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Tissue-Specific Differences in DNA Modifications (5-Hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-Formylcytosine, 5-Carboxylcytosine and 5-Hydroxymethyluracil) and Their Interrelationships

BACKGROUND: Replication-independent active/enzymatic demethylation may be an important process in the functioning of somatic cells. The most plausible mechanisms of active 5-methylcytosine demethylation, leading to activation of previously silenced genes, involve ten-eleven translocation (TET) prote...

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Autores principales: Gackowski, Daniel, Zarakowska, Ewelina, Starczak, Marta, Modrzejewska, Martyna, Olinski, Ryszard
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4682766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26660343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144859
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author Gackowski, Daniel
Zarakowska, Ewelina
Starczak, Marta
Modrzejewska, Martyna
Olinski, Ryszard
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Zarakowska, Ewelina
Starczak, Marta
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Olinski, Ryszard
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description BACKGROUND: Replication-independent active/enzymatic demethylation may be an important process in the functioning of somatic cells. The most plausible mechanisms of active 5-methylcytosine demethylation, leading to activation of previously silenced genes, involve ten-eleven translocation (TET) proteins that participate in oxidation of 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine which can be further oxidized to 5-formylcytosine and 5-carboxylcytosine. Recently, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine was demonstrated to be a relatively stable modification, and the previously observed substantial differences in the level of this modification in various murine tissues were shown to depend mostly on cell proliferation rate. Some experimental evidence supports the hypothesis that 5-hydroxymethyluracil may be also generated by TET enzymes and has epigenetic functions. RESULTS: Using an isotope-dilution automated online two-dimensional ultra-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry, we have analyzed, for the first time, all the products of active DNA demethylation pathway: 5-methyl-2′-deoxycytidine, 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxycytidine, 5-formyl-2′-deoxycytidine and 5-carboxyl-2′-deoxycytidine, as well as 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxyuridine, in DNA isolated from various rat and porcine tissues. A strong significant inverse linear correlation was found between the proliferation rate of cells and the global level of 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxycytidine in both porcine (R(2) = 0.88) and rat tissues (R(2) = 0.83); no such relationship was observed for 5-formyl-2′-deoxycytidine and 5-carboxyl-2′-deoxycytidine. Moreover, a substrate-product correlation was demonstrated for the two consecutive steps of iterative oxidation pathway: between 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxycytidine and its product 5-formyl-2′-deoxycytidine, as well as between 5-formyl-2′-deoxycytidine and 5-carboxyl-2′-deoxycytidine (R(2) = 0.60 and R(2) = 0.71, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Good correlations within the substrate-product sets of iterative oxidation pathway may suggest that a part of 5-formyl-2′-deoxycytidine and/or 5-carboxyl-2′-deoxycytidine can be directly linked to a small portion of 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxycytidine which defines the active demethylation process.
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spelling pubmed-46827662015-12-31 Tissue-Specific Differences in DNA Modifications (5-Hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-Formylcytosine, 5-Carboxylcytosine and 5-Hydroxymethyluracil) and Their Interrelationships Gackowski, Daniel Zarakowska, Ewelina Starczak, Marta Modrzejewska, Martyna Olinski, Ryszard PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Replication-independent active/enzymatic demethylation may be an important process in the functioning of somatic cells. The most plausible mechanisms of active 5-methylcytosine demethylation, leading to activation of previously silenced genes, involve ten-eleven translocation (TET) proteins that participate in oxidation of 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine which can be further oxidized to 5-formylcytosine and 5-carboxylcytosine. Recently, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine was demonstrated to be a relatively stable modification, and the previously observed substantial differences in the level of this modification in various murine tissues were shown to depend mostly on cell proliferation rate. Some experimental evidence supports the hypothesis that 5-hydroxymethyluracil may be also generated by TET enzymes and has epigenetic functions. RESULTS: Using an isotope-dilution automated online two-dimensional ultra-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry, we have analyzed, for the first time, all the products of active DNA demethylation pathway: 5-methyl-2′-deoxycytidine, 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxycytidine, 5-formyl-2′-deoxycytidine and 5-carboxyl-2′-deoxycytidine, as well as 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxyuridine, in DNA isolated from various rat and porcine tissues. A strong significant inverse linear correlation was found between the proliferation rate of cells and the global level of 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxycytidine in both porcine (R(2) = 0.88) and rat tissues (R(2) = 0.83); no such relationship was observed for 5-formyl-2′-deoxycytidine and 5-carboxyl-2′-deoxycytidine. Moreover, a substrate-product correlation was demonstrated for the two consecutive steps of iterative oxidation pathway: between 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxycytidine and its product 5-formyl-2′-deoxycytidine, as well as between 5-formyl-2′-deoxycytidine and 5-carboxyl-2′-deoxycytidine (R(2) = 0.60 and R(2) = 0.71, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Good correlations within the substrate-product sets of iterative oxidation pathway may suggest that a part of 5-formyl-2′-deoxycytidine and/or 5-carboxyl-2′-deoxycytidine can be directly linked to a small portion of 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxycytidine which defines the active demethylation process. Public Library of Science 2015-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4682766/ /pubmed/26660343 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144859 Text en © 2015 Gackowski et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Gackowski, Daniel
Zarakowska, Ewelina
Starczak, Marta
Modrzejewska, Martyna
Olinski, Ryszard
Tissue-Specific Differences in DNA Modifications (5-Hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-Formylcytosine, 5-Carboxylcytosine and 5-Hydroxymethyluracil) and Their Interrelationships
title Tissue-Specific Differences in DNA Modifications (5-Hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-Formylcytosine, 5-Carboxylcytosine and 5-Hydroxymethyluracil) and Their Interrelationships
title_full Tissue-Specific Differences in DNA Modifications (5-Hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-Formylcytosine, 5-Carboxylcytosine and 5-Hydroxymethyluracil) and Their Interrelationships
title_fullStr Tissue-Specific Differences in DNA Modifications (5-Hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-Formylcytosine, 5-Carboxylcytosine and 5-Hydroxymethyluracil) and Their Interrelationships
title_full_unstemmed Tissue-Specific Differences in DNA Modifications (5-Hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-Formylcytosine, 5-Carboxylcytosine and 5-Hydroxymethyluracil) and Their Interrelationships
title_short Tissue-Specific Differences in DNA Modifications (5-Hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-Formylcytosine, 5-Carboxylcytosine and 5-Hydroxymethyluracil) and Their Interrelationships
title_sort tissue-specific differences in dna modifications (5-hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-formylcytosine, 5-carboxylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethyluracil) and their interrelationships
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4682766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26660343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144859
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