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Polinski KJ, Robinson SL, Putnick DL, Sundaram R, Bell E, Joseph PV, Segars J, Guan W, Silver RM, Schisterman EF, Mumford SL, Yeung EH. Examination of newborn DNA methylation among women with polycystic ovary syndrome/hirsutism. Epigenetics 2023; 18:2282319. [PMID: 37992405 PMCID: PMC10732621 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2023.2282319] [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: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Research suggests that polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) traits (e.g., hyperandrogenism) may create a suboptimal intrauterine environment and induce epigenetic modifications. Therefore, we assessed the associations of PCOS traits with neonatal DNA methylation (DNAm) using two independent cohorts. DNAm was measured in both cohorts using the Infinium MethylationEPIC array. Multivariable robust linear regression was used to determine associations of maternal PCOS exposure or preconception testosterone with methylation β-values at each CpG probe and corrected for multiple testing by false-discovery rate (FDR). In the birth cohort, 12% (102/849) had a PCOS diagnosis (8.1% PCOS without hirsutism; 3.9% PCOS with hirsutism). Infants exposed to maternal PCOS with hirsutism compared to no PCOS had differential DNAm at cg02372539 [β(SE): -0.080 (0.010); FDR p = 0.009], cg08471713 [β(SE):0.077 (0.014); FDR p = 0.016] and cg17897916 [β(SE):0.050 (0.009); FDR p = 0.009] with adjustment for maternal characteristics including pre-pregnancy BMI. PCOS with hirsutism was also associated with 8 differentially methylated regions (DMRs). PCOS without hirsutism was not associated with individual CpGs. In an independent preconception cohort, total testosterone concentrations were associated with 3 DMRs but not with individual CpGs, though the top quartile of testosterone compared to the lowest was marginally associated with increased DNAm at cg21472377 near an uncharacterized locus (FDR p = 0.09). Examination of these probes and DMRs indicate they may be under foetal genetic control. Overall, we found several associations among newborns exposed to PCOS, specifically when hirsutism was reported, and among newborns of women with relatively higher testosterone around conception.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kristen J. Polinski
- Division of Population Health Research, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Division of Population Health Research, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Division of Population Health Research, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Division of Population Health Research, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, NY, United States
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- Section of Sensory Science and Metabolism, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Division of Reproductive Science and Women’s Health Research, Johns Hopkins Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Division of Population Health Research, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Schellhas L, Monasso GS, Felix JF, Jaddoe VW, Huang P, Fernández-Barrés S, Vrijheid M, Pesce G, Annesi-Maesano I, Page CM, Brantsæter AL, Bekkhus M, Håberg SE, London SJ, Munafò MR, Zuccolo L, Sharp GC. Maternal caffeine consumption during pregnancy and offspring cord blood DNA methylation: an epigenome-wide association study meta-analysis. Epigenomics 2023; 15:1179-1193. [PMID: 38018434 DOI: 10.2217/epi-2023-0263] [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: 11/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: Prenatal caffeine exposure may influence offspring health via DNA methylation, but no large studies have tested this. Materials & methods: Epigenome-wide association studies and differentially methylated regions in cord blood (450k or EPIC Illumina arrays) were meta-analyzed across six European cohorts (n = 3725). Differential methylation related to self-reported caffeine intake (mg/day) from coffee, tea and cola was compared with assess whether caffeine is driving effects. Results: One CpG site (cg19370043, PRRX1) was associated with caffeine and another (cg14591243, STAG1) with cola intake. A total of 12-22 differentially methylated regions were detected with limited overlap across caffeinated beverages. Conclusion: We found little evidence to support an intrauterine effect of caffeine on offspring DNA methylation. Statistical power limitations may have impacted our findings.
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- Laura Schellhas
- School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
- Institute for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20251, Germany[
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Pl. Lesseps 1, 08023, Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 08002, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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- INSERM UMR-S 1136, Team of Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases (EPAR), Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health (IPLESP), Sorbonne University, Paris, 75005, France
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- Institute Desbrest of Epidemiology and Public Health, INSERM and Montpellier University, Montpellier, 34090, France
- Department of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, 34295, France
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- Department of Physical Health and Aging, Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, 0456, Norway
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- Department of Food Safety, Division of Climate and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, 0456, Norway
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- PROMENTA Research Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0373, Norway
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, 0456, Norway
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- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, Bristol, BS2 8DX, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PN, UK
- Health Data Science Centre, Human Technopole, Milan, 20157, Italy
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PN, UK
- School of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PY, UK
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Lummertz Magenis M, Souza de Marcos P, Paganini Damiani A, Ricardo Cantareli da Silva A, Martins Longaretti L, Bahia Franca I, Da Silva J, Rodrigues Boeck C, Moraes de Andrade V. Genotoxic effects of caffeine in female mice exposed during pregnancy and lactation period and their offspring. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, TOXICOLOGY AND CARCINOGENESIS 2023; 41:36-60. [PMID: 37243358 DOI: 10.1080/26896583.2023.2213613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Caffeine is a widely consumed substance, and there is a discussion about its effects when ingested by women during pregnancy and lactation. We aimed to identify the genotoxic effects of caffeine in female mice that consumed it during pregnancy and lactation periods and its consequences in their offspring. Thirty-six couples of Swiss mice received water or caffeine (0.3 and 1.0 mg/mL) treatment during pregnancy and lactation. The male and female offspring were divided into 12 groups according to the treatment administered to the female mice. Genotoxicity was assessed using the comet assay and the micronucleus test. Both doses of caffeine showed genotoxic effects in pregnant and lactating mice groups compared to groups not administered caffeine. In relation to offspring, it can be observed that females and males of the offspring had low weight in early life. In both female and male offspring, genotoxicity was detected in the blood, liver, and kidney tissues. Thus, from the present study, we can suggest that the caffeine consumed by female mice during the periods of pregnancy and lactation led to genotoxic effects in their offspring.
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- Marina Lummertz Magenis
- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- La Salle University, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Nanosciences, Master Degree in Health and Life Science, Franciscan University, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Schrott R, Song A, Ladd-Acosta C. Epigenetics as a Biomarker for Early-Life Environmental Exposure. Curr Environ Health Rep 2022; 9:604-624. [PMID: 35907133 DOI: 10.1007/s40572-022-00373-5] [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] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW There is interest in evaluating the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) which emphasizes the role of prenatal and early-life environments on non-communicable health outcomes throughout the life course. The ability to rigorously assess and identify early-life risk factors for later health outcomes, including those with childhood onset, in large population samples is often limited due to measurement challenges such as impractical costs associated with prospective studies with a long follow-up duration, short half-lives for some environmental toxicants, and lack of biomarkers that capture inter-individual differences in biologic response to external environments. RECENT FINDINGS Epigenomic patterns, and DNA methylation in particular, have emerged as a potential objective biomarker to address some of these study design and exposure measurement challenges. In this article, we summarize the literature to date on epigenetic changes associated with specific prenatal and early-life exposure domains as well as exposure mixtures in human observational studies and their biomarker potential. Additionally, we highlight evidence for other types of epigenetic patterns to serve as exposure biomarkers. Evidence strongly supports epigenomic biomarkers of exposure that are detectable across the lifespan and across a range of exposure domains. Current and future areas of research in this field seek to expand these lines of evidence to other environmental exposures, to determine their specificity, and to develop predictive algorithms and methylation scores that can be used to evaluate early-life risk factors for health outcomes across the life span.
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- Rose Schrott
- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
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