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Vol 46(2012) N 2 p. 183-191;
E.A. Sazhenova*, N.A. Skryabin, N.N. Sukhanova, I.N. Lebedev

Multilocus Epimutations of Imprintome in the Pathology of Human Embryo Development

Medical Genetics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tomsk, 634050 Russia

*elena.sazhenova@medgenetics.ru
Received - 2011-05-24; Accepted - 2011-06-10

Genomic imprinting is one of the key epigenetic phenomena involved in embryonic development of eutherians and humans. Molecular mechanisms of imprinting disturbances in the pathology of prenatal and postnatal onthogenesis are to a great extent related to methylation abnormalities of the imprinted genes. Over recent years, data are accumulating on multiple abnormalities of methylation simultaneously in several imprinted loci in the development of various pathologies that raises the issue of deciphering the structural and functional organization of imprintome and the interaction of imprinted genes. The present work analyzes DNA methylation of 51 imprinted genes in the placental tissues of human spontaneous abortions. We revealed multiple epimutations in from four to 12 imprinted genes in every embryo. Most of the epimutations (78%) were of a postzygotic origin. It has been established for the first time that the total incidence of methylation disturbance in maternal and paternal alleles of the imprinted genes leading to embryo development suppression is significantly higher than the incidence of epimutations, which stimulate embryogenesis. This fact supports at the epigenetic level the hypothesis of parent-offspring conflict that describes the occurrence of a monoallelic expression of imprinted genes in mammalian evolution.

genomic imprinting, imprintome, epimutations, onthogenesis



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