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Erschienen in: International Journal of Legal Medicine 1/2012

01.01.2012 | Original Article

Potential forensic application of DNA methylation profiling to body fluid identification

verfasst von: Hwan Young Lee, Myung Jin Park, Ajin Choi, Ja Hyun An, Woo Ick Yang, Kyoung-Jin Shin

Erschienen in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Ausgabe 1/2012

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Abstract

DNA analysis of various body fluid stains at crime scenes facilitates the identification of individuals but does not currently determine the type and origin of the biological material. Recent advances in whole genome epigenetic analysis indicate that chromosome pieces called tDMRs (tissue-specific differentially methylated regions) show different DNA methylation profiles according to the type of cell or tissue. We examined the potential of tissue-specific differential DNA methylation for body fluid identification. Five tDMRs for the genes DACT1, USP49, HOXA4, PFN3, and PRMT2 were selected, and DNA methylation profiles for these tDMRs were produced by bisulfite sequencing using pooled DNA from blood, saliva, semen, menstrual blood, and vaginal fluid. The tDMRs for DACT1 and USP49 showed semen-specific hypomethylation, and the tDMRs for HOXA4, PFN3, and PRMT2 displayed varying degrees of methylation according to the type of body fluid. Preliminary tests using methylation-specific PCR for the DACT1 and USP49 tDMRs showed that these two markers could be used successfully to identify semen samples including sperm cells. Body fluid-specific differential DNA methylation may be a promising indicator for body fluid identification. Because DNA methylation profiling uses the same biological source of DNA for individual identification profiling, the determination of more body fluid-specific tDMRs and the development of convenient tDMR analysis methods will facilitate the broad implementation of body fluid identification in forensic casework.
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Metadaten
Titel
Potential forensic application of DNA methylation profiling to body fluid identification
verfasst von
Hwan Young Lee
Myung Jin Park
Ajin Choi
Ja Hyun An
Woo Ick Yang
Kyoung-Jin Shin
Publikationsdatum
01.01.2012
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
International Journal of Legal Medicine / Ausgabe 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Elektronische ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-011-0569-2

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