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Molecular Endocrinology 11 (13): 1891-1898
Copyright © 1997 by The Endocrine Society

Modulation of Igf2 Genomic Imprinting in Mice Induced by 5-Azacytidine, an Inhibitor of DNA Methylation

Ji-Fan Hu1, Pamela H. Nguyen1, Nga V. Pham, Thanh H. Vu and Andrew R. Hoffman

Medical Service and Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, and Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology, and Metabolism Department of Medicine Stanford University Palo Alto, California 94304

The adjacent genes, insulin-like growth factor 2 (Igf2) and H19, are imprinted in both mouse and human. While Igf2 is expressed from the paternal allele, H19 is transcribed exclusively from the maternal allele. To explore the underlying mechanism of Igf2 and H19 imprinting, we studied the effect of DNA demethylation on allelic expression by injecting mice with the demethylating agent 5-azacytidine (5-aza-C). We observed a >=2-fold increase in the abundance of Igf2 mRNA in liver from treated mice compared with that of control mice. There was no significant change in Igf2 or H19 expression in brain. In the 5-aza-C-treated mice, there was dramatic modulation of Igf2 imprinting. In some tissues, Igf2 was expressed biallelically, while in other tissues, the paternal allele was silenced and the normally imprinted maternal allele was expressed, an example of allelic switching. There was no change in the normal biallelic pattern of Igf2 expression in brain. H19, on the other hand, remained imprinted in all tissues in mice treated with 5-aza-C. These results provide the first example of a pharmacological manipulation of genomic imprinting of an endogenous gene in vivo and further implicate DNA methylation as an important factor in maintaining the differential allelic expression of the Igf2 gene.




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