2020
Mammalian ALKBH1 serves as an N6-mA demethylase of unpairing DNA
Zhang M, Yang S, Nelakanti R, Zhao W, Liu G, Li Z, Liu X, Wu T, Xiao A, Li H. Mammalian ALKBH1 serves as an N6-mA demethylase of unpairing DNA. Cell Research 2020, 30: 197-210. PMID: 32051560, PMCID: PMC7054317, DOI: 10.1038/s41422-019-0237-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosineAlkB Homolog 1, Histone H2a DioxygenaseAnimalsCells, CulturedDNADNA DemethylationEmbryonic Stem CellsMiceMolecular StructureProtein BindingConceptsN6-mAMammalian genomesStructure-based mutagenesis studiesBase unpairing regionsChromosome regulationDNA demethylasesStructural studiesEpigenetic marksDNA demethylaseMouse genomeEarly embryogenesisGenomic studiesBase flippingN6-methyladenineALKBH1Mutagenesis studiesFlipped baseGenomeProfiling studiesDNACatalytic centerDemethylaseActive regulationRegulationDemethylases
2018
N 6 -methyladenine DNA Modification in Glioblastoma
Xie Q, Wu TP, Gimple RC, Li Z, Prager BC, Wu Q, Yu Y, Wang P, Wang Y, Gorkin DU, Zhang C, Dowiak AV, Lin K, Zeng C, Sui Y, Kim LJY, Miller TE, Jiang L, Lee-Poturalski C, Huang Z, Fang X, Zhai K, Mack SC, Sander M, Bao S, Kerstetter-Fogle AE, Sloan AE, Xiao AZ, Rich JN. N 6 -methyladenine DNA Modification in Glioblastoma. Cell 2018, 175: 1228-1243.e20. PMID: 30392959, PMCID: PMC6433469, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenineAdultAgedAlkB Homolog 1, Histone H2a DioxygenaseAnimalsAstrocytesBrain NeoplasmsCell HypoxiaChildDNA MethylationEpigenomicsFemaleGlioblastomaHeterochromatinHistonesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiceMiddle AgedNeoplastic Stem CellsRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingTumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsDNA modificationsHeterochromatic histone modificationsRegulation of transcriptionNovel DNA modificationChromatin accessibilityEpigenetic marksHistone modificationsTranscriptional silencingEpigenetic modificationsGenetic driversHuman diseasesOncogenic pathwaysTumor cell proliferationPotential therapeutic targetALKBH1Cell proliferationTumor-bearing miceCritical roleTherapeutic targetDNAHuman tissuesHuman glioblastoma modelGlioblastoma modelGlioblastomaSilencing
2016
DNA methylation on N6-adenine in mammalian embryonic stem cells
Wu TP, Wang T, Seetin MG, Lai Y, Zhu S, Lin K, Liu Y, Byrum SD, Mackintosh SG, Zhong M, Tackett A, Wang G, Hon LS, Fang G, Swenberg JA, Xiao AZ. DNA methylation on N6-adenine in mammalian embryonic stem cells. Nature 2016, 532: 329-333. PMID: 27027282, PMCID: PMC4977844, DOI: 10.1038/nature17640.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenineAlkB Homolog 1, Histone H2a DioxygenaseAnimalsCell DifferentiationDNA MethylationDNA Transposable ElementsDNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) LyaseEnhancer Elements, GeneticEpigenesis, GeneticEvolution, MolecularGene SilencingLong Interspersed Nucleotide ElementsMammalsMiceMouse Embryonic Stem CellsUp-RegulationX ChromosomeConceptsLINE-1 transposonsEmbryonic stem cellsN6-methyladenineMammalian genomesEpigenetic silencingDNA methylationX chromosomeMammalian embryonic stem cellsEmbryonic stem cell differentiationMouse embryonic stem cellsStem cellsStem cell differentiationMammalian evolutionTranscriptional silencingEvolutionary ageGene activationDNA modificationsL1 elementsCell differentiationSilencingTransposonN6-adenineGenomeActivation signalsChromosomes