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Status |
Public on Jan 14, 2015 |
Title |
Dnmt3L-histone H3 binding is necessary for male fertility and non-CG methylation |
Organism |
Mus musculus |
Experiment type |
Methylation profiling by high throughput sequencing
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Summary |
Patterns of DNA methylation are established during gametogenesis. The catalytically-inactive adaptor Dnmt3L is crucial to ensure this occurs correctly. In vitro, Dnmt3L binds to the N terminal tail of histone H3 but the function of this interaction during development is unknown. Here we show that Dnmt3L-histone H3 interaction is necessary for spermatogenesis. Mutant animals exhibit reduced fertility, defective methylation establishment at retrotransposons coupled with their reactivation and meiotic catastrophe. The spermatogonial stem cell pool is also defective, with mutant cells displaying marked changes in gene expression. Genome-wide methylation analysis reveals reductions in CG methylation as well as severe loss of non-CG methylation suggesting that non-CG methylation is specifically sensitive to the ability of Dnmt3L to bind histone H3.
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Overall design |
MethylC-Seq of wild-type and Dnmt3LA/A 1dpp prospermatagonia
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Contributor(s) |
Schmitz RJ, Ooi SK |
Citation(s) |
25683717 |
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Submission date |
May 29, 2014 |
Last update date |
May 15, 2019 |
Contact name |
Robert J Schmitz |
E-mail(s) |
schmitz@uga.edu
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Organization name |
University of Georgia
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Department |
Genetics
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Street address |
B416 Davison Life Sciences
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City |
Athens |
State/province |
GA |
ZIP/Postal code |
30602 |
Country |
USA |
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Platforms (1) |
GPL17021 |
Illumina HiSeq 2500 (Mus musculus) |
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Samples (2) |
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Relations |
BioProject |
PRJNA248793 |
SRA |
SRP042360 |