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Seifert, M.* ; Cortijo, S.* ; Colomé-Tatché, M. ; Johannes, F.* ; Roudier, F.* ; Colot, V.*

MeDIP-HMM: Genome-wide identification of distinct DNA methylation states from high-density tiling arrays.

Bioinformatics 28, 2930-2939 (2012)
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MOTIVATION: Methylation of cytosines in DNA is an important epigenetic mechanism involved in transcriptional regulation and preservation of genome integrity in a wide range of eukaryotes. Immunoprecipitation of methylated DNA followed by hybridization to genomic tiling arrays (MeDIP-chip) is a cost-effective and sensitive method for methylome analyses. However, existing bioinformatics methods only enable a binary classification into unmethylated and methylated genomic regions, which limit biological interpretations. Indeed, DNA methylation levels can vary substantially within a given DNA fragment depending on the number and degree of methylated cytosines. Therefore, a method for the identification of more than two methylation states is highly desirable. RESULTS: Here, we present a three-state hidden Markov model (MeDIP-HMM) for analyzing MeDIP-chip data. MeDIP-HMM uses a higher-order state-transition process improving modeling of spatial dependencies between chromosomal regions, allows a simultaneous analysis of replicates and enables a differentiation between unmethylated, methylated and highly methylated genomic regions. We train MeDIP-HMM using a Bayesian Baum-Welch algorithm, integrating prior knowledge on methylation levels. We apply MeDIP-HMM to the analysis of the Arabidopsis root methylome and systematically investigate the benefit of using higher-order HMMs. Moreover, we also perform an in-depth comparison study with existing methods and demonstrate the value of using MeDIP-HMM by comparisons to current knowledge on the Arabidopsis methylome. We find that MeDIP-HMM is a fast and precise method for the analysis of methylome data, enabling the identification of distinct DNA methylation levels. Finally, we provide evidence for the general applicability of MeDIP-HMM by analyzing promoter DNA methylation data obtained for chicken. AVAILABILITY: MeDIP-HMM is available as part of the open-source Java library Jstacs (www.jstacs.de/index.php/MeDIP-HMM). Data files are available from the Jstacs website. CONTACT: seifert@ipk-gatersleben.de. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2012
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2012
e-ISSN 1367-4811
Zeitschrift Bioinformatics
Quellenangaben Band: 28, Heft: 22, Seiten: 2930-2939 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Oxford University Press
Verlagsort Oxford
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
PubMed ID 22989518
Erfassungsdatum 2020-02-18