Long-read single-molecule maps of the functional methylome

Hila Sharim, Assaf Grunwald, Tslil Gabrieli, Yael Michaeli, Sapir Margalit, Dmitry Torchinsky, Rani Arielly, Gil Nifker, Matyas Juhasz, Felix Gularek, Miguel Almalvez, Brandon Dufault, Sreetama Sen Chandra, Alexander Liu, Surajit Bhattacharya, Yi Wen Chen, Eric Vilain, Kathryn R. Wagner, Jonathan Pevsner, Jeff ReifenbergerErnest T. Lam, Alex R. Hastie, Han Cao, Hayk Barseghyan, Elmar Weinhold, Yuval Ebenstein*

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Abstract

We report on the development of a methylation analysis workflow for optical detection of fluorescent methylation profiles along chromosomal DNA molecules. In combination with Bionano Genomics genome mapping technology, these profiles provide a hybrid genetic/epigenetic genome-wide map composed of DNA molecules spanning hundreds of kilobase pairs. The method provides kilobase pair–scale genomic methylation patterns comparable to whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) along genes and regulatory elements. These long single-molecule reads allow for methylation variation calling and analysis of large structural aberrations such as pathogenic macrosatellite arrays not accessible to single-cell second-generation sequencing. The method is applied here to study facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), simultaneously recording the haplotype, copy number, and methylation status of the disease-associated, highly repetitive locus on Chromosome 4q.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)646-656
Number of pages11
JournalGenome Research
Volume29
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2019

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
European Commission
H2020 European Research Council
European Research Council
Horizon 2020 EC
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentU54HD060848
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and DevelopmentI-1196-195.9/2012
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme337830, 634890
Israel Science Foundation1902/12
National Institute of Mental HealthU01MH106884

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