A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Methylome Analysis of Human Bone Marrow MSCs Reveals Extensive Age- and Culture-Induced Changes at Distal Regulatory Elements
Authors: Kalyan K. Pasumarthy, Naresh Doni Jayavelu, Lotta Kilpinen, Colin Andrus, Stephanie L. Battle, Matti Korhonen,
Petri Lehenkari, Riikka Lund, Saara Laitinen, R. David Hawkins
Publication year: 2017
Journal: Stem Cell Reports
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
First page : 999
Last page: 1015
Number of pages: 17
ISSN: 2213-6711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.07.018
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Human bone marrow stromal cells, or mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs), need expansion prior to use as cell-based therapies in immunological and tissue repair applications. Aging and expansion of BM-MSCs induce epigenetic changes that can impact therapeutic outcomes. By applying sequencing-based methods, we reveal that the breadth of DNA methylation dynamics associated with aging and expansion is greater than previously reported. Methylation changes are enriched at known distal transcription factor binding sites such as enhancer elements, instead of CpG-rich regions, and are associated with changes in gene expression. From this, we constructed hypo- and hypermethylation-specific regulatory networks, including a sub-network of BM-MSC master regulators and their predicted target genes, and identified putatively disrupted signaling pathways. Our genome-wide analyses provide a broader overview of age- and expansion-induced DNA methylation changes and a better understanding of the extent to which these changes alter gene expression and functionality of human BM-MSCs.
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