Base-Resolution Analysis of DNA Methylation Patterns Downstream of Dnmt3a in Mouse Naïve B Cells
Base-Resolution Analysis of DNA Methylation Patterns Downstream of Dnmt3a in Mouse Naïve B Cells
Abstract The DNA methyltransferase, Dnmt3a, is dynamically regulated throughout mammalian B cell development and upon activation by antigenic stimulation. Dnmt3a inactivation in hematopoietic stem cells has been shown to drive B cell-related malignancies, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and associates with specific DNA methylation patterns in transformed cells. However, while it is clear that inactivation of Dnmt3a in hematopoietic stem cells has profound functional effects, the consequences of Dnmt3a inactivation in cells of the B lineage are unclear. To assess whether loss of Dnmt3a at the earliest stages of B cell development lead to DNA methylation defects that might impair function, we selectively inactivated Dnmt3a early in mouse B cell development and then utilized whole genome bisulfite sequencing to generate base-resolution profiles of Dnmt3a+/+ and Dnmt3a−/− naïve splenic B cells. Overall, we find that global methylation patterns are largely consistent between Dnmt3a+/+ and Dnmt3a−/− naïve B cells, indicating a minimal functional effect of DNMT3A in mature B cells. However, loss of Dnmt3a induced 449 focal DNA methylation changes, dominated by loss-of-methylation events. Regions found to be hypomethylated in Dnmt3a−/− naïve splenic B cells were enriched in gene bodies of transcripts expressed in B cells, a fraction of which are implicated in B cell-related disease. Overall, the results from this study suggest that factors other than Dnmt3a are the major drivers for methylome maintenance in B cell development.
Bone Marrow Cells, Dnmt3a, QH426-470, Investigations, DNA Methyltransferase 3A, Epigenesis, Genetic, Gene Knockout Techniques, Mice, Genetics, Animals, DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases, Mice, Knockout, B cell, B-Lymphocytes, DNA methylation, Genome, Whole Genome Sequencing, Genomics, DNA Methylation, whole genome bisulfite sequencing, gene body, Phenotype, Gene Expression Regulation, CpG Islands, Disease Susceptibility, Spleen
Bone Marrow Cells, Dnmt3a, QH426-470, Investigations, DNA Methyltransferase 3A, Epigenesis, Genetic, Gene Knockout Techniques, Mice, Genetics, Animals, DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases, Mice, Knockout, B cell, B-Lymphocytes, DNA methylation, Genome, Whole Genome Sequencing, Genomics, DNA Methylation, whole genome bisulfite sequencing, gene body, Phenotype, Gene Expression Regulation, CpG Islands, Disease Susceptibility, Spleen
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