Analysis of cell cycle were performed as previously reported [32]. For Western Blotting, fifteen microgram protein was separated by SDS-PAGE and blots were prepared on a polyvinylidene fluoride membrane (Amersham, Piscataway, NJ, USA). Primary antibodies against p16INK4a and actin were from NeoMarkers (Fremont, CA, USA) and Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA), respectively. The membrane was probed with secondary antibody against peroxi-Statistical AnalysisThe two-tailed T-test was performed to analyze the statistical differences. P values ,0.05 were considered as statistically significant. In all bar graphs, error bars represent standard deviations.Centromeric Instability after Replication StressSupporting InformationFigure S1 Typical SKY karyotypes at late passages of(TIF)Table S1 Structural chromosome aberrations in esophageal and cervical epithelial cells expressing HPV16 E6E7 and hTERTa. (DOC) Table S2 Karyotype at population doubling 80 of cell lines immortalized by HPV16 E6E7 and hTERT a. (DOC)two immortalized esophageal epithelial cell lines expressing HPV16 E6E7 and hTERT. Arrows indicate chromosomes with centromeric or pericentromeric aberrations. (TIF)Figure S2 Typical SKY karyotypes at late passages oftwo immortalized cervical epithelial cell lines expressing HPV16 E6E7 and hTERT. Arrows indicate chromosomes with centromeric or pericentromeric aberrations. (TIF)Figure S3 Western Blotting for p16INK4a. Actin bandsAcknowledgmentsWe thank Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, for use of SKY facilities. We also thank T. Chan, C. S. Leung, P. Mak, J. Cheung, A. Li for technical assistance.served as protein load controls. NC104 cells at PD 18 were approaching permanent growth arrest (PD20), which was included to show up-regulation of p16 INK4a for the comparison with p16 INK4a levels after HPV 16 E6E7 expression. (TIF)Figure S4 Flow cytometric analysis of cell cycle distributions. Only the quantitative data for percentages of SMER28 Sphases were given for simplicity.Author ContributionsConceived and designed the experiments: WD ALMC. Performed the experiments: WD. Analyzed the data: WD ALMC. Contributed reagents/ materials/analysis tools: SWT XYG. Wrote the paper: WD ALMC.
The onset of X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is regulated by the X-inactive specific transcript (Xist), which coats the inactive X chromosome in cis and compensates for sex-linked gene dosage differences. The initiation of X inactivation occurs in early cleavage stage embryos and it continues in the trophectoderm and the primitive endoderm. The inactive paternal X is reactivated in the inner cell mass (ICM), where it occurs randomly from either the paternal or maternal X chromosome in the epiblast [1,2]. Recent data suggest that the PLV-2 web mechanism of XCI involves the same sequence of events in mouse and human embryos, although a species-specific timing-window for XCI initiation and establishment exists [3]. Evidence from global transcriptome analysis indicates that a large number of X-linked genes are regulated differently between the sexes in early mammalian embryos [4,5]. This transcriptional level sexual dimorphism creates differences in developmental kinetics andepigenetics between female and male embryos during preimplantation development [6]. Furthermore, sexual dimorphisms in gene expression are found in the placenta between; thus, female and male conceptuses respond differently to diet changes in the maternal environ.Analysis of cell cycle were performed as previously reported [32]. For Western Blotting, fifteen microgram protein was separated by SDS-PAGE and blots were prepared on a polyvinylidene fluoride membrane (Amersham, Piscataway, NJ, USA). Primary antibodies against p16INK4a and actin were from NeoMarkers (Fremont, CA, USA) and Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA), respectively. The membrane was probed with secondary antibody against peroxi-Statistical AnalysisThe two-tailed T-test was performed to analyze the statistical differences. P values ,0.05 were considered as statistically significant. In all bar graphs, error bars represent standard deviations.Centromeric Instability after Replication StressSupporting InformationFigure S1 Typical SKY karyotypes at late passages of(TIF)Table S1 Structural chromosome aberrations in esophageal and cervical epithelial cells expressing HPV16 E6E7 and hTERTa. (DOC) Table S2 Karyotype at population doubling 80 of cell lines immortalized by HPV16 E6E7 and hTERT a. (DOC)two immortalized esophageal epithelial cell lines expressing HPV16 E6E7 and hTERT. Arrows indicate chromosomes with centromeric or pericentromeric aberrations. (TIF)Figure S2 Typical SKY karyotypes at late passages oftwo immortalized cervical epithelial cell lines expressing HPV16 E6E7 and hTERT. Arrows indicate chromosomes with centromeric or pericentromeric aberrations. (TIF)Figure S3 Western Blotting for p16INK4a. Actin bandsAcknowledgmentsWe thank Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, for use of SKY facilities. We also thank T. Chan, C. S. Leung, P. Mak, J. Cheung, A. Li for technical assistance.served as protein load controls. NC104 cells at PD 18 were approaching permanent growth arrest (PD20), which was included to show up-regulation of p16 INK4a for the comparison with p16 INK4a levels after HPV 16 E6E7 expression. (TIF)Figure S4 Flow cytometric analysis of cell cycle distributions. Only the quantitative data for percentages of Sphases were given for simplicity.Author ContributionsConceived and designed the experiments: WD ALMC. Performed the experiments: WD. Analyzed the data: WD ALMC. Contributed reagents/ materials/analysis tools: SWT XYG. Wrote the paper: WD ALMC.
The onset of X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is regulated by the X-inactive specific transcript (Xist), which coats the inactive X chromosome in cis and compensates for sex-linked gene dosage differences. The initiation of X inactivation occurs in early cleavage stage embryos and it continues in the trophectoderm and the primitive endoderm. The inactive paternal X is reactivated in the inner cell mass (ICM), where it occurs randomly from either the paternal or maternal X chromosome in the epiblast [1,2]. Recent data suggest that the mechanism of XCI involves the same sequence of events in mouse and human embryos, although a species-specific timing-window for XCI initiation and establishment exists [3]. Evidence from global transcriptome analysis indicates that a large number of X-linked genes are regulated differently between the sexes in early mammalian embryos [4,5]. This transcriptional level sexual dimorphism creates differences in developmental kinetics andepigenetics between female and male embryos during preimplantation development [6]. Furthermore, sexual dimorphisms in gene expression are found in the placenta between; thus, female and male conceptuses respond differently to diet changes in the maternal environ.