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TET-dependent regulation of retrotransposable elements in mouse embryonic stem cells

Overview of attention for article published in Genome Biology, November 2016
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Title
TET-dependent regulation of retrotransposable elements in mouse embryonic stem cells
Published in
Genome Biology, November 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13059-016-1096-8
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Lorenzo de la Rica, Özgen Deniz, Kevin C. L. Cheng, Christopher D. Todd, Cristina Cruz, Jonathan Houseley, Miguel R. Branco

Abstract

Ten-eleven translocation (TET) enzymes oxidise DNA methylation as part of an active demethylation pathway. Despite extensive research into the role of TETs in genome regulation, little is known about their effect on transposable elements (TEs), which make up nearly half of the mouse and human genomes. Epigenetic mechanisms controlling TEs have the potential to affect their mobility and to drive the co-adoption of TEs for the benefit of the host. We performed a detailed investigation of the role of TET enzymes in the regulation of TEs in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). We find that TET1 and TET2 bind multiple TE classes that harbour a variety of epigenetic signatures indicative of different functional roles. TETs co-bind with pluripotency factors to enhancer-like TEs that interact with highly expressed genes in ESCs whose expression is partly maintained by TET2-mediated DNA demethylation. TETs and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) are also strongly enriched at the 5' UTR of full-length, evolutionarily young LINE-1 elements, a pattern that is conserved in human ESCs. TETs drive LINE-1 demethylation, but surprisingly, LINE-1s are kept repressed through additional TET-dependent activities. We find that the SIN3A co-repressive complex binds to LINE-1s, ensuring their repression in a TET1-dependent manner. Our data implicate TET enzymes in the evolutionary dynamics of TEs, both in the context of exaptation processes and of retrotransposition control. The dual role of TET action on LINE-1s may reflect the evolutionary battle between TEs and the host.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 137 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 30 22%
Researcher 28 20%
Student > Master 19 14%
Student > Bachelor 12 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 5%
Other 22 16%
Unknown 20 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 58 42%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 38 28%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 7%
Computer Science 2 1%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 <1%
Other 4 3%
Unknown 26 19%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 29. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 June 2020.
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