly, we observe locally active fractions of super-enhancers detectable through hypomethylated regions that suggest spatial variability within the large enhancer clusters. Functionally, the DNA methylomes obtained suggest that transcription factors contribute to this local activity of super-enhancers and that trans-acting factors modulate DNA methylation profiles with impact on transforming processes during carcinogenesis. Conclusions: We develop an extensive catalogue of human DNA methylomes at base resolution to better understand the regulatory functions of DNA methylation beyond those of proximal promoter gene regions. CpG methylation status in normal cells points to locally active regulatory sites at super-enhancers, which are targeted by specific aberrant DNA methylation events in cancer, with putative effects on the expression of downstream genes. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-0879-2 |
It is part of: | Genome Biology, 2016, vol. 17, p. 11 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/108889 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-0879-2 |
ISSN: | 1474-7596 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Bioquímica i Biomedicina Molecular) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Fisiològiques) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona)) |
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