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Amaz SA, Shahid MAH, Chaudhary A, Jha R, Mishra B. Embryonic thermal manipulation reduces hatch time, increases hatchability, thermotolerance, and liver metabolism in broiler embryos. Poult Sci 2024; 103:103527. [PMID: 38412748 PMCID: PMC10907853 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.103527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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The broilers' health and growth performance are affected by egg quality, incubation conditions, and posthatch management. Broilers are more susceptible to heat stress because they have poor thermoregulatory capacity. So, it is crucial to develop a strategy to make chicks thermotolerant and cope with heat stress in post-hatch life. This study investigated the effects of embryonic thermal manipulation (TM) on different hatching parameters (hatch time, hatchability, and hatch weight), brain thermotolerance, and liver metabolism. Six hundred fertile Cobb 500 eggs were incubated for 21 d. After candling on embryonic day (ED) 10, 238 eggs were thermally manipulated at 38.5°C with 55% relative humidity (RH) from ED 12 to 18, then transferred to the hatcher (ED 19-21, standard temperature, 37.5°C) and 236 eggs were incubated at a standard temperature (37.5°C) till hatch. The samples were collected from the Control and TM groups on ED 15 and 18 of the embryonic periods. Hatchability was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the TM group (94.50%) than in the control group (91.0%). Hatch weight did not differ significantly between the TM group (50.54 g) and the Control group (50.39 g). Most importantly, hatch time was significantly lower (P < 0.05) in the TM group than in the Control. In the D15 embryo brain, the mRNA expression of TRPV1,TRPV2, TRPV3, and the epigenetic marker H3K27 were significantly lower (P < 0.05) in the TM group compared to the Control group. However, in the D18 brain, the expression of TRPV1, TRPV2, and CRHR1 was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the TM group than in the Control group. In the liver, the mRNA expression of SLC6A14 was significantly lower (P < 0.05) in the D15 TM group than in the D15 Control group. Conversely, the DIO3 mRNA expression was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the D15 TM group than in the D15 Control group. The expression of GPX3, FOXO1, IGF2, and GHR in the liver was significantly higher in the D18 TM group compared to the D18 Control group (P < 0.05). In conclusion, increased expression of the aforementioned markers during the later embryonic period has been linked to reduced hatch time by increasing liver metabolism and thermotolerance capacity in the brain.
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- Sadid Al Amaz
- Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822.
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Ruuskanen S. Early-life environmental effects on birds: epigenetics and microbiome as mechanisms underlying long-lasting phenotypic changes. J Exp Biol 2024; 227:jeb246024. [PMID: 38449325 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.246024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Although the long-lasting effects of variation in early-life environment have been well documented across organisms, the underlying causal mechanisms are only recently starting to be unraveled. Yet understanding the underlying mechanisms of long-lasting effects can help us predict how organisms will respond to changing environments. Birds offer a great system in which to study developmental plasticity and its underlying mechanisms owing to the production of large external eggs and variation in developmental trajectories, combined with a long tradition of applied, physiological, ecological and evolutionary research. Epigenetic changes (such as DNA methylation) have been suggested to be a key mechanism mediating long-lasting effects of the early-life environment across taxa. More recently, changes in the early-life gut microbiome have been identified as another potential mediator of developmental plasticity. As a first step in understanding whether these mechanisms contribute to developmental plasticity in birds, this Review summarizes how changes in early-life environment (both prenatal and postnatal) influence epigenetic markers and the gut microbiome. The literature shows how both early-life biotic (such as resources and social environment) and abiotic (thermal environment and various anthropogenic stressors) factors modify epigenetic markers and the gut microbiome in birds, yet data concerning many other environmental factors are limited. The causal links of these modifications to lasting phenotypic changes are still scarce, but changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis have been identified as one putative pathway. This Review identifies several knowledge gaps, including data on the long-term effects, stability of the molecular changes, and lack of diversity in the systems studied, and provides directions for future research.
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- Suvi Ruuskanen
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Survontie 9C, 40500 Jyväskylä, Finland
- Department of Biology, University of Turku, Vesilinnankatu 5, 20500 Turku, Finland
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Qian QH, Song YP, Zhang Y, Xue H, Zhang WW, Han Y, Wāng Y, Xu DX. Gestational α-ketoglutarate supplementation ameliorates arsenic-induced hepatic lipid deposition via epigenetic reprogramming of β-oxidation process in female offspring. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 185:108488. [PMID: 38359550 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Inorganic trivalent arsenic (iAsⅢ) at environmentally relevant levels has been found to cause developmental toxicity. Maternal exposure to iAsⅢ leads to enduring hepatic lipid deposition in later adult life. However, the exact mechanism in iAsⅢ induced hepatic developmental hazards is still unclear. In this study, we initially found that gestational exposure to iAsⅢ at an environmentally relevant concentration disturbs lipid metabolism and reduces levels of alpha-ketoglutaric acid (α-KG), an important mitochondrial metabolite during the citric acid cycle, in fetal livers. Further, gestational supplementation of α-KG alleviated hepatic lipid deposition caused by early-life exposure to iAsⅢ. This beneficial effect was particularly pronounced in female offspring. α-KG partially restored the β-oxidation process in hepatic tissues by hydroxymethylation modifications of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1a (Cpt1a) gene during fetal development. Insufficient β-oxidation capacities probably play a crucial role in hepatic lipid deposition in adulthood following in utero arsenite exposure, which can be efficiently counterbalanced by replenishing α-KG. These results suggest that gestational administration of α-KG can ameliorate hepatic lipid deposition caused by iAsⅢ in female adult offspring partially through epigenetic reprogramming of the β-oxidation pathway. Furthermore, α-KG shows potential as an interventive target to mitigate the harmful effects of arsenic-induced hepatic developmental toxicity.
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- Qing-Hua Qian
- Department of Toxicology & Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology & Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology & Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology & Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology & Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology & Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology & Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
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- Department of Toxicology & Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
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Garcia CK, Gambino BJ, Robinson GP, Rua MT, Alzahrani JM, Clanton TL. Delayed metabolic disturbances in the myocardium after exertional heat stroke: contrasting effects of exertion and thermal load. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2023; 135:1186-1198. [PMID: 37795530 PMCID: PMC10979828 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00372.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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Epidemiological studies report higher risks of cardiovascular disease in humans exposed to heat stroke earlier in life. Previously, we explored mechanistic links between heat stroke and developing cardiac abnormalities using a preclinical mouse model of exertional heat stroke (EHS). Profound metabolic abnormalities developed in the ventricles of females but not males after 2 wk of recovery. Here we tested whether this lack of response in males could be attributed to the lower exercise performances or reduced thermal loads they experienced with the same running protocol. We systematically altered environmental temperature (Te) during EHS to manipulate heat exposure and exercise performance in the males. Three groups of adult C57BL/6 male mice were studied: "EHS-34" (Te = 34°C), "EHS-41" (Te = 41°C), and "EHS-39.5" (Te = 39.5°C). Mice ran until symptom limitation (unconsciousness), reaching max core temperature (Tc,max). After a 2-wk recovery, the mice were euthanized, and the ventricles were removed for untargeted metabolomics. Results were compared against age-matched nonexercise controls. The EHS-34 mice greatly elevated their exercise performance but reached lower Tc,max and lower thermal loads. The EHS-41 mice exhibited equivalent thermal loads, exercise times, and Tc,max compared with EHS-39.5. The ventricles from EHS-34 mice exhibited the greatest metabolic disturbances in the heart, characterized by shifts toward glucose metabolism, reductions in acylcarnitines, increased amino acid metabolites, elevations in antioxidants, altered TCA cycle flux, and increased xenobiotics. In conclusion, delayed metabolic disturbances following EHS in male myocardium appear to be greatly amplified by higher levels of exertion in the heat, even with lower thermal loads and max core temperatures.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Epidemiological data demonstrate greater cardiovascular risk in patients with previous heat stroke exposure. Using a preclinical mouse model of exertional heat stroke, male mice were exposed to one of three environmental temperatures (Te) during exercise. Paradoxically, after 2 wk, the mice in the lowest Te, exhibiting the largest exercise response and lowest heat load, had the greatest ventricular metabolic disturbances. Metabolic outcomes resemble developing left ventricular hypertrophy or stress-induced heart disease.
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- Christian K Garcia
- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Gershoni M. Transgenerational transmission of environmental effects in livestock in the age of global warming. Cell Stress Chaperones 2023; 28:445-454. [PMID: 36715961 PMCID: PMC10468476 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-023-01325-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Recent decades provide mounting evidence for the continual increase in global temperatures, now termed "global warming," to the point of drastic worldwide change in the climate. Climatic change is a long-term shift in temperatures and weather patterns, including increased frequency and intensity of extreme environmental events such as heat waves accompanied by extreme temperatures and high humidity. Climate change and global warming put several challenges to the livestock industry by directly affecting the animal's production, reproduction, health, and welfare. The broad impact of global warming, and in particular heat stress, on-farm animals' performance has been comprehensively studied. It has been estimated that the US livestock industry's loss caused by heat stress is up to $2.4 billion annually. However, the long-term intergenerational and transgenerational effects of climatic change and global warming on farm animals are sparse. Transgenerational effects, which are mediated by epigenetic mechanisms, can affect the animal's performance regardless of its immediate environment by altering its phenotypic expression to fit its ancestors' environment. In many animal species, environmental effects are epigenetically encoded within a narrow time interval during the organism's gametogenesis, and these epigenetic modifications can then be intergenerationally transmitted. Several epigenetic mechanisms mediate intergenerational transmission of environmental effects, typically in a parent-dependent manner. Therefore, exposure of the animal to an extreme climatic event and other environmental stressors during gametogenesis can undergo epigenetic stabilization in the germline and be passed to the offspring. As a result, the offspring might express a phenotype adjusted to fit the stressors experienced by their ancestors, regardless of their direct environment. The purpose of this perspective is to review current evidence for intergenerational and transgenerational transmission of environmental stress effects, specifically in the context of global warming and climate change, and to offer viewpoints on the possible impacts on the livestock industry.
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- Moran Gershoni
- Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, 7505101, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
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Wang B, Zhao T, Chen XX, Zhu YY, Lu X, Qian QH, Chen HR, Meng XH, Wang H, Wei W, Xu DX. Gestational 1-nitropyrene exposure causes anxiety-like behavior partially by altering hippocampal epigenetic reprogramming of synaptic plasticity in male adult offspring. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 453:131427. [PMID: 37080034 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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1-Nitropyrene (1-NP), a typical nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, is a developmental toxicant. This study was to evaluate gestational 1-NP-induced anxiety-like behavior in male adult offspring. Pregnant mice were orally administered to 1-NP daily throughout pregnancy. Anxiety-like behaviors, as determined by Elevated Plus-Maze (EPM) and Open-Field Test (OFT), were showed in male adult offspring whose mothers were exposed to 1-NP. Gestational 1-NP exposure reduced dendritic arborization, dendritic length and dendritic spine density in ventral hippocampus of male adult offspring. Additional experiments showed that gephyrin, an inhibitory synaptic marker, was reduced in fetal forebrain and hippocampus in male adult offspring. Nrg1 and Erbb4, two gephyrin-related genes, were reduced in 1-NP-exposed fetuses. Accordingly, 5hmC contents in two CpG sites (32008909 and 32009239) of Nrg1 gene and three CpG sites (69107743, 69107866 and 69107899) of Erbb4 gene were decreased in 1-NP-exposed fetuses. Mechanistically, ten-eleven translocation (TET) activity and alpha-ketoglutarate (α-KG) content were decreased in 1-NP-exposed fetal forebrain. Supplementation with α-KG alleviated 1-NP-induced downregulation of gephyrin-related genes, prevented hippocampal synaptic damage, and improved anxiety-like behavior in male adult offspring. These results indicate that early-life 1-NP exposure causes anxiety-like behavior in male adulthood partially by altering hippocampal epigenetic reprogramming of synaptic plasticity.
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- Bo Wang
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China; Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China; Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China; Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China; Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China; Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China; Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China; Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Anti-inflammatory & Immune Medicine, Education Ministry of China, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China; Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
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Tuo LJ, Song XY, Zhu YY, He HN, Song YP, Chen DZ, Zheng XM, Zhang H, Xu DX. Gestational folic acid supplement prevents vitamin D deficiency-induced depression-like behavior by reversing cortical DNA hypomethylation in adult offspring. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2023; 231:106313. [PMID: 37075986 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2023.106313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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Depression is a common mental disorder with an increasing incidence. Several studies have demonstrated that cortical DNA hypomethylation is associated with depression-like behaviors. This study aims to investigate whether maternal vitamin D deficiency (VDD) induces depression-like behaviors and to explore the effects of folic acid supplement on VDD-induced cortical DNA hypomethylation in adult offspring. Female mice were fed with a VDD diet, beginning at 5 weeks of age and throughout pregnancy. Depression-like behaviors were evaluated, and cortical 5-methylcytosine (5mC) content was detected in adult offspring. Results showed that depression-like behaviors were observed in adult offspring of the VDD group. Cortical Ache and Oxtr mRNAs were upregulated in female offspring of the VDD group. Cortical Cpt1a and Htr1b mRNAs were increased in male offspring of the VDD group. Moreover, cortical 5mC content was reduced in offspring of VDD-fed dams. The additional experiment showed that serum folate and cortical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) contents were decreased in the offspring of the VDD group. Folic acid supplement attenuated VDD-induced SAM depletion and reversed cortical DNA methylation. Moreover, folic acid supplement attenuated VDD-induced upregulation of depression-related genes. In addition, folic acid supplement alleviated maternal VDD-induced depression-like behaviors in adult offspring. These results suggest that maternal VDD induces depression-like behavior in adult offspring by reducing cortical DNA methylation. The gestational folic acid supplement prevents VDD-induced depression-like behavior by reversing cortical DNA hypomethylation in adult offspring.
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- Ling-Jin Tuo
- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi 214002, China; Laboratory Department of Haidong Second People's Hospital, Haidong, Qinghai 810699, China
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- Research Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Genetic Diseases, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Wuxi, 214002, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China; Department of Child Health Care, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi 214002, China.
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
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Effect of neonatal isolation on responses to subsequent exposure to isolation stress in young chickens. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2022; 274:111320. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Murray KO, Clanton TL, Horowitz M. Epigenetic responses to heat: From adaptation to maladaptation. Exp Physiol 2022; 107:1144-1158. [PMID: 35413138 PMCID: PMC9529784 DOI: 10.1113/ep090143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the topic of this review? This review outlines the history of research on epigenetic adaptations to heat exposure. The perspective taken is that adaptations reflect properties of hormesis, whereby low, repeated doses of heat induce adaptation (acclimation/acclimatization); whereas brief, life-threatening exposures can induce maladaptive responses. What advances does it highlight? The epigenetic mechanisms underlying acclimation/acclimatization comprise specific molecular programmes on histones that regulate heat shock proteins transcriptionally and protect the organism from subsequent heat exposures, even after long delays. The epigenetic signalling underlying maladaptive responses might rely, in part, on extensive changes in DNA methylation that are sustained over time and might contribute to later health challenges. ABSTRACT Epigenetics plays a strong role in molecular adaptations to heat by producing a molecular memory of past environmental exposures. Moderate heat, over long periods of time, induces an 'adaptive' epigenetic memory, resulting in a condition of 'resilience' to future heat exposures or cross-tolerance to other forms of toxic stress. In contrast, intense, life-threatening heat exposures, such as severe heat stroke, can result in a 'maladaptive' epigenetic memory that can place an organism at risk of later health complications. These cellular memories are coded by post-translational modifications of histones on the nucleosomes and/or by changes in DNA methylation. They operate by inducing changes in the level of gene transcription and therefore phenotype. The adaptive response to heat acclimation functions, in part, by facilitating transcription of essential heat shock proteins and exhibits a biphasic short programme (maintaining DNA integrity, followed by a long-term consolidation). The latter accelerates acclimation responses after de-acclimation. Although less studied, the maladaptive responses to heat stroke appear to be coded in long-lasting changes in DNA methylation near the promoter region of genes involved with basic cell function. Whether these memories are also encoded in histone modifications is not yet known. There is considerable evidence that both adaptive and maladaptive epigenetic responses to heat can be inherited, although most evidence comes from lower organisms. Future challenges include understanding the signalling mechanisms responsible and discovering new ways to promote adaptive responses while suppressing maladaptive responses to heat, as all life forms adapt to life on a warming planet.
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- Kevin O. Murray
- Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Laboratory of Environmental Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Dou J, Luo H, Sammad A, Lou W, Wang D, Schenkel F, Yu Y, Fang L, Wang Y. Epigenomics of rats' liver and its cross-species functional annotation reveals key regulatory genes underlying short term heat-stress response. Genomics 2022; 114:110449. [PMID: 35985612 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2022.110449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Molecular responses to heat stress are multifaceted and under a complex cellular post-transcriptional control. This study explores the epigenetic and transcriptional alterations induced by heat stress (42 °C for 120 min) in the liver of rats, by integrating ATAC-seq, RNA-Seq, and WGBS information. Out of 2586 differential ATAC-seq peaks induced by heat stress, 36 up-regulated and 22 down-regulated transcript factors (TFs) are predicted, such as Cebpα, Foxa2, Foxo4, Nfya and Sp3. Furthermore, 150,189 differentially methylated regions represent 2571 differentially expressed genes (DEGs). By integrating all data, 45 DEGs are concluded as potential heat stress response markers in rats. To comprehensively annotate and narrow down predicted markers, they are integrated with GWAS results of heat stress parameters in cows, and PheWAS data in humans. Besides better understanding of heat stress responses in mammals, INSR, MAPK8, RHPN2 and BTBD7 are proposed as candidate markers for heat stress in mammals.
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- Jinhuan Dou
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, MARA, National Engineering Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Animal Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, MARA, National Engineering Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, MARA, National Engineering Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, MARA, National Engineering Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, MARA, National Engineering Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, MARA, National Engineering Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, United Kingdom.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, MARA, National Engineering Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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Masroor S, Aalam MT, Khan O, Tanuj GN, Gandham RK, Dhara SK, Gupta PK, Mishra BP, Dutt T, Singh G, Sajjanar BK. Effect of acute heat shock on stress gene expression and DNA methylation in zebu (Bos indicus) and crossbred (Bos indicus × Bos taurus) dairy cattle. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2022; 66:1797-1809. [PMID: 35796826 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-022-02320-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Environmental temperature is one of the major factors to affect health and productivity of dairy cattle. Gene expression networks within the cells and tissues coordinate stress response, metabolism, and milk production in dairy cattle. Epigenetic DNA methylations were found to mediate the effect of environment by regulating gene expression patterns. In the present study, we compared three Indian native zebu cattle, Bos indicus (Sahiwal, Tharparkar, and Hariana) and one crossbred Bos indicus × Bos taurus (Vrindavani) for stress gene expression and differences in the DNA methylation patterns. The results indicated acute heat shock to cultured PBMC affected their proliferation, stress gene expression, and DNA methylation. Interestingly, expressions of HSP70, HSP90, and STIP1 were found more pronounced in zebu cattle than the crossbred cattle. However, no significant changes were observed in global DNA methylation due to acute heat shock, even though variations were observed in the expression patterns of DNA methyltransferases (DNMT1, DNMT3a) and demethylases (TET1, TET2, and TET3) genes. The treatment 5-AzaC (5-azacitidine) that inhibit DNA methylation in proliferating PBMC caused significant increase in heat shock-induced HSP70 and STIP1 expression indicating that hypomethylation facilitated stress gene expression. Further targeted analysis DNA methylation in the promoter regions revealed no significant differences for HSP70, HSP90, and STIP1. However, there was a significant hypomethylation for BDNF in both zebu and crossbred cattle. Similarly, NR3C1 promoter region showed hypomethylation alone in crossbred cattle. Overall, the results indicated that tropically adapted zebu cattle had comparatively higher expression of stress genes than the crossbred cattle. Furthermore, DNA methylation may play a role in regulating expression of certain genes involved in stress response pathways.
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- Sana Masroor
- Veterinary Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Veterinary Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Veterinary Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Veterinary Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Veterinary Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Veterinary Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Veterinary Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Haryana, Karnal, 132001, India
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- Veterinary Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Physiology and Climatology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar Bareilly, 243122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Veterinary Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Xu P, Lin H, Jiao H, Zhao J, Wang X. Advances in epigenetic mechanisms of chick embryo heat acclimation. WORLD POULTRY SCI J 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00439339.2022.2094845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- Peng Xu
- College of Animal Science & Technology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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Rosenberg T, Marco A, Kisliouk T, Haron A, Shinder D, Druyan S, Meiri N. Embryonic heat conditioning in chicks induces transgenerational heat/immunological resilience via methylation on regulatory elements. FASEB J 2022; 36:e22406. [PMID: 35713935 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202101948r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The question of whether behavioral traits are heritable is under debate. An obstacle in demonstrating transgenerational inheritance in mammals originates from the maternal environment's effect on offspring phenotype. Here, we used in ovo embryonic heat conditioning (EHC) of first-generation chicks, demonstrating heredity of both heat and immunological resilience, confirmed by a reduced fibril response in their untreated offspring to either heat or LPS challenge. Concordantly, transcriptome analysis confirmed that EHC induces changes in gene expression in the anterior preoptic hypothalamus (APH) that contribute to these phenotypes in the offspring. To study the association between epigenetic mechanisms and trait heritability, DNA-methylation patterns in the APH of offspring of control versus EHC fathers were evaluated. Genome-wide analysis revealed thousands of differentially methylated sites (DMSs), which were highly enriched in enhancers and CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) sites. Overlap analysis revealed 110 differentially expressed genes that were associated with altered methylation, predominantly on enhancers. Gene-ontology analysis shows pathways associated with immune response, chaperone-mediated protein folding, and stress response. For the proof of concept, we focused on HSP25 and SOCS3, modulators of heat and immune responses, respectively. Chromosome conformational capture (3C) assay identified interactions between their promoters and methylated enhancers, with the strongest frequency on CTCF binding sites. Furthermore, gene expression corresponded with the differential methylation patterns, and presented increased CTCF binding in both hyper- and hypomethylated DMSs. Collectively, we demonstrate that EHC induces transgenerational thermal and immunological resilience traits. We propose that one of the mechanisms underlying inheritance depends on three-dimensional (3D) chromatin reorganization.
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- Tali Rosenberg
- Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Animal Science, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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Song YP, Lv JW, Zhao Y, Chen X, Zhang ZC, Fan YJ, Zhang C, Gao L, Huang Y, Wang H, Xu DX. DNA hydroxymethylation reprogramming of β-oxidation genes mediates early-life arsenic-evoked hepatic lipid accumulation in adult mice. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 430:128511. [PMID: 35739688 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The metabolic disorders are becoming an epidemic disease endangering public health in countries. Environmental factors are mainly reason for the growth of metabolic disorders. Previous research suggests that DNA methylation is a potential mechanism. Recently, it has been reported that DNA hydroxymethylation is also a stable marker of epigenetic reprogramming. Hence, the study aims to investigate whether DNA hydroxymehylation mediates early-life environmental stress-evoked metabolic disorder in adulthood. Mice were orally administered with arsenic (As), an environmental stressor, throughout pregnancy. We show that early-life As exposure induces glucose intolerance and hepatic lipid accumulation in adulthood. Early-life As exposure alters epigenetic reprogramming and expression of lipid metabolism-related genes including β-oxidation-specific genes in adulthood. Of interest, early-life As exposure alters epigenetic reprogramming of hepatic lipid metabolism partially through reducing DNA hydroxymethylation modification of β-oxidation-related genes in developing liver. Mechanistically, early-life As exposure suppresses ten-eleven translocation (TET) activity through downregulating isocitrate dehydrogenases (Idh) and reducing alpha-ketoglutarate (α-KG) content in the developing liver. In addition, early-life As exposure inhibits TET1 binding to CpG-rich fragments of β-oxidation-related genes in developing liver. This study provide novel evidence that early-life environmental stress leads to later life metabolic disorders by altering hepatic DNA hydroxymethylation reprogramming.
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- Ya-Ping Song
- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
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Díaz-Hung ML, Hetz C. Proteostasis and resilience: on the interphase between individual's and intracellular stress. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2022; 33:305-317. [PMID: 35337729 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2022.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A long proportion of the population is resilient to the negative consequences of stress. Glucocorticoids resulting from endocrine responses to stress are essential adaptive mediators, but also drive alterations to brain function, negatively impacting neuronal connectivity, synaptic plasticity, and memory-related processes. Recent evidence has indicated that organelle function and cellular stress responses are relevant determinant of vulnerability and resistance to environmental stress. At the molecular level, a fundamental mechanism of cellular stress adaptation is the maintenance of proteostasis, which also have key roles in sustaining basal neuronal function. Here, we discuss recent evidence suggesting that proteostasis unbalance at the level of the endoplasmic reticulum, the main site for protein folding in the cell, represents a possible mechanistic link between individuals and cellular stress.
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- Mei-Li Díaz-Hung
- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; FONDAP Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; FONDAP Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism, Santiago, Chile; Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA.
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New Insights into TETs in Psychiatric Disorders. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23094909. [PMID: 35563298 PMCID: PMC9103987 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23094909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Psychiatric disorders are complex and heterogeneous disorders arising from the interaction of multiple factors based on neurobiology, genetics, culture, and life experience. Increasing evidence indicates that sustained abnormalities are maintained by epigenetic modifications in specific brain regions. Over the past decade, the critical, non-redundant roles of the ten-eleven translocation (TET) family of dioxygenase enzymes have been identified in the brain during developmental and postnatal stages. Specifically, TET-mediated active demethylation, involving the iterative oxidation of 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and subsequent oxidative derivatives, is dynamically regulated in response to environmental stimuli such as neuronal activity, learning and memory processes, and stressor exposure. Here, we review the progress of studies designed to provide a better understanding of how profiles of TET proteins and 5hmC are powerful mechanisms by which to explain neuronal plasticity and long-term behaviors, and impact transcriptional programs operative in the brain that contribute to psychiatric disorders.
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Learning Ability and Hippocampal Transcriptome Responses to Early and Later Life Environmental Complexities in Dual-Purpose Chicks. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12050668. [PMID: 35268235 PMCID: PMC8909157 DOI: 10.3390/ani12050668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In this study, we hypothesized that complex early-life environments enhance the learning ability and the hippocampal plasticity when the individual is faced with future life challenges. Chicks were divided into a barren environment group (BG), a litter materials group (LG), and a perches and litter materials group (PLG) until 31 days of age, and then their learning abilities were tested following further rearing in barren environments for 22 days. In response to the future life challenge, the learning ability showed no differences among the three groups. In the hippocampal KEGG pathways, the LG chicks showed the downregulation of neural-related genes neuronal growth regulator 1 (NEGR1) and neurexins (NRXN1) in the cell adhesion molecules pathway compared to the BG (p < 0.05). Immune-related genes TLR2 in Malaria and Legionellosis and IL-18 and IL18R1 in the TNF signaling pathway were upregulated in the LG compared to in the BG (p < 0.05). Compared to the BG, the PLG displayed upregulated TLR2A in Malaria (p < 0.05). The PLG showed upregulated neural-related gene, i.e., neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-7-like (CHRNA8) in the nicotine addiction pathway and secretagogin (SCGN) gene expression, as compared to the LG (p < 0.05). In conclusion, early-life environmental complexities had limited effects on the learning ability in response to a future life challenge. Early-life perches and litter materials can improve neural- and immune-related gene expression and functional pathways in the hippocampus of chicks.
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mRNA Expressions of Methylation Related Enzymes and Duration of Thermal Conditioning in Chicks. J Poult Sci 2022; 59:90-95. [PMID: 35125918 PMCID: PMC8791769 DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.0210029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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DNA methylation regulates gene expression by modifying the nucleosome structure of DNA, without altering the gene sequence. It has been reported that DNA methylation reactions are catalyzed by several enzymes. In chickens, thermal conditioning treatment affects the central DNA methylation levels. The purpose of this study was to clarify the changes in DNA methylation and demethylation factors during thermal conditioning in the hypothalamus of 3-day-old chicks. Male chicks (3-days old) were exposed to 40±0.5°C as a thermal conditioning treatment for 1, 2, 6, 9, or 12 h. The control chicks were kept in a thermoneutral zone (30±0.2°C). After thermal conditioning, the mRNA levels of DNA methyltransferase (DNMT)-1, -3a, -3b, and ten-eleven translocation (TET)-1, -2, and -3 in the hypothalamus were measured by q-PCR. The mRNA levels of DNMT-3a and TET-1 were increased by thermal conditioning. Moreover, the expression level of TET-1 increased with the loading time of the thermal conditioning. The gene expressions of DNMT-1, DNMT-3b, TET-2, and TET-3 were not affected by thermal conditioning. Since DNMT-3a is a catalyst for de-novo DNA methylation and TET-1 catalyzes the oxidation of methylated cytosine, it is suggested that the thermal conditioning increased the activation of DNA methylation and demethylation factors, which occur in the hypothalamus of neonatal chicks.
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Lv JW, Song YP, Zhang ZC, Fan YJ, Xu FX, Gao L, Zhang XY, Zhang C, Wang H, Xu DX. Gestational arsenic exposure induces anxiety-like behaviors in adult offspring by reducing DNA hydroxymethylation in the developing brain. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 227:112901. [PMID: 34673408 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Several studies found that reduction of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), a marker of DNA hydroxymethylation highly enriched in developing brain, is associated with anxiety-like behaviors. This study aimed to investigate whether gestational arsenic (As) exposure induces anxiety-like behaviors in adult offspring by reducing DNA hydroxymethylation in the developing brain. The dams drank ultrapure water containing NaAsO2 (15 mg/L) throughout pregnancy. Anxiety-like behaviors were evaluated and developing brain 5hmC was detected. Results showed that anxiety-like behaviors were observed in As-exposed adult offspring. In addition, 5hmC content was reduced in As-exposed fetal brain. Despite no difference on Tet1, Tet2 and Tet3 expression, TET activity was suppressed in As-exposed fetal brain. Mechanistically, alpha-ketoglutarate (α-KG), a cofactor for TET dioxygenases, was reduced and Idh2, a key enzymatic gene for mitochondrial α-KG synthesis, was downregulated in As-exposed fetal brain. Of interest, ascorbic acid, a cofactor for TET dioxygenases, reversed As-induced suppression of TET activity. Moreover, ascorbic acid attenuated As-induced reduction of 5hmC in fetal brain. In addition, ascorbic acid alleviated As-induced anxiety-like behaviors in adult offspring. Taken together, these results suggest that gestational As exposure induces anxiety-like behaviors in adult offspring, possibly at part, by inhibiting DNA hydroxymethylation in developing brain.
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- Jin-Wei Lv
- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
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Ben-Nun O, Kisliouk T, Marco A, Rosenberg T, Meiri N. Early-life thermal stress mediates long-term alterations in hypothalamic microglia. Glia 2021; 70:619-633. [PMID: 34904755 DOI: 10.1002/glia.24129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Stressful environmental events in early life have long-lasting consequences on later stress responses. We previously showed that heat conditioning of 3-day-old chicks during the critical period of heat-response development leads to heat vulnerability later in life. Here we assessed the role of early-life heat stress on the inflammatory response in the chick anterior hypothalamus (AH), focusing on hypothalamic microglia. We identified the microglial cell population in the chick AH using anti-KUL01 and anti-CD45 antibodies. Specific microglial features were also confirmed by expression of their signature genes. Under normal environmental conditions, hypothalamic microglia isolated from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-injected chicks displayed a classical activated proinflammatory profile accompanied by a decreased homeostatic signature, demonstrating similarity of immune response with mammalian microglial cells. In accordance with our previous observations, conditioning of 3-day-old chicks under high ambient temperature decreased the number of newborn cells in the AH, among them microglial precursors. Although heat exposure did not affect microglial cell viability, it had a long-term impact on LPS-induced inflammatory response. Exposure to harsh heat led to heat vulnerability, and attenuated recruitment of peripheral monocytes and T cells into the AH following LPS challenge. Moreover, heat conditioning altered microglial reactivity, manifested as suppressed microglial activation in response to LPS. Innate immune memory developed by heat conditioning might underlie suppression of the microglial response to LPS challenge. We describe alterations in genome-wide CpG methylation profile of hypothalamic microglia, demonstrating probable epigenetic involvement in the reprogramming of microglial function, leading to heat-induced inflammatory cross-tolerance.
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- Osher Ben-Nun
- Institute of Animal Science, ARO, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel.,The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Animal Science, ARO, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Animal Science, ARO, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Animal Science, ARO, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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Zhang Q, Hu Q, Wang J, Miao Z, Li Z, Zhao Y, Wan B, Allen EG, Sun M, Jin P, Xu X. Stress modulates Ahi1-dependent nuclear localization of Ten-Eleven Translocation Protein 2. Hum Mol Genet 2021; 30:2149-2160. [PMID: 34218273 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddab179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Major depression disorder (MDD) is one of the most common psychiatric diseases. Recent evidence supports that environmental stress affects gene expression and promotes the pathological process of depression through epigenetic mechanisms. Three Ten-Eleven Translocation (Tet) enzymes are epigenetic regulators of gene expression that promote 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) modification of genes. Here, we show that the loss of Tet2 can induce depression-like phenotypes in mice. Paradoxically, using the paradigms of chronic stress, such as chronic mild stress (CMS) and chronic social defeat stress (CSDS), we found that depressive behaviors were associated with increased Tet2 expression but decreased global 5hmC level in hippocampus. We examined the genome-wide 5hmC profile in the hippocampus of Tet2 knockout mice and identified 651 dynamically hydroxymethylated regions, some of which overlapped with known depression-associated loci. We further showed that chronic stress could induce the abnormal nuclear translocation of Tet2 protein from cytosol. Through Tet2 immunoprecipitation and mass spectrum analyses, we identified a cellular trafficking protein, Abelson helper integration site-1 (Ahi1), which could interact with Tet2 protein. Ahi1 knockout or knockdown caused the accumulation of Tet2 in cytosol. The reduction of Ahi1 protein under chronic stress explained the abnormal Ahi1-dependent nuclear translocation of Tet2. These findings together provide the evidence for a critical role of modulating Tet2 nuclear translocation in regulating stress response.
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- Qian Zhang
- Departments of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou City, China.,Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou City, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou City, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou City, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou City, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou City, China
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- The Institute of Fetology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou City, China
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Departments of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou City, China.,Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University, Suzhou City, China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Dick A, Chen A. The role of TET proteins in stress-induced neuroepigenetic and behavioural adaptations. Neurobiol Stress 2021; 15:100352. [PMID: 34189192 PMCID: PMC8220100 DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Over the past decade, critical, non-redundant roles of the ten-eleven translocation (TET) family of dioxygenase enzymes have been identified in the brain during developmental and postnatal stages. Specifically, TET-mediated active demethylation, involving the iterative oxidation of 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and subsequent oxidative derivatives, is dynamically regulated in response to environmental stimuli such as neuronal activity, learning and memory processes, and stressor exposure. Such changes may therefore perpetuate stable and dynamic transcriptional patterns within neuronal populations required for neuroplasticity and behavioural adaptation. In this review, we will highlight recent evidence supporting a role of TET protein function and active demethylation in stress-induced neuroepigenetic and behavioural adaptations. We further explore potential mechanisms by which TET proteins may mediate both the basal and pathological embedding of stressful life experiences within the brain of relevance to stress-related psychiatric disorders.
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- Alec Dick
- Department of Stress Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- Corresponding author.
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- Department of Stress Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- The Ruhman Family Laboratory for Research on the Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Chen Z, Zhou T, Zhang Y, Dong H, Jin W. Mast cells in the paraventricular nucleus participate in visceral hypersensitivity induced by neonatal maternal separation. Behav Brain Res 2021; 402:113113. [PMID: 33412227 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.113113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Early-life stress (ELS) is a high-risk factor for the development of chronic visceral pain in adulthood. Emerging evidence suggests that mast cells play a key role in the development of visceral hypersensitivity through interaction with neurons. The sensitization of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of visceral pain. However, the precise mechanism by which mast cells and CRF neurons interact in the PVN in the pathogenesis of visceral hypersensitivity remains elusive. In the present study, we used neonatal maternal separation (MS), an ELS model, and observed that neonatal MS induced visceral hypersensitivity and triggered PVN mast cell activation in adult rats, which was repressed by intra-PVN infusion of the mast cell stabilizer disodium cromoglycate (cromolyn). Wild-type (WT) mice but not mast cell-deficient KitW-sh/W-sh mice that had experienced neonatal MS exhibited chronic visceral hypersensitivity. MS was associated with an increase in the expression of proinflammatory mediators, the number of CRF+ cells and CRF protein in the PVN, which was prevented by intra-PVN infusion of cromolyn. Furthermore, we demonstrated that intra-PVN infusion of the mast degranulator compound 48/80 significantly induced mast cell activation, resulting in proinflammatory mediator release, CRF neuronal sensitization, and visceral hypersensitivity, which was suppressed by cromolyn. Overall, our findings demonstrated that neonatal MS induces the activation of PVN mast cells, which secrete numerous proinflammatory mediators that may participate in neighboring CRF neuronal activity, ultimately directly inducing visceral hypersensitivity in adulthood.
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- Ziyang Chen
- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Nanjing Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital Affiliate with Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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Madkour M, Aboelenin MM, Aboelazab O, Elolimy AA, El-Azeem NA, El-Kholy MS, Alagawany M, Shourrap M. Hepatic expression responses of DNA methyltransferases, heat shock proteins, antioxidant enzymes, and NADPH 4 to early life thermal conditioning in broiler chickens. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2021.1890645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Mahmoud Madkour
- Animal Production Department, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Animal Production Department, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Animal Production Department, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
- Mammalian NutriPhysioGenomics, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Poultry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Poultry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Ouchi Y, Chowdhury VS, Cockrem JF, Bungo T. Effects of Thermal Conditioning on Changes in Hepatic and Muscular Tissue Associated With Reduced Heat Production and Body Temperature in Young Chickens. Front Vet Sci 2021; 7:610319. [PMID: 33537354 PMCID: PMC7847892 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.610319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Effects of increased summer temperatures on poultry production are becoming more pronounced due to global warming, so it is important to consider approaches that might reduce heat stress in chickens. Thermal conditioning in chickens in the neonatal period can improve thermotolerance and reduce body temperature increases when birds are exposed to high ambient temperature later in life. The objective of this study was to investigate physiological and molecular changes associated with heat production and hence body temperature regulation under high ambient temperatures in thermally conditioned chicks. Three-day-old broiler chicks (Chunky) were thermally conditioned by exposure to a high ambient temperature (40°C) for 12 h while control chicks were kept at 30°C. Four days after the treatment, both groups were exposed to 40°C for 15 or 90 min. The increase in rectal temperature during 90 min of exposure to a high ambient temperature was less in thermally conditioned than control chicks. At 15-min of re-exposure treatment, gene expression for uncoupling protein and carnitine palmitoyletransferase 1, key molecules in thermogenesis and fatty acid oxidation, were significantly higher in pectoral muscle of control chicks but not conditioned chicks. Hepatic argininosuccinate synthase (ASS) decreased and hepatic argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) increased after reexposure to a high temperature. The concentrations of hepatic arginosuccinic acid, and ASS and ASL expression, were upregulated in conditioned chicks compared with the control chicks, indicating activity of the urea cycle could be enhanced to trap more energy to reduce heat production in conditioned chicks. These results suggest thermal conditioning can reduce the increase in heat production in muscles of chickens that occurs in high ambient temperatures to promote sensible heat loss. Conditioning may also promote energy trapping process in the liver by altering the heat production system, resulting in an alleviation of the excessive rise of body temperature.
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- Yoshimitsu Ouchi
- Laboratory of Animal Behavior and Physiology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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- Division for Experimental Natural Science, Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Laboratory of Animal Behavior and Physiology, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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Soga T, Nakajima S, Kawaguchi M, Parhar IS. Repressor element 1 silencing transcription factor /neuron-restrictive silencing factor (REST/NRSF) in social stress and depression. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2021; 104:110053. [PMID: 32739332 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Extreme stress is closely linked with symptoms of depression. Chronic social stress can cause structural and functional changes in the brain. These changes are associated with dysfunction of neuroprotective signalling that is necessary for cell survival, growth, and maturation. Reduced neuronal numbers and volume of brain regions have been found in depressed patients, which may be caused by decreased cell survival and increased cell death. Elucidating the mechanism underlying the degeneration of the neuroprotective system in social stress-induced depression is important for developing neuroprotective measures. The Repressor Element 1 Silencing Transcription Factor (REST) also known as Neuron-Restrictive Silencing Factor (NRSF) has been reported as a neuroprotective molecule in certain neurological disorders. Decreased expression levels of REST/NRSF in the nucleus can induce death-related gene expression, leading to neuronal death. Under physiological stress conditions, REST/NRSF over expression is known to activate neuronal survival in the brain. Alterations in REST/NRSF expression in the brain has been reported in stressed animal models and in the post-mortem brain of patients with depression. Here, we highlight the neuroprotective function of REST/NRSF and discuss dysregulation of REST/NRSF and neuronal damage during social stress and depression.
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- Tomoko Soga
- Brain Research Institute, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, PJ, 47500, Malaysia
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- Brain Research Institute, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, PJ, 47500, Malaysia
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- Laboratory of Animal Behaviour and Environmental Science, School of Agriculture, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan
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- Brain Research Institute, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, PJ, 47500, Malaysia.
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McCaw BA, Stevenson TJ, Lancaster LT. Epigenetic Responses to Temperature and Climate. Integr Comp Biol 2020; 60:1469-1480. [PMID: 32470117 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icaa049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Epigenetics represents a widely accepted set of mechanisms by which organisms respond to the environment by regulating phenotypic plasticity and life history transitions. Understanding the effects of environmental control on phenotypes and fitness, via epigenetic mechanisms, is essential for understanding the ability of organisms to rapidly adapt to environmental change. This review highlights the significance of environmental temperature on epigenetic control of phenotypic variation, with the aim of furthering our understanding of how epigenetics might help or hinder species' adaptation to climate change. It outlines how epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation and histone/chromatin modification, (1) respond to temperature and regulate thermal stress responses in different kingdoms of life, (2) regulate temperature-dependent expression of key developmental processes, sex determination, and seasonal phenotypes, (3) facilitate transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of thermal adaptation, (4) adapt populations to local and global climate gradients, and finally (5) facilitate in biological invasions across climate regions. Although the evidence points towards a conserved role of epigenetics in responding to temperature change, there appears to be an element of temperature- and species-specificity in the specific effects of temperature change on epigenetic modifications and resulting phenotypic responses. The review identifies areas of future research in epigenetic responses to environmental temperature change.
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- Beth A McCaw
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Horowitz M. Do exertional heat stroke and environmental heat involve epigenetic memory? J Physiol 2020; 599:7-8. [PMID: 33098309 DOI: 10.1113/jp280928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Michal Horowitz
- Laboratory of Environmental Physiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Rosenberg T, Kisliouk T, Cramer T, Shinder D, Druyan S, Meiri N. Embryonic Heat Conditioning Induces TET-Dependent Cross-Tolerance to Hypothalamic Inflammation Later in Life. Front Genet 2020; 11:767. [PMID: 32849788 PMCID: PMC7419591 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Early life encounters with stress can lead to long-lasting beneficial alterations in the response to various stressors, known as cross-tolerance. Embryonic heat conditioning (EHC) of chicks was previously shown to mediate resilience to heat stress later in life. Here we demonstrate that EHC can induce cross-tolerance with the immune system, attenuating hypothalamic inflammation. Inflammation in EHC chicks was manifested, following lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge on day 10 post-hatch, by reduced febrile response and reduced expression of LITAF and NFκB compared to controls, as well as nuclear localization and activation of NFκB in the hypothalamus. Since the cross-tolerance effect was long-lasting, we assumed that epigenetic mechanisms are involved. We focused on the role of ten-eleven translocation (TET) family enzymes, which are the mediators of active CpG demethylation. Here, TET transcription during early life stress was found to be necessary for stress resilience later in life. The expression of the TET family enzymes in the midbrain during conditioning increased in parallel to an elevation in concentration of their cofactor α-ketoglutarate. In-ovo inhibition of TET activity during EHC, by the α-ketoglutarate inhibitor bis-2-(5-phenylacetamido-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl) ethyl sulfide (BPTES), resulted in reduced total and locus specific CpG demethylation in 10-day-old chicks and reversed both thermal and inflammatory resilience. In addition, EHC attenuated the elevation in expression of the stress markers HSP70, CRHR1, and CRHR2, during heat challenge on day 10 post-hatch. This reduction in expression was reversed by BPTES. Similarly, the EHC-dependent reduction of inflammatory gene expression during LPS challenge was eliminated in BPTES-treated chicks. Thus, TET family enzymes and CpG demethylation are essential for the embryonic induction of stress cross-tolerance in the hypothalamus.
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- Tali Rosenberg
- Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Institute of Animal Science, Rishon LeZion, Israel
- Department of Animal Science, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Institute of Animal Science, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Institute of Animal Science, Rishon LeZion, Israel
- Department of Animal Science, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Institute of Animal Science, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Institute of Animal Science, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Institute of Animal Science, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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Rosenberg T, Kisliouk T, Ben-Nun O, Cramer T, Meiri N. Cross-tolerance: embryonic heat conditioning induces inflammatory resilience by affecting different layers of epigenetic mechanisms regulating IL6 expression later in life. Epigenetics 2020; 16:228-241. [PMID: 32705933 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2020.1795596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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A stressor can induce resilience in another, different stressor, a phenomenon known as cross-tolerance. To learn if cross-tolerance is governed by epigenetic regulation, we used embryonic heat conditioning (EHC) in chicks, during the development of the hypothalamus, to increase the immunization response. Indeed, EHC induced a lifelong systemic antibody response to immunization, in addition to reduced hypothalamic IL6 inflammatory expression following LPS challenge. Since the outcome of EHC was long-term cross-tolerance with the immune system, we studied possible epigenetic mechanisms. We first analysed the methylation and hydroxymethylation patterns of IL6. We found reduced hydroxymethylation on IL6 intron 1 in the EHC group, a segment enriched with CpGs and NFkB-binding sites. Luciferase assay in cell lines expressing NFkB showed that IL6 intron 1 is indeed an enhancer. ChiP in the same segment against NFkB in the hypothalamus presented reduced binding to IL6 intron 1 in the EHC group, before and during LPS challenge. In parallel, EHC chicks' IL6 intron 1 presented increased H3K27me3, a repressive translational modification mediated by EZH2. This histone modification occurred during embryonic conditioning and persisted later in life. Moreover, we showed reduced expression of miR-26a, which inhibits EZH2 transcription, during conditioning along with increased EZH2 expression. We demonstrate that stress cross-tolerance, which was indicated by EHC-induced inflammatory resilience and displayed by attenuated inflammatory expression of IL6, is regulated by different epigenetic layers.
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- Tali Rosenberg
- Volcani Center, Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization , Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel.,Department of Animal Science, the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Rehovot, Israel
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- Volcani Center, Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization , Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel
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- Volcani Center, Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization , Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel.,Department of Animal Science, the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Rehovot, Israel
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- Volcani Center, Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization , Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel.,Department of Animal Science, the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Rehovot, Israel
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- Volcani Center, Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization , Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel
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Yang D, Wu X, Zhou Y, Wang W, Wang Z. The microRNA/TET3/REST axis is required for olfactory globose basal cell proliferation and male behavior. EMBO Rep 2020; 21:e49431. [PMID: 32677323 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201949431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In the main olfactory epithelium (MOE), new olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) are persistently generated to replace lost neurons throughout an organism's lifespan. This process predominantly depends on the proliferation of globose basal cells (GBCs), the actively dividing stem cells in the MOE. Here, by using CRISPR/Cas9 and RNAi coupled with adeno-associated virus (AAV) nose delivery approaches, we demonstrated that knockdown of miR-200b/a in the MOE resulted in supernumerary Mash1-marked GBCs and decreased numbers of differentiated OSNs, accompanied by abrogation of male behaviors. We further showed that in the MOE, miR-200b/a targets the ten-eleven translocation methylcytosine dioxygenase TET3, which cooperates with RE1-silencing transcription factor (REST) to exert their functions. Deficiencies including proliferation, differentiation, and behaviors illustrated in miR-200b/a knockdown mice were rescued by suppressing either TET3 or REST. Our work describes a mechanism of coordination of GBC proliferation and differentiation in the MOE and olfactory male behaviors through miR-200/TET3/REST signaling.
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- Dong Yang
- College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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Early-Life m 6A RNA Demethylation by Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated Protein (FTO) Influences Resilience or Vulnerability to Heat Stress Later in Life. eNeuro 2020; 7:ENEURO.0549-19.2020. [PMID: 32554504 PMCID: PMC7329298 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0549-19.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Early life heat stress leads to either resilience or vulnerability to a similar stress later in life. We have previously shown that this tuning of the stress response depends on neural network organization in the preoptic anterior hypothalamus (PO/AH) thermal response center and is regulated by epigenetic mechanisms. Here, we expand our understanding of stress response establishment describing a role for epitranscriptomic regulation of the epigenetic machinery. Specifically, we explore the role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation in long-term response to heat stress. Heat conditioning of 3-d-old chicks diminished m6A RNA methylation in the hypothalamus, simultaneously with an increase in the mRNA levels of the m6A demethylase, fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO). Moreover, a week later, methylation of two heat stress-related transcripts, histone 3 lysine 27 (H3K27) methyltransferase, enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), were downregulated in harsh-heat-conditioned chicks. During heat challenge a week after conditioning, there was a reduction of m6A levels in mild-heat-conditioned chicks and an elevation in harsh-heat-conditioned ones. This increase in m6A modification was negatively correlated with the expression levels of both BDNF and EZH2. Antisense “knock-down” of FTO caused an elevation of global m6A RNA methylation, reduction of EZH2 and BDNF mRNA levels, and decrease in global H3K27 dimethylation as well as dimethyl H3K27 level along BDNF coding region, and, finally, led to heat vulnerability. These findings emphasize the multilevel regulation of gene expression, including both epigenetic and epitranscriptomic regulatory mechanisms, fine-tuning the neural network organization in a response to stress.
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Xiao Y, Wang J, Siegel PB, Cline MA, Gilbert ER. Early-Life Stress Induced Epigenetic Changes of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Gene in Anorexic Low Body Weight-Selected Chicks. Life (Basel) 2020; 10:life10050051. [PMID: 32349206 PMCID: PMC7281629 DOI: 10.3390/life10050051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The expression of neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) were increased when low body weight–selected (LWS) line chicks, which are predisposed to anorexia, were subjected to a combination of nutritional and thermal stressors at hatch. We hypothesized that such changes resulted from epigenetic modifications. We determined global DNA methylation, DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) activity, and methylation near the promoter regions of NPY and CRF, in the hypothalamus of LWS chicks on day 5 post-hatch. Stress exposure at hatch induced global hypermethylation and increased DNMT activity in the ARC but not PVN. In the PVN of stressed LWS chicks, there was decreased methylation of a CpG site located at the core binding domain of methyl cytosine binding domain protein 2 (MBD2), near the CRF gene promoter. We then demonstrated that this was associated with disrupted binding of MBD2. There was also reduced utilization of yolk reserves and lean and fat masses in chicks that were stress-exposed. These findings provide novel insights on molecular mechanisms through which stressful events induce or intensify anorexia in predisposed individuals and a novel molecular target for further studies.
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- Yang Xiao
- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; (Y.X.); (J.W.); (P.B.S.); (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; (Y.X.); (J.W.); (P.B.S.); (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; (Y.X.); (J.W.); (P.B.S.); (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; (Y.X.); (J.W.); (P.B.S.); (M.A.C.)
- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; (Y.X.); (J.W.); (P.B.S.); (M.A.C.)
- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-540-231-4750
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Sajjanar B, Siengdee P, Trakooljul N, Liu X, Kalbe C, Wimmers K, Ponsuksili S. Cross-talk between energy metabolism and epigenetics during temperature stress response in C2C12 myoblasts. Int J Hyperthermia 2020; 36:776-784. [PMID: 31431083 DOI: 10.1080/02656736.2019.1639834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Objective: Environmental stress induces disturbances in cell energy metabolism and may cause epigenetic modifications. This study aimed to understand the possible impact of temperature stress (35 °C, 39 °C and 41 °C, compared to control 37 °C) on energy metabolism and epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation and histone H4 acetylation, as well as its effects on the expression of genes responsible for epigenetic changes, in mouse skeletal myoblasts (C2C12 cells). Methods: The results showed significantly reduced maximal respiration and spare respiratory capacity under heat stress (39 °C and 41 °C), suggesting that mitochondrial functions were compromised under these conditions. The glycolytic capacity and glycolysis markedly increased following low-temperature stress (35 °C). The results suggested that, under cold stress, cells prefer glycolysis as a rapid compensatory mechanism to meet energy requirements for adaptive thermogenic response. Results: Epigenetic changes (histone H4 acetylation and global DNA methylation) were observed under both heat and cold stress. Among the genes coding for DNA methyltransferases, the Dnmt3a was significantly increased under high-temperature conditions (39 °C and 41 °C), while Dnmt1 expression was significantly increased at low temperature (35 °C), indicating that under these conditions the cells preferred maintenance of methylation to de novo methylation activity. An expression pattern similar to Dnmt3a was observed for Gcn5, encoding for a histone acetyltransferase. The study revealed that temperature stress induced changes in the metabolic profiles, as well as epigenetic modifications, including the dynamics of the key enzymes. Conclusion: The results indicated the existence of crosstalk mechanisms between energy metabolism and epigenetics during cell stress response.
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- Basavaraj Sajjanar
- Functional Genome Analysis Research Unit, Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) , Dummerstorf , Germany
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- Functional Genome Analysis Research Unit, Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) , Dummerstorf , Germany
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- Functional Genome Analysis Research Unit, Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) , Dummerstorf , Germany
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- Functional Genome Analysis Research Unit, Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) , Dummerstorf , Germany
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- Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) , Dummerstorf , Germany
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- Functional Genome Analysis Research Unit, Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) , Dummerstorf , Germany.,Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University Rostock , Rostock , Germany
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- Functional Genome Analysis Research Unit, Institute of Genome Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) , Dummerstorf , Germany
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Cramer T, Rosenberg T, Kisliouk T, Meiri N. PARP Inhibitor Affects Long-term Heat-stress Response via Changes in DNA Methylation. Neuroscience 2018; 399:65-76. [PMID: 30579833 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Resilience to stress can be obtained by adjusting the stress-response set point during postnatal sensory development. Recent studies have implemented epigenetic mechanisms to play leading roles in improving resilience. We previously found that better resilience to heat stress in chicks can be achieved by conditioning them to moderate heat stress during their critical developmental period of thermal control establishment, 3 days posthatch. Furthermore, the expression level of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) was found to play a direct role in determining future resilience or vulnerability to heat stress by alterations in its DNA-methylation and demethylation pattern. Here we demonstrate how intraperitoneal injection of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor (PARPi) influences the DNA methylation pattern, thereby affecting the long-term heat-stress response. Single PARPi administration, induced a reduction in both 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), without affecting body temperature. The accumulated effect of three PARPi doses brought about a long-term decrease in 5mC% and 5hmC%. These changes coincided with a reduction in body temperature in non-conditioned chicks, similar to that occurring in moderately conditioned heat-stress-resilient chicks. The observed changes in DNA methylation can be explained by decreased activity of the enzyme DNA methyltransferase as a result of the PARPi injection. Furthermore, evaluation of the DNA-methylation pattern along the CRH intron showed a reduction in 5mC% as a result of PARPi treatment, alongside a reduction in CRH mRNA expression. Thus, PARPi treatment can affect DNA methylation, which can alter hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis anchors such as CRH, thereby potentially enhancing long-term resilience to heat stress.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tomer Cramer
- Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Department of Poultry and Aquaculture Science, Rishon LeZiyyon 7528809, Israel; The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Department of Animal Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
| | - Tali Rosenberg
- Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Department of Poultry and Aquaculture Science, Rishon LeZiyyon 7528809, Israel; The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Department of Animal Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
| | - Tatiana Kisliouk
- Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Department of Poultry and Aquaculture Science, Rishon LeZiyyon 7528809, Israel
| | - Noam Meiri
- Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Department of Poultry and Aquaculture Science, Rishon LeZiyyon 7528809, Israel.
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