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IMED2004 Human development and genetics > Epigenetics 3 > Flashcards

Epigenetics 3 Flashcards

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What factors influence the level of gene expression and which genes are expressed?

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Histone modifiers

Chromatin remodelers

RNA polymerase

Transcription Factors

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What is genetic imprinting?

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People inherit two copies of their genes—one from their mother and one from their father. Usually both copies of each gene are active, or “turned on,” in cells. In some cases, however, only one of the two copies is normally turned on. Which copy is active depends on the parent of origin: some genes are normally active only when they are inherited from a person’s father; others are active only when inherited from a person’s mother. This phenomenon is known as genomic imprinting.

tl;dr Some genes are only methylated in eggs and unmethylated in sperm and vice versa

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Which allele is said to be imprinted?

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The non-expressed allele

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How many genes in the human genome are imprinted?

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> 70 genes identified

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What happens to imprinted genes in human diseases?

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Deregulation of imprinted genes

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What kind of inheritance pattern is gene imprinting?

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Non-mendelian patterns that exhibit parental-origin effects

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What is suggested about genomic imprinting from disease symptoms?

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Role of imprinted genes in growth regulation during embryonic and post-natal development, brain function and behaviour

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What common conditions are associated with genomic imprinting?

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Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

Prader-Willi syndrome

Angelman syndrome

Wilms tumour

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What is beckwith-Wiedemenn syndrome?

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Embryonic and placental overgrowth and predisposition to childhood tumours

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What causes Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome?

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Genetic and epigenetic changes in a region of about 1 megabase on chromosome 11p encompassing 15 genes the majority of them being imprinted.

Patients have both chromosome 11 copies from the father (too many active genes from father not enough from mother)

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Which key gene overexpression from paternal chromosome causes Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome?

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IGF2

CDKN1C

Increased expression of IGF2 and suppression of CDKN1C are believed to be the major cause of the disease

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Which chromosomes express IGF2 and CDKN1C maternal or paternal?

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IGF2 normally on paternal

CDKN1C on maternal chromosome

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How is imprinted locus in 11p15 normally controlled in maternal chromosome?

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In maternal chromosome: Enhancer region produces CTCF which binds to ICR1 region which becomes an insulator region so RNA polymerase binds to promotor and expresses H19 but is insulated from binding to IGF2 by the insulator region. Methylation of ICR2 prevents activation of suppressor gene for KCNQ1 gene meaning this gene is expressed as well as CDKN1C

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How is imprinted locus in 11p15 normally controlled in paternal chromosome?

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H19 suppressed and IGF2 expressed due to methylation of ICR1

ICR2 is not methylated and so suppressor gene is active and so CDKN1C and KCNQ1 are suppressed

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What chromosomes are the defects seen in Angelman and Prader-Willi syndrome?

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15q11 - q13

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What are the symptoms of Angelman syndrome?

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Severe mental retardation

Microcephaly

Lack of speech

Frequent laughter

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What causes Angelman syndrome?

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Deletion of maternal 15q11 - q113 (Loss of maternal UBE3A gene)

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What are the symptoms of Prader-Willi syndrome?

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Mild mental retardation, obesity, short stature

Deletion of paternal 15q11 - q13 (deficient snoRNAs expression of paternal allele)

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What kind of genes are expressed in the 15q11 - q13 region under normal circumstances?

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MKRN3m MAGEL2, and NDN are produced only in paternal chromosomes.

PWRN1, C15ORF2, and SNURF-SNRPN are expressed more in paternal chromosomes than maternal chromosomes

UBE3A and ATP10A are expressed more in maternal chromosomes than paternal chromosomes

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What happens to paternal chromosome gene expression in prader-willi syndrome?

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Decreased paternal snoRNA produced (PWRN1, C15ORF2, and SNURF-SNRPN)

21
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What is X inactivation caused by?

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Early in development of most female mammals one X chromosome is completely inactivated in every cell. Overall transcription dosage of chromosome X genes is equal in males and females (dosage compensation)

22
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When does X inactivation usually occur?

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64 - 128 cell stage in mouse zygotes

23
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What is dosage compensation the result of?

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Chromosome X genes are expressed equally in males and females

24
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Which X chromosome is inactivated usually?

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It is completely random. (each cell has an independent choice)

25
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What animal commonly referred to in genetics exhibits X-inactivation of different patterns in different cells creating orange patches in black fur?

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Tortoiseshell cats

26
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How does X inactivation work?

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X that is inactivated uses long noncoding ncRNA.this is called XIST (X Inactivation-Specific Transcript) - an X chromosome-encoded incRNA

XIST coats the X chromosome leading to heterochromatin spreading (silencing) and methylation

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What is skewed X inactivation?

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Sometimes X inactivation is not random. This can be due to abnormal or mutation-carrying X chromosome that is preferentially inactivated.

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How can skewed X inactivation explain certain diseases?

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Can provide evidence that an X-linked disorder might be occurring in a family

Can explain phenotypic variability in females carrying X-linked disorders

29
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What is different about monoallelic expression compared to X inactivation?

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Monoallelic expression of autosomes can be dependent on parent of origin of a given chromosome. (~1% of genes are imprinted)

30
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What are the features of monoallelic expression autosomes?

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Frequently accompanied by differences in DNA methylation and modification of histones

Can be stable or dynamic

Usually associated with reduced transcription

31
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What is a possible reason for monoallelic expression of some autosomes?

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Might have important roles in differentiation, fine tuning of quantity of protein levels.

32
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Where are monoallelically expressed autosomes located?

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Randomly scattered throughout the genome

33
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What kind of conditions are associated with epigenetic mechanisms?

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DOHAD - Developmental Origins of Health And Disease

34
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What does evidence indicate about epigenetic effects during pregnancy?

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Evidence that maternal nutrition during gestation affects epigenetic profile of offsprin

35
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What do agouti mice show about diet?

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When agouti gene is methylated (off) mice are brown and healthy and opposite happens when unmethylated

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