The DNA methylome of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. 2010

Yingrui Li, and Jingde Zhu, and Geng Tian, and Ning Li, and Qibin Li, and Mingzhi Ye, and Hancheng Zheng, and Jian Yu, and Honglong Wu, and Jihua Sun, and Hongyu Zhang, and Quan Chen, and Ruibang Luo, and Minfeng Chen, and Yinghua He, and Xin Jin, and Qinghui Zhang, and Chang Yu, and Guangyu Zhou, and Jinfeng Sun, and Yebo Huang, and Huisong Zheng, and Hongzhi Cao, and Xiaoyu Zhou, and Shicheng Guo, and Xueda Hu, and Xin Li, and Karsten Kristiansen, and Lars Bolund, and Jiujin Xu, and Wen Wang, and Huanming Yang, and Jian Wang, and Ruiqiang Li, and Stephan Beck, and Jun Wang, and Xiuqing Zhang
BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

DNA methylation plays an important role in biological processes in human health and disease. Recent technological advances allow unbiased whole-genome DNA methylation (methylome) analysis to be carried out on human cells. Using whole-genome bisulfite sequencing at 24.7-fold coverage (12.3-fold per strand), we report a comprehensive (92.62%) methylome and analysis of the unique sequences in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from the same Asian individual whose genome was deciphered in the YH project. PBMC constitute an important source for clinical blood tests world-wide. We found that 68.4% of CpG sites and <0.2% of non-CpG sites were methylated, demonstrating that non-CpG cytosine methylation is minor in human PBMC. Analysis of the PBMC methylome revealed a rich epigenomic landscape for 20 distinct genomic features, including regulatory, protein-coding, non-coding, RNA-coding, and repeat sequences. Integration of our methylome data with the YH genome sequence enabled a first comprehensive assessment of allele-specific methylation (ASM) between the two haploid methylomes of any individual and allowed the identification of 599 haploid differentially methylated regions (hDMRs) covering 287 genes. Of these, 76 genes had hDMRs within 2 kb of their transcriptional start sites of which >80% displayed allele-specific expression (ASE). These data demonstrate that ASM is a recurrent phenomenon and is highly correlated with ASE in human PBMCs. Together with recently reported similar studies, our study provides a comprehensive resource for future epigenomic research and confirms new sequencing technology as a paradigm for large-scale epigenomics studies.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007963 Leukocytes, Mononuclear Mature LYMPHOCYTES and MONOCYTES transported by the blood to the body's extravascular space. They are morphologically distinguishable from mature granulocytic leukocytes by their large, non-lobed nuclei and lack of coarse, heavily stained cytoplasmic granules. Mononuclear Leukocyte,Mononuclear Leukocytes,PBMC Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells,Peripheral Blood Human Mononuclear Cells,Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell,Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells,Leukocyte, Mononuclear
D006238 Haploidy The chromosomal constitution of cells, in which each type of CHROMOSOME is represented once. Symbol: N. Haploid,Haploid Cell,Cell, Haploid,Cells, Haploid,Haploid Cells,Haploidies,Haploids
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000483 Alleles Variant forms of the same gene, occupying the same locus on homologous CHROMOSOMES, and governing the variants in production of the same gene product. Allelomorphs,Allele,Allelomorph
D016415 Sequence Alignment The arrangement of two or more amino acid or base sequences from an organism or organisms in such a way as to align areas of the sequences sharing common properties. The degree of relatedness or homology between the sequences is predicted computationally or statistically based on weights assigned to the elements aligned between the sequences. This in turn can serve as a potential indicator of the genetic relatedness between the organisms. Sequence Homology Determination,Determination, Sequence Homology,Alignment, Sequence,Alignments, Sequence,Determinations, Sequence Homology,Sequence Alignments,Sequence Homology Determinations
D018899 CpG Islands Areas of increased density of the dinucleotide sequence cytosine--phosphate diester--guanine. They form stretches of DNA several hundred to several thousand base pairs long. In humans there are about 45,000 CpG islands, mostly found at the 5' ends of genes. They are unmethylated except for those on the inactive X chromosome and some associated with imprinted genes. CpG Clusters,CpG-Rich Islands,Cluster, CpG,Clusters, CpG,CpG Cluster,CpG Island,CpG Rich Islands,CpG-Rich Island,Island, CpG,Island, CpG-Rich,Islands, CpG,Islands, CpG-Rich
D019175 DNA Methylation Addition of methyl groups to DNA. DNA methyltransferases (DNA methylases) perform this reaction using S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE as the methyl group donor. DNA Methylations,Methylation, DNA,Methylations, DNA
D022661 RNA, Untranslated RNA which does not code for protein but has some enzymatic, structural or regulatory function. Although ribosomal RNA (RNA, RIBOSOMAL) and transfer RNA (RNA, TRANSFER) are also untranslated RNAs they are not included in this scope. Noncoding RNA,RNA, Non-Coding,RNA, Non-Peptide-Coding,RNA, Non-Protein-Coding,RNA, Noncoding,RNA, Nontranslated,npcRNA,Non-Coding RNA,Non-Peptide-Coding RNA,Non-Protein-Coding RNA,Nontranslated RNA,RNA, Non Coding,RNA, Non Peptide Coding,RNA, Non Protein Coding,Untranslated RNA

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