DNA methylation in mouse testes

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1093:97-109. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-694-8_8.

Abstract

DNA methylation of retrotransposons and imprinted genes is accurately regulated in spermatogenesis. In particular, CpG methylation of long interspersed elements-1 (LINE1 or L1) and intracisternal A-particle (IAP) retrotransposons during spermatogenesis has been well characterized. CpG methylation of the regulatory regions of retrotransposons is acquired during embryonic testis development; however, reductions of DNA methylation in LINE1 and/or IAP and/or Rasgrf1, which is an imprinted gene, are observed in deficient mice of piRNA biogenesis concerning. Here, we describe two methods, bisulfite sequencing and Southern blotting using a methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme, for analysis of DNA methylation of LINE1, IAP, and imprinted genes in mouse testes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blotting, Southern
  • Cadherins / immunology
  • DNA Methylation*
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Octamer Transcription Factor-3 / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Spermatogenesis / genetics*
  • Sulfites / pharmacology
  • Testis / cytology
  • Testis / embryology
  • Testis / metabolism*

Substances

  • Cadherins
  • Octamer Transcription Factor-3
  • Sulfites
  • hydrogen sulfite