Fibrillin-1, an extracellular matrix protein encoded by the FBN1 gene, is crucial for maintaining connective tissue integrity. Mutations in FBN1 result in haploinsufficiency, leading to Marfan syndrome, in which the expression of functional FBN1 is correlated with disease onset and severity. Recent studies suggest that FBN1 expression is modulated by DNA methylation, particularly within the CpG island shores of its promoter region. In porcine models, FBN1 mRNA levels have been found to correlate with the proportion of hypomethylated alleles in the CpG island shore region. In this study, we employed epigenome editing using the dCas9-TET1 system to induce targeted DNA demethylation within the FBN1 CpG island shore, which became hypermethylated after a prolonged culture of porcine fetal fibroblast cells. This approach effectively reduced methylation in the targeted region, and cells expressing the dCas9-TET1 system maintained hypomethylation across multiple passages. Critically, DNA demethylation of the FBN1 CpG island shore restored FBN1 expression in heterozygous FBN1 knockout fibroblasts, which developed stochastic hypermethylation after extended culture. These findings highlight the potential of DNA methylation manipulation to restore FBN1 expression in cells with a haploinsufficient genetic background.
Epigenome editing-mediated restoration of FBN1 expression by demethylation of CpG island shore in porcine fibroblasts.
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作者:Miyadai Rio, Hinata Shiori, Amemiya Yuya, Shigematsu Satori, Umeyama Kazuhiro, Nagashima Hiroshi, Yamatoya Kenji, Ohgane Jun
期刊: | Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports | 影响因子: | 2.200 |
时间: | 2025 | 起止号: | 2025 Mar 11; 42:101973 |
doi: | 10.1016/j.bbrep.2025.101973 |
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