Transcription Factor ZBED6 Mediates IGF2 Gene Expression by Regulating Promoter Activity and DNA Methylation in Myoblasts Yong-Zhen Huang 1, Liang-Zhi Zhang 1, Xin-Sheng Lai 1, Yu-Jia Sun 1, Cong-Jun Li 2, Xian-Yong Lan 1, Chu-Zhao Lei 1, Chun-Lei Zhang 3, Xin Zhao 1, and Hong Chen *1 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, Yangling Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China, 2. United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America, 3. Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China Table S1. Primer used in qPCR and ZBED6 overexpression analyses. Gene IGF2-SNPs detection ZBED6-qPCR IGF2-qPCR GAPDH-qPCR ACTINB-qPCR pcDNA3.1+-ZBED6 1 Ad-ZBED6 1 pDsRed-ZBED6 2 Primer sequences (5’-3’) Bovine: F: CTCTTCACCAGTGCTTCAACTCTC; R: GCACCGCGCCGCTGCGGAT Mouse: F: CAAGACATCTGCAGTTTGGAATTT R: TGTCGTTGAAGTGTTGAAGTTCCTA Bovine: F: GGAACAAGAGCCAAGAC; R: CCAATGGATGGGATGAG Mouse: F: CGTGGCATCGTGGAAGAGT; R: ACACGTCCCTCTCGGACTTG Bovine: F: TCTGTGCGGCGGGGAGCTGGT; R: AGTCTCCAGCAGGGCCAGGTCG Mouse: F: AGACAGCCGCATCTTCTTGT; R: TTCCCATTCTCAGCCTTGAC Bovine: F: CGACTTCAACAGCGACACTCAC; R: CCCTGTTGCTGTAGCCAAATTC Mouse: F: CAGAGCAAGAGAGGCATCCTC; R: GTCCAGACGCAGGATGGCATG Bovine: F: GTCATCACCATCGGCAATGAG; R: AATGCCGCAGGATTCCATG Bovine: F: CGGggtaccGCCACCATGcaccaccaccaccaccacAGTGTATGTACCTTAAGTGTACC Bovine: R: GCtctagaTTAAGGTAATATTTCTTTTTCATTGC Bovine: F: CGGggtaccATGcaccaccaccaccaccacAGTGTATGTACCTTAAGTGTACC Bovine: R: GCtctagaTTAAGGTAATATTTCTTTTTCATTGC Bovine: F: CCGgaattcGCCACCATGAGTGTATGTACCTTAAGTGTACC Bovine: R: GGggtaccGGAGGTAATATTTCTTTTTCATTGC AT (oC) 3 SAF (bp) 4 59.5 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60 60 55.5 578 135 174 94 154 239 118 363 84 2943 55.0 2943 55.0 2943 F: Forward primer; R: Reverse primer. 1 The primer used for constructing vectors pcDNA3.1+; squared nucleotides: which contains Kpn I (forward primer) and Xba I (reverse primer) restriction sites, as indicated by the lower-case letters; The protective base pairs “CGG” and “GC” were added in order to express in the 5' terminal of primer has also deliberately added black bold font. Underlined nucleotides: mark recognition site for the His-tag sequences; 2 The primer used for constructing vectors pDsRed-N1; squared nucleotides: which contains EcoR I (forward primer) and Kpn I (reverse primer) restriction sites, as indicated by the lower-case letters; The protective base pairs “CCG” and “GG” were added in order to express in the 5' terminal of primer has also deliberately added black bold font. 3 AT=Annealing temperature. 4 SAF=Size of amplification fragment. Table S2. Primer pairs used for creation of deletion mutation analyses in bovine ZBED6 gene. Primer name 439-G-SNP-pGL3 439-A-SNP-pGL3 396-G-SNP-pGL3 396-A-SNP-pGL3 232-G-SNP-pGL3 232-A-SNP-pGL3 Primer sequence (5’-3’) 1 Location 2 F: CGGggtaccGGGCCGCGGCTTCGCCTAGGCTCGCA R:CCCaagcttGGATGGAGAGCTTCGTTTGGGA F: CGGggtaccGGGCCGCGGCTTCGCCTAGGCTCACA R:CCCaagcttGGATGGAGAGCTTCGTTTGGGA F: CGGggtaccGGGCCGCGGCTTCGCCTAGGCTCGCA R: CCCaagcttGCACCGCGCCGCTGCGGAT nt-3083~nt-3108 nt-3522~nt-3544 nt-3083~nt-3108 nt-3522~nt-3544 nt-3083~nt-3108 nt-3479~nt-3498 F: CGGggtaccGGGCCGCGGCTTCGCCTAGGCTCACA R: CCCaagcttGCACCGCGCCGCTGCGGAT F: CGGggtaccGGGCCGCGGCTTCGCCTAGGCTCGCA R:CCCaagcttACGTCGCTTCTCCCGATTTTG F: CGGggtaccGGGCCGCGGCTTCGCCTAGGCTCACA R:CCCaagcttACGTCGCTTCTCCCGATTTTG nt-3083~nt-3108n t-3479~nt-3498 nt-3083~nt-3108n t-3315~nt-3336 nt-3083~nt-3108 nt-3315~nt-3336 AT (oC) 3 Size (bp) 4 60.0 439 60.0 439 60.0 396 60.0 396 60.0 232 60.0 232 F: Forward primer; R: Reverse primer. 1 The primer used for constructing vectors pGL3-P (1-6), squared nucleotides: which contains Kpn I (forward primer) and Bgl II (reverse primer) restriction sites, as indicated by the lower-case letters. The protective base pairs “CGG” and “GGA” were added in order to express in the 5' terminal of primer has also deliberately added black bold font. 2 The location and size of each deletion fragment is indicated to the left of each bar relative to the intron 3 start codon; nt: nucleotide(s). AT=Annealing temperature. 4 SAF=Size of amplification fragment. 3 Table S3. Characteristics of shRNA used in bovine ZBED6 gene. shRNA 1 shRNA-18-sense shRNA-18-antisense shRNA-906-sense shRNA-906-antisense shRNA-1698-sense shRNA-1698-antisense shRNA-2819-sense shRNA-2819-antisense shRNA-NC-sense shRNA-NC-sense 1 Sequence (5’-3’) GATCCGTGTACCAGTTTCCTCACTgAGTACTgAGTGAGGAAACTGGTACACTTTTTTC TCGAGAAAAAAGTGTACCAGTTTCCTCACTcAGTACTcAGTGAGGAAACTGGTACACG GATCCCTTCAACACTTCAACGACAgAGTACTgTGTCGTTGAAGTGTTGAAGTTTTTTC TCGAGAAAAAACTTCAACACTTCAACGACAcAGTACTcTGTCGTTGAAGTGTTGAAGG GATCCGTTCTTCTAATGTAGTACAgAGTACTgTGTACTACATTAGAAGAACTTTTTTC TCGAGAAAAAAGTTCTTCTAATGTAGTACAcAGTACTcTGTACTACATTAGAAGAACG GATCCGAACAGCTGATGTTTCTGAgAGTACTgTCAGAAACATCAGCTGTTCTTTTTTC TCGAGAAAAAAGAACAGCTGATGTTTCTGAcAGTACTcTCAGAAACATCAGCTGTTCG GATCCTTCTCCGAACGTGGCACGAgAGTACTgTCGTGCCACGTTCGGAGAATTTTTTC TCGAGAAAAAATTCTCCGAACGTGGCACGAcAGTACTcTCGTGCCACGTTCGGAGAAG Four shRNAs (numbers stand for their position in cDNA) were designed, and each shRNA was added with restriction sites BamH I and Xho I. The loop domain (between the lower-case nucleotides) contained a Scal I site.