Induction of XIST expression from the human active X chromosome in mouse/human somatic cell hybrids by DNA demethylation.
AUTOR(ES)
Tinker, A V
RESUMO
X chromosome inactivation occurs early in mammalian development to transcriptionally silence one of the pair of X chromosomes in females. The XIST RNA, a large untranslated RNA that is expressed solely from the inactive X chromosome, is implicated in the process of inactivation. As previous studies have shown that the XIST gene is methylated on the active X chromosome, we have treated a mouse/human somatic cell hybrid retaining an active human X chromosome with demethylating agents to determine whether expression of the human XIST gene could be induced. Stable expression of XIST was observed after several rounds of demethylation and stability of XIST expression correlated with the loss of methylation at the three sites analysed. We conclude that methylation is sufficient to inhibit expression of the XIST gene in somatic cell hybrids. No loss of expression was detected for eight other X-linked genes from the active X chromosome that was expressing XIST , suggesting that additional developmental or species-specific factors are required for the inactivation process.
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