Changes in Parthenogenetic Imprinting Patterns during Reprogramming by Cell Fusion

Differentiated somatic cells can be reprogrammed into the pluripotent state by cell-cell fusion. In the pluripotent state, reprogrammed cells may then self-renew and differentiate into all three germ layers. Fusion-induced reprogramming also epigenetically modifies the somatic cell genome through DN...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2016-05, Vol.11 (5), p.e0156491-e0156491
Hauptverfasser: Jang, Hyun Sik, Hong, Yean Ju, Choi, Hyun Woo, Song, Hyuk, Byun, Sung June, Uhm, Sang Jun, Seo, Han Geuk, Do, Jeong Tae
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Zusammenfassung:Differentiated somatic cells can be reprogrammed into the pluripotent state by cell-cell fusion. In the pluripotent state, reprogrammed cells may then self-renew and differentiate into all three germ layers. Fusion-induced reprogramming also epigenetically modifies the somatic cell genome through DNA demethylation, X chromosome reactivation, and histone modification. In this study, we investigated whether fusion with embryonic stem cells (ESCs) also reprograms genomic imprinting patterns in somatic cells. In particular, we examined imprinting changes in parthenogenetic neural stem cells fused with biparental ESCs, as well as in biparental neural stem cells fused with parthenogenetic ESCs. The resulting hybrid cells expressed the pluripotency markers Oct4 and Nanog. In addition, methylation of several imprinted genes except Peg3 was comparable between hybrid cells and ESCs. This finding indicates that reprogramming by cell fusion does not necessarily reverse the status of all imprinted genes to the state of pluripotent fusion partner.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0156491