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Transcriptional changes in epigenetic modifiers associated with gene silencing in the intestine of the sea cucumber,Apostichopus japonicus(Selenka),during aestivation

文献类型:CNKI期刊论文

作者Wang TM(王天明); Yang HS(杨红生); Zhao H(赵欢); Chen MY(陈慕雁); Wang B(王兵)
发表日期2011-11-15
出处Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
关键词A postichopus japonicus aestivation epigenetic modification gene silencing mRNA expression
英文摘要The sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus, undergoes aestivation to improve survival during periods of high-temperature. During aestivation, the metabolic rate is depressed to reduce the consumption of reserved energy. We evaluated the role of epigenetic modification on global gene silencing during metabolic rate depression in the sea cucumber. We compared the expression of epigenetic modifiers in active and aestivating sea cucumbers. The expression of three genes involved in DNA methylation and chromatin remodeling (DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 1, Methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 2), and Chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein 5) was significantly higher during aestivation (Days 20 and 40). Similarly, we observed an increase in the expression of genes involved in histone acetylation (Histone deacetylase 3) and Histone-binding protein RBBP4) during the early (Days 5 and 10) and late phases (Days 20 and 40) of aestivation. There was no change in the expression of KAT2B, a histone acetyltransferase. However, the expression of histone methylation associated modifiers (Histone-arginine methyltransferase CARMER and Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL5) was significantly higher after 5 d in the aestivating group. The results suggest that the expression of epigenetic modifiers involved in DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling, histone acetylation, and histone methylation is upregulated during aestivation. We hypothesize that these changes regulate global gene silencing during aestivation in A. japonicus.
文献子类CNKI期刊论文
资助机构Supported by the National Key Technology Research and Development Program(No.2006AA10A411) ; the Agricultural Seed Project of Shandong Province
v.29期:06页:123-130
语种英文;
分类号S917.4
ISSN号0254-4059
源URL[http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/191479]  
专题中国科学院海洋研究所
作者单位1.InstituteofOceanologyChineseAcademyofSciences
2.GraduateUniversityofChineseAcademyofSciences
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Wang TM,Yang HS,Zhao H,et al. Transcriptional changes in epigenetic modifiers associated with gene silencing in the intestine of the sea cucumber,Apostichopus japonicus(Selenka),during aestivation. 2011.

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