Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University;
Acta Naturae. 2009 Oct;1(3):121-4.
DNA demethylation in mammalia occurs after fertilization and during embryogenesis and accompanies cell aging and cancer transformation. With the help of the primer extension reaction, MALDI MS and DNA cleavage by thymine DNA glycosylase deamination of 5-methylcytosine residues has been shown to take place when the model methylated DNA duplexes are treated with nuclear extracts from the cell lines CHO, HeLa, and Skov3. The hypothesis that deamination of 5-methylcytosine is the first stage of demethylation in mammalia has been postulated.
哺乳动物中的 DNA 去甲基化发生在受精后和胚胎发生过程中,并伴随着细胞衰老和癌症转化。借助引物延伸反应、MALDI MS 和胸腺嘧啶 DNA 糖基化酶的 DNA 切割,当用来自 CHO、HeLa 和 Skov3 细胞系的核提取物处理模型甲基化 DNA 双链体时,已经显示出 5-甲基胞嘧啶残基的脱氨作用发生。已经提出了 5-甲基胞嘧啶脱氨作用是哺乳动物中去甲基化的第一阶段的假说。