A Comparative Analysis of 5-Azacytidine- and Zebularine-Induced DNA Demethylation | Zendy

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A Comparative Analysis of 5-Azacytidine- and Zebularine-Induced DNA Demethylation

Author(s) -

Patrick Griffin,

Chad E. Niederhuth,

Robert J. Schmitz

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

g3 genes genomes genetics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.468

H-Index - 66

ISSN - 2160-1836

DOI - 10.1534/g3.116.030262

Subject(s) - dna methylation , methylated dna immunoprecipitation , biology , demethylating agent , dna demethylation , genetics , methylation , bisulfite sequencing , rna directed dna methylation , genome , illumina methylation assay , epigenomics , transposable element , transcriptome , dna , cpg site , methyltransferase , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , gene expression

The nonmethylable cytosine analogs, 5-azacytidine and zebularine, are widely used to inhibit DNA methyltransferase activity and reduce genomic DNA methylation. In this study, whole-genome bisulfite sequencing is used to construct maps of DNA methylation with single base pair resolution in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings treated with each demethylating agent. We find that both inhibitor treatments result in nearly indistinguishable patterns of genome-wide DNA methylation and that 5-azacytidine had a slightly greater demethylating effect at higher concentrations across the genome. Transcriptome analyses revealed a substantial number of upregulated genes, with an overrepresentation of transposable element genes, in particular CACTA-like elements. This demonstrates that chemical demethylating agents have a disproportionately large effect on loci that are otherwise silenced by DNA methylation.

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