DNA Methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b Are Essential for De Novo Methylation and Mammalian Development

Okano, Masaki; Bell, Daphne W.; Haber, Daniel A.; Li, En

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“…The latter lacks catalytic activity (Denis et al, 2011). The most abundant of these is DNMT1, which is primarily responsible for maintenance and regulation of DNA methylation patterns, while DNMT3A and DNMT3B establish de novo methylation patterns which are then maintained by DNMT1 (Jones and Baylin, 2002;Okano et al, 1999). Previous studies have shown that significant increased expression of DNMT1 protein positively correlates with the hypermethylation status of CpG islands of several genes in gastric cancers, including p16, human MutL homologue 1 (hMLH1), CDH1, and thrombospondin-1 (THBS1) (Etoh et al, 2004).…”

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MicroRNA-148a Can Regulate Runt-Related Transcription Factor 3 Gene Expression via Modulation of DNA Methyltransferase 1 in Gastric Cancer

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Xia

et al. 2013

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Underexpression of the gene runt-related transcription factor 3 (RUNX3), an important tumor suppressor, is known to contribute to gastric cancer progression. However, the mechanism underlying aberrant RUNX3 expression has not been fully elucidated. We investigated the role of microRNA-148a (miR-148a) and DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) in RUNX3 promoter methylation and gene expression. RUNX3 mRNA, RUNX3 protein, and methylation levels were assayed in human gastric cancer tissues and matched normal tissues, and AGS and BGC-823 cells by real-time reverse transcription PCR, Western blot, and methylation-specific PCR, respectively. A correlation between RUNX3 mRNA levels and that of miR-148a was also investigated in gastric cancer tissues. We found that RUNX3 mRNA levels were significantly downregulated in gastric cancer tissues compared with their matched normal tissues, and were closely associated with miR-148a expression. After treatment of human gastric cancer AGS and BGC-823 cells with the DNA methylation inhibitor 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine, a significant increase in RUNX3 mRNA, RUNX3 protein, and the non-methylated form of the RUNX3 promoter were observed relative to untreated cells. Enforced expression of miR-148a, which can modulate DNMT1 and DNMT3B, also increased the expression of RUNX3 in gastric cancer cells. Knockdown of DNMT1 was associated with increased levels of RUNX3 mRNA and RUNX3 protein, while knockdown of DNMT3B did not have any effect on these in BGC-823 cells. Our results show that miR-148a may regulate RUNX3 expression through modulation of DNMT1-dependent DNA methylation in gastric cancer and highlight a miRNA-epigenetics regulation mechanism of gene expression.

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MicroRNA-148a Can Regulate Runt-Related Transcription Factor 3 Gene Expression via Modulation of DNA Methyltransferase 1 in Gastric Cancer

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“…DNMT1 functions primarily in maintenance methylation during DNA replication using hemimethylated DNA as substrates (Lyko et al, 1999;Robertson et al, 1999;Rountee et al, 2000;Robert et al, 2003;Suzuki et al, 2004). The reactions of de novo methylation using unmethylated DNA are thought to be primarily catalysed by DNMT3A and DNMT3B in mammals during early development (Okano et al, 1999;Bachman et al, 2001;Brueckner and Lyko, 2004;Hermann et al, 2004;Dodge et al, 2005).…”

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Cigarette smoke induces demethylation of prometastatic oncogene synuclein-γ in lung cancer cells by downregulation of DNMT3B

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The prometastatic oncogene synuclein-c (SNCG) is not expressed in normal lung tissues, but it is highly expressed in lung tumors. Here, we show that cigarette smoke extract (CSE) has strong inducing effects on SNCG gene expression in A549 lung cancer cells through demethylation of SNCG CpG island. CSE treatment also augments the invasive capacity of A549 cells in an SNCG-dependent manner. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying the demethylating effects of CSE, we examined expression levels of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), 1, 3A and 3B in CSE-treated cells. We show that the mRNA expression of DNMT3B is specifically downregulated by CSE with a kinetics concurrent to SNCG reexpression. Utilizing siRNA to knockdown DNMT3B expression, we show that inhibition of DNMT3B directly increases SNCG mRNA expression. We further show that exogenous overexpression of DNMT3B in an SNCG-positive lung cancer cell line H292 suppresses SNCG mRNA and protein expression and induces de novo methylation of SNCG CpG island, whereas overexpression of DNMT1 or DNMT3A has no effects. Taken together, these new findings demonstrate that tobacco exposure induces the abnormal expression of SNCG in lung cancer cells through downregulation of DNMT3B. This work sheds light on the molecular understanding of demethylation of this oncogene during cancer progression.

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“…DNA methylation is involved in gene silencing, switching and stabilizing, and chromatin remodeling (Okano et al, 1999;Li, 2002). In mammals, DNA methylation is known to be reprogrammed on a genome-wide level in germ cells and in preimplantation embryos, although it is relatively stable in somatic cells (Reik et al, 2001).…”

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Erasure of methylation imprint at the promoter and CTCF-binding site upstream of H19 in human testicular germ cell tumors of adolescents indicate their fetal germ cell origin

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Genome-wide epigenetic modification plays a crucial role in regulating genome functions at critical stages of development. In particular, DNA methylation is known to be reprogrammed on a genome-wide level in germ cells and in preimplantation embryos, although it is relatively stable in somatic cells. In this reprogramming process, the genome becomes demethylated, and methylated de novo during later stages of development. Reprogramming of DNA methylation in male germ cells has not been fully investigated. Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) possess a pluripotential nature and display protean histology from germ cells to embryonal and somatic cell differentiation. These properties make TGCT a unique model for studying germ cell development and gametogenesis in respect of DNA reprogramming. In order to obtain an insight into the epigenetic dynamics of TGCTs, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of differential methylated regions (DMRs) on H19 and IGF2 in TGCTs compared with testicular malignant lymphomas. In the present study, we show that methylation imprint at the promoter and CTCF-binding site upstream of H19 was completely erased in both seiminomatous and nonseminomatous TGCTs, whereas differential methylation was observed in testicular lymphomas. The erasure of methylation imprint was also observed in TGCTs with malignant transformation. We found biallelic unmethylation at the promoter and the CTCF-binding site upstream of H19 is required, but not sufficient for the biallelic expression of H19 in TGCTs. These data suggest that factors other than methylation contribute to transcriptional regulation of imprinted genes in TGCTs. The present data have shown that TGCTs carry distinctive epigenetic profiles at the core-imprinting domain of H19/ IGF2 from other neoplasms of somatic cell origin. The data also suggest that both seminomatous and nonseminomatous TGCTs carry methylation profiles similar to fetal germ cells, but not adult germ cells, indicating the origin of TGCTs as fetal germ cells.

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DNA Methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b Are Essential for De Novo Methylation and Mammalian Development

Cited by 5,343 publications

References 41 publications

MicroRNA-148a Can Regulate Runt-Related Transcription Factor 3 Gene Expression via Modulation of DNA Methyltransferase 1 in Gastric Cancer

MicroRNA-148a Can Regulate Runt-Related Transcription Factor 3 Gene Expression via Modulation of DNA Methyltransferase 1 in Gastric Cancer

Cigarette smoke induces demethylation of prometastatic oncogene synuclein-γ in lung cancer cells by downregulation of DNMT3B

Erasure of methylation imprint at the promoter and CTCF-binding site upstream of H19 in human testicular germ cell tumors of adolescents indicate their fetal germ cell origin

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