DNA methylation averages per CpG-site and sample in the TFRC promoter region of transfected. HEK293 cells compared to untransfected HEK293 cells.
Supplementary information Supplementary figure S1. Enrichment of transfected cells with MACS. A) Representative results of a typical co-transfection experiment before sorting in which 5% pVenusNLS fluorescent protein construct was used to assay transfection efficiency. B) FACS results of transiently transfected SKOV-3 cells before and after magnetic-activated cell sorting (MACS) shows an enrichment of the proportion of fluorescent cells from 51 % to 88 % (considering only events in the top two quadrants designated as living cells).
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Supplementary figure S2. Expression of dCas9-Dnmt3a3L fusion proteins in HEK293 cells after transient transfection of the expression plasmids. A) Western blot with anti-Cas9 (ActiveMotif #61578) as primary antibody and anti-mouse (GE Healthcare Life Sciences NA931V) as secondary antibody shows at least equal expression of the dCas9Dnmt3a3L mutant fusion proteins compared to the wt-variants. Expected protein masses are 224 kDa for dCas9-Dnmt3a3L and 197 kDa for dCas9-Dnmt3a.
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Supplementary figure S3. Analysis of targeted methylation at the TFRC promoter. DNA methylation averages per CpG-site and sample in the TFRC promoter region of transfected HEK293 cells compared to untransfected HEK293 cells. The same data are shown in the figure 1 in the main text in a heatmap representation. The average CpG methylation is plotted (Y-axis) relative to the genomic location within the human Chr. 3 (X-axis). In the charts, the line represents the average DNA methylation of 2-4 biological samples and the shaded region denotes the SEM per site. gRNA binding sites are indicated as red arrows.
Supplementary figure S4. Differences in DNA methylation between dCas9-Dnmt3a3L wt and mutants at the TFRC promoter. A) CpG methylation averages per CpG-site and sample in the TFRC promoter region of transfected HEK293 cells compared to untransfected HEK293 cells. In the charts, the line represents the average DNA methylation of 2-4 biological samples and the shaded region denotes the SEM per site. gRNA binding sites are indicated as red arrows. B) Heatmap representation of the results shown in A.
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Supplementary figure S5. Analysis of targeted methylation at the CXCR4 promoter. DNA methylation averages per CpG-site and sample in the CXCR4 promoter region of transfected HEK293 cells compared to untransfected HEK293 cells. The same data are shown in the figure 1 in the main text in a heatmap representation. The average CpG methylation is plotted (Y-axis) relative to the genomic location within the human Chr. 2 (X-axis). In the charts, the line represents the average DNA methylation of 2-4 biological samples and the shaded region denotes the SEM per site. gRNA binding sites and their orientation are indicated with red arrow heads. 80
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Supplementary figure S6. Differences in DNA methylation between dCas9-Dnmt3a3L wt and mutants at the CXCR4 promoter. A) CpG methylation averages per CpG-site and sample in the CXCR4 promoter region of transfected HEK293 cells compared to untransfected HEK293 cells. The same data are shown in the figure 1 in the main text in a heatmap representation. The average CpG methylation is plotted (Y-axis) relative to the genomic location within the human Chr. 3 (X-axis). In the charts, the line represents the average DNA methylation of 2-4 biological samples and the shaded region denotes the SEM per site. gRNA binding sites are indicated as red arrows. B) Heatmap representation of the results shown in A.
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Supplementary figure S7. Analysis of DNA methylation within the human EpCAM promoter in SKOV3 cells. Bisulfite sequencing results of separate clones (rows) covering the human EpCAM promoter in four amplicons. The Sanger sequencing results were analyzed using BISMA (http://services.ibc.unistuttgart.de/BDPC/BISMA/). Columns represents separate CpG sites in the amplicons, rows denote separate sequences. Red squares denote methylated sites, blue unmethylated CpGs and white inconclusive methylation status. No significant change in DNA methylation is observed for cells transfected with either gRNAs or dCas9-Dnmt3a3L or dCas9-Dnmt3a alone compared to untransfected SKOV-3 cells. Deposition of DNA methylation using the targeted dCas9-Dnmt3a3L construct is presented in figure S8. Amplicon 1
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Supplementary figure S8. Analysis of targeted DNA methylation within the human EpCAM promoter in SKOV-3 cells with single gRNAs. Bisulfite sequencing results of separate clones (rows) of the second amplicon covering the human EpCAM promoter in SKOV-3 cells. The Sanger sequencing results were analyzed using BISMA (http://services.ibc.uni-stuttgart.de/BDPC/BISMA/). Each column represents one CpG site and red squares denote methylated sites, blue means not methylated and white is inconclusive. Little or no change in DNA methylation is observed for cells transfected with either gRNAs or dCas9-Dnmt3a3L or dCas9-Dnmt3a alone compared to untransfected SKOV-3 cells whereas substantial CpG methylation can be observed for most samples transfected with both dCas9-Dnmt3a3L and a guide RNA. Human EpCAM amplicon 2 Untreated SKOV-3
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Supplementary figure S9. Analysis of targeted methylation at the EpCAM promoter. DNA methylation averages per CpG-site and sample in the EpCAM promoter region of transfected SKOV-3 cells compared to untransfected SKOV-3 cells. The same data are shown in the figure 2 in the main text in a heatmap representation. The average CpG methylation is plotted (Y-axis) relative to the genomic location within the human Chr. 2 (X-axis). In the charts, the line represents the average DNA methylation of 2 biological repeats (4 biological repeats for co-targeting by gRNA 6+7+9+10) and the shaded region denotes the SEM per site. The gRNA binding sites are indicated as red arrows with gRNA number present next to arrow.
Supplementary figure S10. Distribution of DNA methylation introduced by dCas9-Dnmt3a3L wt and mutants at the EpCAM promoter co-targeted with gRNA 6, 7, 9 and 10. A) XY-plot representation of the DNA methylation averages per CpG-site and sample in the EpCAM promoter region of transfected SKOV-3 cells compared to untransfected cells. In the charts, the line represents the average DNA methylation of 2-4 biological samples and the shaded region denotes the SEM per site. gRNA binding sites are indicated as red arrows. B) Heatmap representation of the results in A). This panel is the same as figure 5A in the main text.
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Supplementary figure S11. Limited off-target activity of the dCas9-Dnmt3a3L targeted DNA methylation A) Heatmap representation of CpG methylation averages per CpG-site and sample at predicted off-target sites in untreated HEK293 cells or in cells co-transfected with gRNA (as indicated) and dCas9-Dnmt3a3L. B) Comparison of observed DNA methylation increase (ΔCpG methylation) at on-target (blue bars) and off-target (orange bars) regions show a weaker deposition of methylation at the offtarget sites. C) Heatmap representation of DNA methylation profiles at unrelated CGIs in SKOV-3 cells.
Supplementary table S6. Summary of the targeted DNA methylation results. Reported methylation averages are calculated as mean methylation measured over all the CpG sites in the analyzed regions. SEM is calculated from the average methylation of the regions analyzed in 2-4 biological repeats.
TAATGCATGAGGGAATAAAAGGGAAAATAGAAACAAGTGACTTAATAGGGTGATAGGATTGTAGATTAACTT TCGTTTTCATTGCCATCGCTGTTATTGGATTGTGCAATGAATAACAAATAAATAAAATTCAATTCTTGTCACTG *CG sites are highlighted in yellow