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TChIP-Seq: Cell-Type-Specific Epigenome Profiling

Epigenetic regulation plays central roles in gene expression. Since histone modification was discovered in the 1960s, its physiological and pathological ...

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

We have examined the role of , a gene highly expressed in embryonic stem cells, in mouse development. Fam60a interacts with components of the Sin3a-Hdac transcriptional corepressor complex, and most  embryos manifest hypoplasia of visceral organs and die in utero. Fam60a is recruited to the promoter regions of a subset of genes, with the expression of these genes being either up- or down-regulated in  embryos. The DNA methylation level of the Fam60a target gene  is maintained at embryonic day (E) 7.5 but markedly reduced at E9.5 in  embryos, suggesting that DNA demethylation is enhanced in the mutant. Examination of genome-wide DNA methylation identified several differentially methylated regions, which were preferentially hypomethylated, in  embryos. Our data suggest that Fam60a is required for proper embryogenesis, at least in part as a result of its regulation of DNA methylation at specific gene promoters.

Loss of Fam60a, a Sin3a subunit, results in embryonic lethality and is associated with aberrant methylation at a subset of gene promoters.

Chondrichthyans (cartilaginous fishes) exhibit highly variable reproductive styles, categorized as viviparity and oviparity. Among these, species with oviparity provide an enormous potential of molecular experimentation with stable sample supply which does not demand the sacrifices of live mothers. Cartilaginous fishes are divided into two subclasses, chimaeras (Holocephali) and elasmobranchs (Elasmobranchii), and the latter consists of two monophyletic groups, Batoidea (rays, skates and torpedoes) and Selachimorpha (sharks). Here we report transcriptome assemblies of the ocellate spot skate Okamejei kenojei, produced by strand-specific RNA-seq of its embryonic tissues. We obtained a total of 325 million illumina short reads from libraries prepared using four different tissue domains and assembled them all together. Our assembly result confirmed the species authenticity and high continuity of contig sequences. Also, assessment of its coverage of pre-selected one-to-one orthologs supported high diversity of transcripts in the assemblies. Our products are expected to provide a basis of comparative molecular studies encompassing other chondrichthyan species with emerging genomic and transcriptomic sequence information.

Embryonic transcriptome sequencing of the ocellate spot skate Okamejei kenojei.

Modern cartilaginous fishes are divided into elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates) and chimaeras, and the lack of established whole-genome sequences for the former has prevented our understanding of early vertebrate evolution and the unique phenotypes of elasmobranchs. Here we present de novo whole-genome assemblies of brownbanded bamboo shark and cloudy catshark and an improved assembly of the whale shark genome. These relatively large genomes (3.8-6.7 Gbp) contain sparse distributions of coding genes and regulatory elements and exhibit reduced molecular evolutionary rates. Our thorough genome annotation revealed Hox C genes previously hypothesized to have been lost, as well as distinct gene repertories of opsins and olfactory receptors that would be associated with adaptation to unique underwater niches. We also show the early establishment of the genetic machinery governing mammalian homoeostasis and reproduction at the jawed vertebrate ancestor. This study, supported by genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic resources, provides a foundation for the comprehensive, molecular exploration of phenotypes unique to sharks and insights into the evolutionary origins of vertebrates.

Mitsutaka Kadota

Laboratory for Phyloinformatics

RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

TChIP-Seq: Cell-Type-Specific Epigenome Profiling

Mitsutaka Kadota

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RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

TChIP-Seq: Cell-Type-Specific Epigenome Profiling

Laboratory for Phyloinformatics