Allele-specific epigenome maps reveal sequence-dependent stochastic switching at regulatory loci

Author:

Onuchic Vitor1234ORCID,Lurie Eugene134ORCID,Carrero Ivenise13ORCID,Pawliczek Piotr13,Patel Ronak Y.13ORCID,Rozowsky Joel56ORCID,Galeev Timur56ORCID,Huang Zhuoyi17ORCID,Altshuler Robert C.489,Zhang Zhizhuo89ORCID,Harris R. Alan134,Coarfa Cristian134ORCID,Ashmore Lillian123ORCID,Bertol Jessica W.10,Fakhouri Walid D.10,Yu Fuli127,Kellis Manolis489,Gerstein Mark56ORCID,Milosavljevic Aleksandar1234ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Molecular and Human Genetics Department, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

2. Program in Quantitative and Computational Biosciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

3. Epigenome Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

4. NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Project.

5. Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

6. Department of Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

7. Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

8. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

9. Broad Institute of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

10. Center for Craniofacial Research, Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.

Abstract

Dissecting the epigenomic footprint Genome-wide epigenetic marks regulate gene expression, but the amount and function of variability in these marks are poorly understood. Working with human-derived samples, Onuchic et al. examined disease-associated genetic variation and sequence-dependent allele-specific methylation at gene regulatory loci. Regulatory sequences within individual chromosomal DNA molecules showed full or no methylation at specific sites corresponding to “on” and “off” switches. Interestingly, methylation did not occur on each DNA molecule, resulting in a variable fraction of methylated chromosomes. This stochastic type of gene regulation was more common for rare genetic variants, which may suggest a role in human disease. Science , this issue p. eaar3146

Funder

NIH Office of the Director

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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