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Promoter DNA methylation patterns of differentiated cells are largely programmed at the progenitor stage.

Sørensen AL., Jacobsen BM., Reiner AH., Andersen IS., Collas P.

Laboratory Study, published in Mol Biol Cell (2010) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Laboratory Study
Journal
Mol Biol Cell (2010)
Country
United States
Reported sample size
—
Source database
PubMed
PMID
20410135
PMCID
PMC2883950
DOI
10.1091/mbc.e10-01-0018
Citations
62

Abstract (original English)

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) isolated from various tissues share common phenotypic and functional properties. However, intrinsic molecular evidence supporting these observations has been lacking. Here, we unravel overlapping genome-wide promoter DNA methylation patterns between MSCs from adipose tissue, bone marrow, and skeletal muscle, whereas hematopoietic progenitors are more epigenetically distant from MSCs as a whole. Commonly hypermethylated genes are enriched in signaling, metabolic, and developmental functions, whereas genes hypermethylated only in MSCs are associated with early development functions. We find that most lineage-specification promoters are DNA hypomethylated and harbor a combination of trimethylated H3K4 and H3K27, whereas early developmental genes are DNA hypermethylated with or without H3K27 methylation. Promoter DNA methylation patterns of differentiated cells are largely established at the progenitor stage; yet, differentiation segregates a minor fraction of the commonly hypermethylated promoters, generating greater epigenetic divergence between differentiated cell types than between their undifferentiated counterparts. We also show an effect of promoter CpG content on methylation dynamics upon differentiation and distinct methylation profiles on transcriptionally active and inactive promoters. We infer that methylation state of lineage-specific prom

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
  • • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.

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Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

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Adipose TissueBone Marrow CellsCell DifferentiationCell LineageCellular ReprogrammingChromatinChromatin ImmunoprecipitationCpG IslandsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, Genetic

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