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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
We have investigated the distribution of DNA methylation in chromosomes and nuclei of normal individuals and ICF (Immunodeficiency, Centromeric instability and Facial abnormalities) syndrome patients, using 5-methylcytosine monoclonal antibody. In this syndrome, DNA digestion with methyl-sensitive enzymes has previously shown a specific hypomethylation of classical satellites located in constitutive heterochromatin. The chromosome methylation pattern confirms this hypomethylation showing in addition a clear undermethylation of facultative heterochromatin (X inactive chromosome). Antibodies give, in normal and ICF chromosomes, a non-uniform labeling of euchromatin, generating a weak R-like banding pattern on chromosomes. This pattern reflects an unequal distribution of DNA methylation over the genome disclosing another aspect of chromosome organization. The breakpoints of chromosome rearrangements and the heterochromatin stretchings observed in ICF patients were analyzed by means of in situ hybridization. These chromosome modifications involve hypomethylated classical DNA satellite sequences. The underlying hypomethylation, associated with an abnormal chromatin organization, may predispose to chromosome instability.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:geneSymbol
PKG-1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2093-102
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7881405-5-Methylcytosine, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Abnormalities, Multiple, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Centromere, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Child, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Chromosome Aberrations, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Chromosome Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Cytosine, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-DNA, Satellite, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Face, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Heterochromatin, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:7881405-X Chromosome
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Abnormal methylation pattern in constitutive and facultative (X inactive chromosome) heterochromatin of ICF patients.
pubmed:affiliation
U383 INSERM, Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't