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Prenatal SyntheticGlucocorticoidTreatment Changes DNAMethylation States inMale Organ Systems:MultigenerationalEffects Ariann CrudoSophie PetropoulosVasilis G. Moisiadis2012 год

Prenatal Synthetic Glucocorticoid Treatment Changes DNA Methylation States in Male Organ Systems: Multigenerational Effects
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Аннотация: Prenatal synthetic glucocorticoids (sGC) are administered to pregnant women at risk of delivering preterm, approximately 10% of all pregnancies. Animal studies have demonstrated that offspring exposed to elevated glucocorticoids, either by administration of sGC or as a result of maternal stress, are at increased risk of developing behavioral, endocrine, and metabolic abnormalities. DNA methylation is a covalent modification of DNA that plays a critical role in long-lasting programming of gene expression. Here we tested the hypothesis that prenatal sGC treatment has both acute and long-term effects on DNA methylation states in the fetus and offspring and that these effects extend into a subsequent generation. Pregnant guinea pigs were treated with sGC in late gestation, and methylation analysis by luminometric methylation assay was undertaken in organs from fetuses and offspring across two generations. Expression of genes that modify the epigenetic state were measured by quantitative real-time PCR. Results indicate that there are organ-specific developmental trajectories of methylation in the fetus and newborn. Furthermore, these trajectories are substantially modified by intrauterine exposure to sGC. These sGC-induced changes in DNA methylation remain into adulthood and are evident in the next generation. Furthermore, prenatal sGC exposure alters the expression of several genes encoding proteins that modulate the epigenetic state. Several of these changes are long lasting and are also present in the next generation. These data support the hypothesis that prenatal sGC exposure leads to broad changes in critical components of the epigenetic machinery and that these effects can pass to the next generation.
Год издания: 2012
Авторы: Ariann Crudo, Sophie Petropoulos, Vasilis G. Moisiadis, Majid Iqbal, Alisa Kostaki, Ziv Machnes, Moshe Szyf, Stephen G. Matthews
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Источник: Endocrinology
Ключевые слова: Birth, Development, and Health, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
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