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      Dynamics of Dnmt1 interaction with the replication machinery and its role in postreplicative maintenance of DNA methylation

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          Postreplicative maintenance of genomic methylation patterns was proposed to depend largely on the binding of DNA methyltransferase 1 (Dnmt1) to PCNA, a core component of the replication machinery. We investigated how the slow and discontinuous DNA methylation could be mechanistically linked with fast and processive DNA replication. Using photobleaching and quantitative live cell imaging we show that Dnmt1 binding to PCNA is highly dynamic. Activity measurements of a PCNA-binding-deficient mutant with an enzyme-trapping assay in living cells showed that this interaction accounts for a 2-fold increase in methylation efficiency. Expression of this mutant in mouse dnmt1 −/− embryonic stem (ES) cells restored CpG island methylation. Thus association of Dnmt1 with the replication machinery enhances methylation efficiency, but is not strictly required for maintaining global methylation. The transient nature of this interaction accommodates the different kinetics of DNA replication and methylation while contributing to faithful propagation of epigenetic information.

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          Induction of tumors in mice by genomic hypomethylation.

          François Gaudet, J Hodgson, Amir Eden … (2003)
          Genome-wide DNA hypomethylation occurs in many human cancers, but whether this epigenetic change is a cause or consequence of tumorigenesis has been unclear. To explore this phenomenon, we generated mice carrying a hypomorphic DNA methyltransferase 1 (Dnmt1) allele, which reduces Dnmt1 expression to 10% of wild-type levels and results in substantial genome-wide hypomethylation in all tissues. The mutant mice were runted at birth, and at 4 to 8 months of age they developed aggressive T cell lymphomas that displayed a high frequency of chromosome 15 trisomy. These results indicate that DNA hypomethylation plays a causal role in tumor formation, possibly by promoting chromosomal instability.
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            Epigenetic reprogramming in mouse primordial germ cells.

            Petra Hajkova, Sylvia Erhardt, Natasha E. Lane … (2002)
            Genome-wide epigenetic reprogramming in mammalian germ cells, zygote and early embryos, plays a crucial role in regulating genome functions at critical stages of development. We show here that mouse primordial germ cells (PGCs) exhibit dynamic changes in epigenetic modifications between days 10.5 and 12.5 post coitum (dpc). First, contrary to previous suggestions, we show that PGCs do indeed acquire genome-wide de novo methylation during early development and migration into the genital ridge. However, following their entry into the genital ridge, there is rapid erasure of DNA methylation of regions within imprinted and non-imprinted loci. For most genes, the erasure commences simultaneously in PGCs in both male and female embryos, which is completed within 1 day of development. Based on the kinetics of this process, we suggest that this is an active demethylation process initiated upon the entry of PGCs into the gonadal anlagen. The timing of reprogramming in PGCs is crucial since it ensures that germ cells of both sexes acquire an equivalent epigenetic state prior to the differentiation of the definitive male and female germ cells in which new parental imprints are established subsequently. Some repetitive elements, however, show incomplete erasure, which may be essential for chromosome stability and for preventing activation of transposons to reduce the risk of germline mutations. Aberrant epigenetic reprogramming in the germ line would cause the inheritance of epimutations that may have consequences for human diseases as suggested by studies on mouse models. Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
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              Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA): a dancer with many partners.

              Giovanni Maga, Ulrich Hübscher (2003)
              Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) was originally characterised as a DNA sliding clamp for replicative DNA polymerases and as an essential component of the eukaryotic chromosomal DNA replisome. Subsequent studies, however, have revealed its striking ability to interact with multiple partners, which are involved in several metabolic pathways, including Okazaki fragment processing, DNA repair, translesion DNA synthesis, DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling and cell cycle regulation. PCNA in mammalian cells thus appears to play a key role in controlling several reactions through the coordination and organisation of different partners. Two major questions have emerged: how do these proteins access PCNA in a coordinated manner, and how does PCNA temporally and spatially organise their functions? Structural and biochemical studies are starting to provide a first glimpse of how both tasks can be achieved.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Nucleic Acids Res
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Nucleic Acids Res
                Journal ID (publisher-id): nar
                Journal ID (hwp): nar
                Title: Nucleic Acids Research
                Publisher: Oxford University Press
                ISSN (Print): 0305-1048
                ISSN (Electronic): 1362-4962
                Publication date (Print): July 2007
                Publication date (Electronic): 18 June 2007
                Publication date PMC-release: 18 June 2007
                Volume: 35
                Issue: 13
                Pages: 4301-4312
                Affiliations
                1Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU), Department of Biology II, 82152 Martinsried, Germany and 2Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
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                *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +49-89-2180-74232+49-89-2180-74236 h.leonhardt@ 123456lmu.de
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                DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm432
                PMC ID: 1934996
                PubMed ID: 17576694
                SO-VID: cc851f6a-195b-47df-899b-eb697cda3e62
                Copyright © © 2007 The Author(s)
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                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                Date received : 2 February 2007
                Date revision received : 14 May 2007
                Date accepted : 14 May 2007
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