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. 2023 May 22;14:2922. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38528-z

Fig. 5. DNA methylation is involved in gastrulation independent of DNA demethylation.

Fig. 5

a, b Representative images of IMGZ-derived E7.5 (a) and E8.5 (b) embryos carrying Tet1/2/3;Dnmt1−4KO, Tet1/2/3;Dnmt3a/3b−5KO, or Tet1/2/3;Dnmt1/3a/3b−6KO. Green fluorescence indicates the expression of Oct4-EGFP. Three independent embryos were analyzed for each group. Scale bars, 200 μm in (a) and 500 μm in (b). c Frequencies of 5mC and 5hmC modified nucleotides in the genomic DNA of control, Tet1/2/3;Dnmt1−4KO, Tet1/2/3;Dnmt3a/3b−5KO, and Tet1/2/3;Dnmt1/3a/3b−6KO embryos (E8.5) were determined by quantitative mass spectrometry. Data are mean ± s.e.m of three biological replicates. P-values were determined by Student’s unpaired two-sided t-test. d Heatmap shows the similarity of WGBS data between different mutant embryos. The similarity between samples was defined as min-max normalized Euclidean distance reduced by 1. e Bar plots represent the average CG methylation level of whole embryos (E7.5) with different mutations measured by WGBS. Data are mean ± s.e.m of four biological replicates. P-values were determined by Student’s unpaired two-sided t-test. f Summary of phenotypes observed in E7.5 and E8.5 embryos carrying different mutant Dnmt and Tet genes generated by IMGZ. Detailed data of homozygous mutants are presented in Supplementary Data 6. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.