BIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación "Lascaray" Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Av. Miguel de Unamuno 3, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Proteomics and Genomics General Services: DNA Bank Unit (SGIker) University of Basque Country UPV/EHU, Av. Miguel de Unamuno 3, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2018 Nov;37:e1-e5. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.08.013. Epub 2018 Sep 21.
Discrimination between monozygotic (MZ) twins is a forensic limitation when using conventional DNA profiling techniques for human identification. Recent works based on epigenetics seem to open a new way to solve this issue due to methylation status of MZ twins change during their lifetime. Methylation analysis through BeadChip platforms allows the study up to 850 K CpG sites revealing that numerous differential methylation regions exist between MZ twins. However, this methodology is difficult to implement in forensic laboratories. On the contrary, PCR-HRM (High Resolution Melting) technology is one of the easiest methods for analyzing DNA methylation and it has been capable to discriminate between MZ twins. The purpose of this study is to contribute with new differential methylation regions in MZ twins to those that have been previously studied through PCR-HRM. Here, we have selected 6 CpG regions located at the ITGA2B, ASPA, PDE4C, ZIC5, USP11 and NOP14 loci that have shown methylation status variation during lifetime. The study has been carried out from saliva-derived DNA of 18 MZ twin pairs. The most discriminating regions were those located at ITGA2B, ASPA and ZIC5 loci showing significant within-pair differences in 44.4% of the cases. Non evidences of relation between age and significant differences between MZ twins were found, although the 50% of MZ twin pairs were discrimnated in the oldest age range (59-66 years old). These results support the use of these regions to increase the number of epigenetics age-related markers available to discriminate between MZ twins in a pair by PCR-HRM in forensic laboratories.
同卵双胞胎(MZ)的区分是使用常规 DNA 分析技术进行人类识别时的一个法医学限制。最近基于表观遗传学的研究似乎为解决这个问题开辟了新的途径,因为 MZ 双胞胎的甲基化状态在其一生中会发生变化。通过 BeadChip 平台进行甲基化分析可以研究多达 850K 的 CpG 位点,揭示 MZ 双胞胎之间存在许多差异甲基化区域。然而,这种方法在法医实验室中难以实施。相比之下,PCR-HRM(高分辨率熔解)技术是分析 DNA 甲基化最简单的方法之一,它已经能够区分 MZ 双胞胎。本研究的目的是为通过 PCR-HRM 之前研究过的 MZ 双胞胎提供新的差异甲基化区域。在这里,我们选择了位于 ITGA2B、ASPA、PDE4C、ZIC5、USP11 和 NOP14 基因座的 6 个 CpG 区域,这些区域在一生中表现出甲基化状态的变化。该研究从 18 对 MZ 双胞胎的唾液衍生 DNA 中进行。最具区分性的区域位于 ITGA2B、ASPA 和 ZIC5 基因座,在 44.4%的情况下显示出显著的个体内差异。虽然 50%的 MZ 双胞胎在最年长的年龄范围内(59-66 岁)被区分开,但没有发现年龄与 MZ 双胞胎之间的显著差异之间存在关系。这些结果支持使用这些区域来增加通过 PCR-HRM 在法医实验室中区分 MZ 双胞胎的可用表观遗传学年龄相关标记的数量。
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