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                        12 Maart 2013
Lab for Bioinformatics and
         computational genomics
     10 “genome hackers”
   mostly engineers (statistics)




           42 scientists
 technicians, geneticists, clinicians




          >100 people
      hardware engineers,
mathematicians, molecular biologists
Can bioinformatics bridge the gap ?
The genome is just the start …
250 different cell types

                 Epigenetic (meta)information = stem cells
Cellular programming

               Epigenetic (meta)information = stem cells
Defining Epigenetics
               Genome

                              DNA       Reversible changes in gene
                                         expression/function
                                        Without changes in DNA
                         Chromatin       sequence
             Epigenome                  Can be inherited from
                                         precursor cells
       Gene Expression                  Allows to integrate intrinsic
                                         with environmental signals
 Phenotype
                                         (including diet)
DNA Methylation Differentiates Totipotent Embryonic
Stem Cells from Unipotent Adult Stem Cells




                                       Alex Meissner, Henry Stewart Talks
Reprogramming the DNA methylome




                                  Paula Vertino, Henry Stewart Talks
Transgenerational inheritence
The epigenome
is actionable
The epigenome
is actionable
Epigenetic Changes are
Important in Causing Cancer
             GENETIC                     EPIGENETIC


      Example:                                         Example:
      Replication errors                               Chromatin modification errors
                           X X
       Altered                                              Altered
       DNA sequence                                         chromatin structure
                                 Oncogenesis
         Altered                                       Altered levels of
         DNA/mRNA/proteins                             mRNA/proteins



                                               Tumor
Example of Methylation
vs Mutation: Colon & Breast Cancer




                                                      Dx

                                                     CDx


              Methylated              Mutated

                                                Source: Schuebel et al 2007
     76-100   51-75    21-50   1-20
MGMT Biology
O6 Methyl-Guanine
Methyl Transferase
Essential DNA Repair Enzyme

Removes alkyl groups from damaged guanine
bases

Healthy individual:
     - MGMT is an essential DNA repair enzyme
     Loss of MGMT activity makes individuals susceptible
     to DNA damage and prone to tumor development

Glioblastoma patient on alkylator chemotherapy:
     - Patients with MGMT promoter methylation show
     have longer PFS and OS with the use of alkylating
     agents as chemotherapy
MGMT Promoter
Methylation Predicts
Benefit form DNA-Alkylating Chemotherapy
  Post-hoc subgroup analysis of Temozolomide Clinical trial with primary glioblastoma
  patients show benefit for patients with MGMT promoter methylation

            Median Overall Survival

                                      21.7 months
                                         plus
                                      temozolomide

              12.7 months
                                      radiotherapy

               radiotherapy

                                                               Adapted from Hegi et al.
                                                               NEJM 2005
                                                               352(10):1036-8.
             Non-Methylated            Methylated              Study with 207 patients
              MGMT Gene                MGMT Gene
Profiling the Epigenome

  # markers




              Discovery



                          Verification

                                         Validation



                                                  # samples
Genome-wide methylation
by methylation sensitive restriction enzymes
Genome-wide methylation
by probes
Profiling the Epigenome
By next gen sequencing

  # markers




              Discovery



                          Verification

                                         Validation



                                                  # samples
MBD_Seq

Condensed Chromatin      DNA Sheared



                                       Immobilized
                                       Methyl Binding Domain
           DNA Sheared
MBD_Seq

                  Immobilized
                  Methyl binding domain




          MgCl2




                  Next Gen Sequencing
                  GA Illumina: 100 million reads
Kit Comparison       0.25




                                    ●




                                ●
                     0.20




                                        ●
 Fraction of reads

                     0.15




                                            ●
                     0.10




                                                ●
                     0.05




                                                    ●




                                                        ●


                                                            ●

                                                                ●
                                                                    ●
                                                                        ●
                     0.00




                                                                            ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●   ●




                            0                                       10                                      20                                      30                                      40                                      50

                                                                                                            Number of CG's



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                25
MBD_Seq
MGMT = dual core
Profiling the epigenome
…. by next generation sequencing
  # markers


 1-2 million
                       MBD_Seq
 methylation
   cores
               Discovery




                                   # samples
Bock et al, Nature, 2012
Bock et al. Nature 2012




28
29
Data integration
Correlation tracks

expression                            expression



             Corr =-1                       Corr = 1




                        methylation                    methylation




                                                                     30
Correlation track
in GBM @ MGMT




                    +1




                    -1

                         31
Next_next
miRNA, (l)ncRNA, CIS/TRANS splicing, SV, fusion loci ,
bidirectional promoters ?

RNA_seq: sequence RNA molecules Next Gen Platform

Total RNA_seq: all RNA molecules (normalisation procedure)

Directional Total RNA_seq: before amplification use different
5’ and 3’ adaptors

Integrated Directional Total RNA_seq: Combine with other
datasets eg. enrichment sequencing data, visualise and query
in genome browser


                                                                32
Direction RNAseq
bidirectional promoters




                          33
Profiling the Epigenome
…. by next generation sequencing

  # markers


                      MBD_Seq


              Discovery

                                          454_BT_Seq
                           Verification

                                                       Validation



                                                                # samples
Where is the mC ?

GCATCGTGACTAGCGACTGATCGATGGATGCTAGCAT
GCATCGTGACTAGCGACTGATCGATGGATGCTAGCAT
GCATCGTGACTAGCGACTGATCGATGGATGCTAGCAT

    25%     50%     25%
GCATCGTGACTAGCGACTGATCGATGGATGCTAGCAT
GCATCGTGACTAGCGACTGATCGATGGATGCTAGCAT

    25%               50%            25%
GCATCGTGACTAGCGACTGATCGATGGATGCTAGCAT


GCATCGTGACTAGCGACTGATCGATGGATGCTAGCAT

    Dense methylated needed for transcriptional silencing
    Are there alleles with all three positions methylated ?
Deep Sequencing


                  unmethylated alleles




                  methylated alleles     less methylation




                                         more methylation


GCATCGTGACTTACGACTGATCGATGGATGCTAGCAT
Deep MGMT
Heterogenic complexity
Conclusion
Combination of different sequencing
techniques is emerging as best practice
Bioinformatics is challenging
Methods for normalisation under
construction
Reference databases are generated
Data visualization and integration is key

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              School of Public Health
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2013 03 12_epigenetic_profiling

Notas do Editor

  1. Here, we define epigenetics and depict the relationship between the genome and the epigenome The genome is hereditary information encoded in the DNA and the epigenome is the way cells express the encoded information 1 The epigenome is a ‘bridge’ between genotype and phenotype (epigenetics governs genotype and phenotype) Epigenetic information is included in the genome of a cell but is not encoded by the DNA 1,2 Epigenetic information may be inherited from precursor cells 1 Epigenetic changes affect chromosome structure to alter gene expression 1,2 References Goldberg AD et al. Cell 2007;128:635–8. Bernstein BE et al. Cell 2007;128:669–81.
  2. There is growing evidence that epigenetic modifications are also crucial to the onset and progression of cancer 1 On the right of the slide, we see that changes in gene expression due to chromatin modifications (e.g. histone acetylation, DNA methylation) lead to altered levels of mRNA and proteins Altered levels of proteins involved in cell growth and death can lead to deregulated cell proliferation and survival, resulting in cancer 2 Examples: Silencing of p15 tumor suppressor gene expression 3 Aberrant expression of IGF2 4 Silencing of ER- α gene expression 3 References Bolden JE et al. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2006;5:769–84. Miranda E et al. Br J Cancer 2006;95:1101–7. Esteller M. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1148 – 59. Feinberg AP. Nature 2007;447:433–40.