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A bipartite element with allele-specific functions safeguards DNA methylation imprints at the Dlk1-Dio3 locus.

Developmental cell | 2021

Loss of imprinting (LOI) results in severe developmental defects, but the mechanisms preventing LOI remain incompletely understood. Here, we dissect the functional components of the imprinting control region of the essential Dlk1-Dio3 locus (called IG-DMR) in pluripotent stem cells. We demonstrate that the IG-DMR consists of two antagonistic elements: a paternally methylated CpG island that prevents recruitment of TET dioxygenases and a maternally unmethylated non-canonical enhancer that ensures expression of the Gtl2 lncRNA by counteracting de novo DNA methyltransferases. Genetic or epigenetic editing of these elements leads to distinct LOI phenotypes with characteristic alternations of allele-specific gene expression, DNA methylation, and 3D chromatin topology. Although repression of the Gtl2 promoter results in dysregulated imprinting, the stability of LOI phenotypes depends on the IG-DMR, suggesting a functional hierarchy. These findings establish the IG-DMR as a bipartite control element that maintains imprinting by allele-specific restriction of the DNA (de)methylation machinery.

Pubmed ID: 34710357 RIS Download

Associated grants

  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P01 CA229086
  • Agency: NIDA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: DP2 DA043813
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 GM111852
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P50 HD105352
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: F30 HD097926
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 GM121994
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 CA008748
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 GM138635
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 GM007739
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 HD060600
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 CA203702
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 CA252239

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