Bisulfite Modification for Analysis of DNA Methylation
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Abstract
Bisulfite is known to deaminate cytosine in nucleic acids, while 5?methylcytosine resists this bisulfite action. For this reason, bisulfite treatment has been used for detecting 5?methylcytosine in DNA, a minor component of eukaryotic DNA, presently recognized as playing an important role in the control of gene function. This procedure, called bisulfite genomic sequencing, is a principal method for the analysis of DNA methylation in various biological phenomena, including human diseases such as cancer. This unit describes an efficient procedure utilizing a newly developed high?concentration bisulfite solution. Protocols for this methodology are supplemented with discussions focused on chemical aspects of the bisulfite treatment. Curr. Protoc. Nucleic Acid Chem. 33:6.10.1?6.10.15. © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Keywords: high?concentration bisulfite; 5?methylcytosine; cytosine deamination; bisulfite genomic sequencing; quantification of bisulfite
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- Introduction
- Basic Protocol 1: Preparation of Bisulfite Solution
- Basic Protocol 2: Bisulfite‐Mediated Deamination of Cytosine and 5‐Methylcytosine
- Basic Protocol 3: Bisulfite Modification of Bulk DNA
- Basic Protocol 4: Bisulfite Treatment for Genomic Sequencing of Methylated and Unmethylated DNA
- Commentary
- Literature Cited
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Basic Protocol 1: Preparation of Bisulfite Solution
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Basic Protocol 2: Bisulfite‐Mediated Deamination of Cytosine and 5‐Methylcytosine
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Basic Protocol 3: Bisulfite Modification of Bulk DNA
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Basic Protocol 4: Bisulfite Treatment for Genomic Sequencing of Methylated and Unmethylated DNA
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Figure 6.10.1 Determination of 5‐methylcytosine (Cm ) in DNA. Comparison of unmethylated and methylated genes by bisulfite modification. Bisulfite treatment converts C to U, which is then replaced with T by DNA polymerase during PCR amplification. Cm is inert to bisulfite treatment, and is thus maintained as C during amplification. Sequencing reveals the sites where C was replaced with T. Reproduced from Hayatsu () with permission from the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society. View Image -
Figure 6.10.2 Deamination of dC and 5‐methyl‐dC at pH 5.4. Circles: dC with 9 M bisulfite at 70°C. Diamonds: dC with 5.3 M sodium bisulfite at 70°C. Triangles: 5‐Me‐dC with 9 M bisulfite at 90°C. Squares: 5‐Me‐dC with 9 M bisulfite at 70°C. Reproduced from Hayatsu et al. () with permission from The Japan Academy. View Image -
Figure 6.10.3 Bulk treatment of DNA by bisulfite. (A ) Untreated DNA and (B ) DNA treated with 9 M bisulfite for 10 min at 90°C was digested and the nucleosides were analyzed by HPLC, and monitored by absorbance at 260 nm. Elution times for 2′‐dC, 2′‐dU, 5‐Me‐2′‐dC, 2′‐dG, T, and 2′‐dA are 19, 22, 25, 26, 28, and 32 min, respectively. Reproduced from Hayatsu et al. () with permission from The Japan Academy. View Image -
Figure 6.10.4 Conversion of cytosine to uracil. Reaction 1: The reversible addition of bisulfite across the 5,6‐double bond of cytosine is a rapid process that results in an equilibrium between C and C‐SO3 − . In acidic conditions, the equilibrium is shifted to the C‐SO3 − side. The lower the temperature, the more C‐SO3 − is formed. Reaction 2: Deamination of C‐SO3 − to U‐SO3 − is the rate‐determining step in the conversion from C to U. The effect of pH is remarkable; the optimum is pH 5 to 6. An unanticipated but important fact is that the velocity of reaction 2 increases in proportion to the bisulfite concentration. Reaction 3: Conversion of U‐SO3 − to U is an equilibrium process in the presence of bisulfite. In practice, however, after removal or dilution of bisulfite in the reaction mixture, U‐SO3 − is treated with an alkali to recover the 5,6‐double bond. With 5‐methylcytosine as reactant, both reactions 1 and 2 are much less efficient. Reproduced from Hayatsu () with permission from the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society. View Image -
Figure 6.10.5 pH‐Rate profile for deamination of 2′‐deoxycytidine in 7 M bisulfite. Reaction extents at 60°C and 5 min are plotted. Reproduced from Hayatsu et al.(2004) with permission from The Japan Academy. View Image -
Figure 6.10.6 Relationship between the deamination rate and bisulfite concentration at pH 5.0 and 5.8. Solid lines: Calculated on the assumption that bisulfite participates in both reaction 1 and reaction 2 shown in Fig. . Dotted lines: Calculated on the assumption that bisulfite participates only in reaction 1. Reproduced from Hayatsu () with permission from the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society. View Image -
Figure 6.10.7 Two diastereomeric thymine‐bisulfite adducts. Reproduced from Hayatsu () with permission from the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society. View Image -
Figure 6.10.8 Efficiency of the conversion of cytosine to uracil by treatment with 9 M bisulfite (A ) at 90°C and (B ) at 70°C. Open circles indicate the ratio of conversion of nonmethylated cytosine to uracil per plasmid clone (e.g., the value 0.9 indicates 72 cytosine residues out of 80). Closed circles indicate the ratio of converted 5‐methylcytosine in the entire population of plasmid clones that were sequenced (e.g., the value 0.02 indicates a total of 1 out of 50 5‐methylcytosines). Similar experiments were performed again using independently treated samples and a similar efficiency of conversion was confirmed (data not shown). Reproduced from Shiraishi and Hayatsu () with permission from Oxford University Press. View Image
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