DNA methylation directs genomic localization of Mbd2 and Mbd3 in embryonic stem cells

  1. Sarah J Hainer
  2. Kurtis N McCannell
  3. Jun Yu
  4. Ly-Sha Ee
  5. Lihua J Zhu
  6. Oliver J Rando
  7. Thomas G Fazzio  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States
6 figures and 3 tables

Figures

Figure 1 with 2 supplements
Analysis of bio-Mbd3 and bio-Mbd2 ChIP-seq datasets reveals methylation-dependent chromatin localization in ES cells.

Mbd3 and Mbd2 ChIP-seq datasets from (Baubec et al., 2013) were obtained from GEO (GSE39610; see Table 1). (A–C) Analysis of ChIP-seq data for biotin-tagged Mbd3 (bio-Mbd3) in WT or TKO cells. The …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.002
Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Variable bio-Mbd2 binding in WT cells over TSSs and gene-distal DHSs.

Analysis of ChIP-seq data for biotin-tagged Mbd3 (bio-Mbd3) or Mbd2 (bio-Mbd2) in WT or TKO cells. (A–B) Peaks were called from bio-Mbd3 ChIP in WT cells from replicate 1 (A) or replicate 2 (B) and …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.003
Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Variable bio-Mbd1 and bio-MeCP2 binding in WT cells.

Analysis of ChIP-seq data for biotin-tagged Mbd1a (bio-Mbd1a), Mbd1b (bio-Mbd1b), Mbd4 (bio-Mbd4), or MeCP2 (bio-MeCP2) in WT or TKO cells. (A–B) Analysis of ChIP-seq data for bio-Mbd1a in WT or TKO …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.004
Figure 2 with 4 supplements
Dnmt1 and Tet1 are required for Mbd3 and Mbd2 binding in ES cells.

(A) Genome browser tracks of replicate ChIP-seq experiments examining endogenous Mbd3 or Mbd2 occupancy in control (EGFP KD), Dnmt1 KD, and Tet1 KD ES cells over indicated loci (Hoxd cluster). (B) …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.006
Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Loss of Dnmt1 and Tet1 results in reduced occupancy of both Mbd3 and Mbd2 in ES cells.

(A) Efficient KD of Dnmt1, Tet1, Mbd3, Mbd2, and Chd4 is confirmed by RT-qPCR with expression levels normalized to GAPDH and shown relative to control (EGFP) KD. Shown are the mean ± SD values of …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.007
Figure 2—figure supplement 2
Validation of endogenous Mbd3 and Mbd2 ChIP-seq experiments.

(A–B) Biological replicates of Mbd3 (A) and Mbd2 (B) ChIP-seq experiments demonstrate similar results. Shown are aggregation plots of Mbd3 (A) or Mbd2 (B) ChIP-seq datasets over Mbd3 peaks (A) or …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.008
Figure 2—figure supplement 3
FLAG ChIPs confirm Dnmt1 and Tet1 are required for Mbd3 and Mbd2 occupancies.

(A) Western blots showing expression in Mbd3abc-3XFLAG, Mbd3a-3XFLAG, and Mbd2-3XFLAG ES cell lines. β-actin serves as a loading control. (B) Aggregation plots of Mbd3abc-3XFLAG ChIP-seq over ICPs …

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Figure 2—figure supplement 4
ChIP-seq experiments using MBD-FLAG fusions.

(A–B) Aggregation plots of Mbd3abc-3XFLAG (A) or Mbd2-3XFLAG (B) ChIP-seq over ICPs (top left panel), annotated TSSs (bottom left panel), the LMR subset (top middle panel), gene-distal DHSs (bottom …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.010
Figure 3 with 1 supplement
The catalytic activity of Tet1 is required for occupancy of Mbd3 and Mbd2 in ES cells.

Aggregation plots of Mbd3 or Mbd2 ChIP-seq showing association over ICPs (top left panel), annotated TSSs (bottom left panel), the LMR subset (top middle panel), gene-distal DHSs (bottom middle …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.011
Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Catalytic mutation in Tet1 does not alter total protein levels.

Western blot showing expression of Tet1 in Tet1c.i. ES cell line. β-actin serves as a loading control.

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Figure 4 with 1 supplement
Dnmt1, Mbd3, and Mbd2 are required for 5mC and 5hmC in ES cells.

(A–B) Aggregation plots of 5mC (A) or 5hmC (B) enrichment over ICPs (top left panel), annotated TSSs (bottom left panel), the LMR subset (top middle panel), gene-distal DHSs (bottom middle panel) …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.013
Figure 4—figure supplement 1
5mC and 5hmC levels over total and removed LMRs.

(A–B) Aggregation plots of 5mC (A) or 5hmC (B) enrichment over total LMRs ± 2 kb in control (EGFP) KD, Dnmt1 KD, Mbd3 KD, and Mbd2 KD ES cells. (C–D) Aggregation plots of 5mC (C) or 5hmC (D) …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.014
Figure 5 with 2 supplements
Mbd3 and Mbd2 are required for each other’s binding in ES cells.

(A) Genome browser tracks of ChIP-seq experiments examining Mbd3 or Mbd2 occupancy in control (EGFP KD), Mbd2 KD, or Mbd3 KD ES cells over one example locus (Pitx1). (B) Aggregation plots of Mbd3 or …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.015
Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Interplay between Mbd3 and Mbd2.

(A–B) Genome browser tracks of replicate ChIP-seq experiments examining Mbd3 or Mbd2 occupancy in control (EGFP KD), Mbd2 KD, or Mbd3 KD ES cells over example loci (Hoxd cluster (A) and Tfap2a (B)) …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.016
Figure 5—figure supplement 2
Mbd3 is required for Dnmt1 occupancy in ES cells.

(A) Western blot showing loss of Mbd3 expression in Mbd3 KO ES cell line. β-actin serves as a loading control. (B) Aggregation plots of Dnmt1 ChIP-seq over ICPs, annotated TSSs, gene-distal DHSs, …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.017
Figure 6 with 1 supplement
KD of DNA methylation/hydroxymethylation machinery or its readers results in similar effects on gene expression.

(A) K-means clustering (k = 3) of genes misregulated (adjusted p<0.05) upon Dnmt1 KD, Tet1 KD, Mbd3 KD, Mbd2 KD, or Chd4 KD. Upregulated genes are indicated in yellow and downregulated genes are …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.018
Figure 6−figure supplement 1
Dnmt1 KD, Tet1 KD, Mbd3 KD, Mbd2 KD, or Chd4 KD have correlated effects on gene expression.

Genes misregulated (adjusted p<0.05) upon Dnmt1 KD, Tet1 KD, Mbd3 KD, Mbd2 KD, Chd4 KD, Tip60 KD, or Brg1 KD. Tip60 KD and Brg1 KD expression data were downloaded from GSE31008. Dnmt1 KD, Tet1 KD, Mb…

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.019

Tables

Table 1

Related to Figure 1. SRA file numbers for re-analyzed Baubec et al. (2013) datasets.

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Name

SRA file number

Number of mapped reads (Bowtie, up to three mismatches)

WT Mbd3 ChIP replicate 1

SRR696667

11,601,021

WT Mbd3 ChIP replicate 2

SRR696673

14,166,151

 TKO Mbd3 ChIP

SRR769560

34,666,789

WT Mbd2 ChIP replicate 1

SRR527128

9,441,721

WT Mbd2 ChIP replicate 2

SRR527129

15,116,380

WT Mbd2 ChIP replicate 3

SRR696658

12,545,659

TKO Mbd2 ChIP replicate 1

SRR527161

24,282,816

TKO Mbd2 ChIP replicate 2

SRR696682

7,605,171

WT Mbd1a ChIP replicate 1

SRR527126

11,566,092

WT Mbd1a ChIP replicate 2

SRR527127

19,528,778

 TKO Mbd1a ChIP

SRR527159

22,070,693

WT Mbd1b ChIP replicate 1

SRR527147

14,320,842

WT Mbd1b ChIP replicate 2

SRR527148

22,371,797

 TKO Mbd1b ChIP

SRR527160

7,503,068

WT Mbd4 ChIP replicate 1

SRR527131

13,864,108

WT Mbd4 ChIP replicate 2

SRR527132

23,655,753

TKO Mbd4 ChIP replicate 1

SRR669321

13,670,155

TKO Mbd4 ChIP replicate 2

SRR669322

11,251,853

WT MeCP2 ChIP replicate 1

SRR527133

19,229,199

WT MeCP2 ChIP replicate 2

SRR527134

11,771,499

WT MeCP2 ChIP replicate 3

SRR696681

12,118,572

TKO MeCP2 ChIP replicate 1

SRR527162

17,003,233

TKO MeCP2 ChIP replicate 2

SRR696683

28,586,006

Table 2

Related to Figure 2—figure supplement 13. Primer list for qPCR.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.020

Gene

Forward

Reverse

Dnmt1

TGTTCTGTCGTCTGCAACCT

GCCATCTCTTTCCAAGTCTTT

Tet1

TCACAGGCACAGGTTACAAAAG

TCCTTACATTTTCAAGGGGATG

Mbd3

GGCCACAGGGATGTCTTTTACT

CTTGACCTGGTTGGAAGAATCA

Mbd2

AACCAAATTCACGAACCACC

CCTTGTAGCCTCTTCTCCCA

Chd4

AAGTTTGCAGAGATGGAAGAGC

GGTCGTAGTCCTGAATCTCCAC

Farp1

AACTGCAAGTCATTCTAAATCTCG

GGTATTCAATGCCAGAGACACA

Ppp2r2c

CGAATTATCCAGCTCTGCCTTA

TGGAGGAGAGACTTAGGGGTGT

Gpr83

GAGCCACCTTACTGTAGGGAATG

CACGCTCACCAGCTTTCTGTA

Cldn7

ACCTTTGGAAGAGCAGTCAGTG

CCTTCTCCATCCACACACTTTC

Tgfb1

AAGTCAGAGACGTGGGGACTTCTTG

AGTCTTCGCGGGAGGCGGGGT

Trh

TAATGCCTCTGACCTGGGATC

CCCACATCCTAATTCCAAAGTG

Table 3

Related to Figure 6−figure supplement 1. Correlation coefficients for pairwise combinations of factor KD. Tip60 KD (a histone acetyltransferase with repressive functions in ES cells) and Brg1 KD (an …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21964.021

Dnmt1

Tet1

Mbd3

Mbd2

Chd4

Tip60

Brg1

KD:

1.0

0.508

0.693

0.612

0.645

-0.033

0.051

Dnmt1

1.0

0.441

0.551

0.475

-0.003

0.104

Tet1

1.0

0.712

0.831

-0.101

0.308

Mbd3

1.0

0.656

-0.027

0.033

Mbd2

1.0

-0.094

0.269

Chd4

1.0

0.199

Tip60

1.0

Brg1

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