Overview of the epigenetic modifications in human cells and their Biology Diagrams Although DNA methylation is an established mechanism for stable epigenetic inheritance, organisms that hardly methylate their DNA, such as yeast and Drosophila, can still transmit epigenetic information through the cell cycle, likely by altering chromatin structure [48, 49]. The major determinants of chromatin structure are the histone proteins. In this report, Dalton and colleagues show that developmental genes are primed for activation in G1 phase of the cell cycle by a mechanism requiring convergence of the cell-cycle machinery with cell signaling pathways. This priming mechanism involves the establishment of bivalent epigenetic domains and dynamic changes in chromosome architecture around developmental genes. The return to totipotency takes place in one cell cycle and involves differential DNA methylation and histone modification changes in paternal and maternal genomes 138,139,140, as well as large
Instead, epigenetic memory seems to be encoded by an epigenetic cycle in which dynamic reversible activities carried out by epigenetic regulators are balanced and coordinated with cell cycle machinery . Proliferating stem cells need to self-perpetuate their gene expression program and yet be able to change it during cell differentiation in Epigenetics, the study of heritable changes in gene expression that do not involve alterations to the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence, plays a pivotal role in cellular function, development, and aging. This review explores key epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation (DNAm), histone modifications, chromatin remodeling, RNA-based regulation, and long-distance chromosomal Epigenetic inheritance during the cell cycle Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2009 Mar;10(3):192-206. doi: 10.1038/nrm2640. Understanding the dynamics and stability of these marks through the cell cycle is crucial in maintaining a given chromatin state. Publication types Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Epigenetic memory can be understood at various scales, ranging from inter- and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance between organismal generations (see review by Fitz-James and Cavalli [4]) to memory across cell division within an organism.This review discusses epigenetic cell memory that addresses how epigenetic information is propagated to daughter cells during cell division. Propagation of the chromatin landscape across cell divisions is central to epigenetic cell memory. Mechanistic analysis of the interplay between DNA replication, the cell cycle, and the epigenome
