Abstract:
Modified oligonucleotides comprising CpG sites, wherein the cytosine is replaced by cytosine analogs are provided as well as methods of making the oligonucleotides and their use in inhibiting DNA Methyltransferase, inhibiting or reversing methylation of genes and in treating cancer, tumorigenesis and hyper-proliferative disorders.
Abstract:
A DNA methylation editing kit comprises: (1) a fusion protein of inactivated CRISPR-associated endonuclease Cas9 (dCas9) having no nuclease activity and a tag peptide array in which plural tag peptides are linked by linkers, or an RNA or DNA coding therefor; (2) a fusion protein(s) of a tag peptide-binding portion and a methylase or demethylase, or an RNA(s) or DNA(s) coding therefor; and (3) a guide RNA(s) (gRNA(s)) comprising a sequence complementary to a DNA sequence within 1 kb of a desired site of methylation or demethylation, or a DNA(s) expressing the gRNA(s).
Abstract:
A product comprising two or more artificial transcription repressors (ATRs), or polynucleotides encoding therefor, selected from groups (a), (b), (c) or (d): (a) an ATR comprising a DNA-binding domain operably linked to a KRAB domain or homologue thereof; (b) an ATR comprising a DNA-binding domain operably linked to a DNMT3A, DNMT3B or DNMT1 domain or homologue thereof; (c) an ATR comprising a DNA-binding domain operably linked to a DNMT3L domain or homologue thereof; and (d) an ATR comprising a DNA-binding domain operably linked to a SETDB1 domain or homologue thereof, wherein at least two of the ATRs are selected from different groups (a), (b), (c) or (d).
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to methods of treating AML, associated with DNMT3A mutations by administering one or more DOT1L inhibitors or related pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method for introducing an exogenous DNA by overcoming the restriction modification barrier of the target bacterium. The method provided in the present invention comprises the steps of 1) co-expressing all DNA-methyltransferase-encoding genes in the genome of the target bacterium in E. coli in which the restriction modification system thereof has been deleted to obtain a recombinant bacterium A; 2) introducing an exogenous DNA molecule into the recombinant bacterium A for in vivo modification so as to obtain a methylation-modified exogenous DNA molecule; 3) introducing the methylation-modified exogenous DNA molecule into the target bacterium. The experiments of the invention have demonstrated that the invention has a high transformation efficiency compared to prior methods for enabling genetic manipulation by overcoming the restriction modification barrier of the bacterium.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for regulating DRM (domain rearranged methyltransferase) protein activity in a plant comprising: base sequences represented by sequence number 1 or 2; a microRNA-396 molecule which consists of base sequences complementary to the above base sequences and which is isolated from Capsicum annuum; a vector containing the microRNA-396; and a step for regulating the expression of the microRNA-396 molecule by transfecting a plant cell with the recombinant vector. On the basis of a method for controlling all phenomena related to the florescence, seed development, and epigenetic phenomenon of the plant based on the fact that the aspect of regulating the DRM methyltransferase, which is highly involved in plant epigenetics, by the microRNA-396 from the Capsicum annuum is conserved in the Solanaceae including tomatoes revealed by the present invention, the DRM methyltransferase can be applied to agricultural biotechnology for improving traits of food crops, forage crops, floriculture crops, horticultural crops, and energy crops and be available for various medical applications like differentiation of cancer cells and neural cells, which are mainly involbed in epigenetic information, thereby being able to be very useful in many different fields.