A methyl-seq tool to capture genomic imprinted loci

Abstract

Genomic imprinting represents an original model of epigenetic regulation resulting in a parent-of-origin expression. Despite the critical role of imprinted genes in mammalian growth, metabolism and neuronal function, there is no molecular tool specifically targeting them for a systematic evaluation. Here, we optimized and compared to bisulfite-based standard a novel methyl-seq system to capture 165 candidate regions for genomic imprinting and ultimately detect parent-of-origin methylation, the main hallmark of imprinting.