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The imprinted gene cluster on mouse distal chromosome 7 contains a differentially methylated CpG island that maps within the  Kcnq1  gene that has been shown to be required for the imprinting of multiple genes. To evaluate models for how this imprinting control region (ICR) regulates imprinting, we have characterized it structurally and functionally. We show that the region contains a promoter for a paternally expressed anti-sense transcript,  Kcnq1ot1 , and we define the extent of the minimal promoter. We describe three paternal-specific nuclease hypersensitive sites immediately upstream from the start site and show that they are required for full promoter activity. The expression of  Kcnq1ot1  during pre- and postnatal development is compared to that of other imprinted genes in its vicinity,  Cdnkn1c  and  Kcnq1.  The lack of coordination in their expression tends to rule out an enhancer competition model for the action of the ICR in imprinting control. Using a stable transfection assay we show that the region contains a position-independent and orientation-independent silencer. We propose, on the basis of these findings, that the  Kcnq1  ICR functions as a silencer on the paternal chromosome to effect the repression of neighboring genes.

A differentially methylated region within the gene Kcnq1 functions as an imprinted promoter and silencer