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Methylation profiling by bisulfite sequencing analysis of the mtDNA Non-Coding Region in replicative and senescent Endothelial Cells.
Mitochondrion. 2016 Mar;27:40-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2016.02.004
Bianchessi V, Vinci MC, Nigro P, Rizzi V, Farina F, Capogrossi MC, Pompilio G, Gualdi V, Lauri A
Abstract:
The regulation and function of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cytosine methylation (5 mC) are largely unexplored. Mitochondria, Endothelial Cell (EC) senescence, and cardiovascular dysfunction are closely related. We extensively investigated the mtDNA Non-Coding Region (NCR) methylation pattern and its variations in EC replicative senescence. We observed previously undescribed 5 mC clusters and a biased distribution of 5 mC among DNA sites and throughout the NCR. The methylation pattern in senescent EC showed non-random variations, including the hypo-methylation of mtDNA replication regulatory sites. Additional experiments opened to a possible role for 5 mC in D-loop formation, rather than in mitochondrial gene expression.