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Benoit S, Henry M, Fneich S, Mathou A, Xia L, Foury A, Jouin M, Junien C, Capuron L, Jouneau L, Moisan MP, Delpierre C, Gabory A, Darnaudéry M. Strain-specific changes in nucleus accumbens transcriptome and motivation for palatable food reward in mice exposed to maternal separation. Front Nutr 2023; 10:1190392. [PMID: 37565037 PMCID: PMC10411197 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1190392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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Introduction In humans, adversity in childhood exerts enduring effects on brain and increases the vulnerability to psychiatric diseases. It also leads to a higher risk of eating disorders and obesity. Maternal separation (MS) in mice has been used as a proxy of stress during infancy. We hypothesized that MS in mice affects motivation to obtain palatable food in adulthood and changes gene expression in reward system. Methods Male and female pups from C57Bl/6J and C3H/HeN mice strains were subjected to a daily MS protocol from postnatal day (PND) 2 to PND14. At adulthood, their motivation for palatable food reward was assessed in operant cages. Results Compared to control mice, male and female C3H/HeN mice exposed to MS increased their instrumental response for palatable food, especially when the effort required to obtain the reward was high. Importantly, this effect is shown in animals fed ad libitum. Transcriptional analysis revealed 375 genes differentially expressed in the nucleus accumbens of male MS C3H/HeN mice compared to the control group, some of these being associated with the regulation of the reward system (e.g., Gnas, Pnoc). Interestingly, C57Bl/6J mice exposed to MS did not show alterations in their motivation to obtain a palatable reward, nor significant changes in gene expression in the nucleus accumbens. Conclusion MS produces long-lasting changes in motivation for palatable food in C3H/HeN mice, but has no impact in C57Bl/6J mice. These behavioral alterations are accompanied by drastic changes in gene expression in the nucleus accumbens, a key structure in the regulation of motivational processes.
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- Simon Benoit
- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeurO, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeurO, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, BREED, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeurO, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeurO, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeurO, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, BREED, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Univ. Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, BREED, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeurO, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, BREED, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- CERPOP, UMR1295, Inserm, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Univ. Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, BREED, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeurO, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France
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Voisin S, Jacques M, Landen S, Harvey NR, Haupt LM, Griffiths LR, Gancheva S, Ouni M, Jähnert M, Ashton KJ, Coffey VG, Thompson JM, Doering TM, Gabory A, Junien C, Caiazzo R, Verkindt H, Raverdy V, Pattou F, Froguel P, Craig JM, Blocquiaux S, Thomis M, Sharples AP, Schürmann A, Roden M, Horvath S, Eynon N. Meta-analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation and integrative omics of age in human skeletal muscle. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2021; 12:1064-1078. [PMID: 34196129 PMCID: PMC8350206 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Knowledge of age-related DNA methylation changes in skeletal muscle is limited, yet this tissue is severely affected by ageing in humans. METHODS We conducted a large-scale epigenome-wide association study meta-analysis of age in human skeletal muscle from 10 studies (total n = 908 muscle methylomes from men and women aged 18-89 years old). We explored the genomic context of age-related DNA methylation changes in chromatin states, CpG islands, and transcription factor binding sites and performed gene set enrichment analysis. We then integrated the DNA methylation data with known transcriptomic and proteomic age-related changes in skeletal muscle. Finally, we updated our recently developed muscle epigenetic clock (https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/MEAT.html). RESULTS We identified 6710 differentially methylated regions at a stringent false discovery rate <0.005, spanning 6367 unique genes, many of which related to skeletal muscle structure and development. We found a strong increase in DNA methylation at Polycomb target genes and bivalent chromatin domains and a concomitant decrease in DNA methylation at enhancers. Most differentially methylated genes were not altered at the mRNA or protein level, but they were nonetheless strongly enriched for genes showing age-related differential mRNA and protein expression. After adding a substantial number of samples from five datasets (+371), the updated version of the muscle clock (MEAT 2.0, total n = 1053 samples) performed similarly to the original version of the muscle clock (median of 4.4 vs. 4.6 years in age prediction error), suggesting that the original version of the muscle clock was very accurate. CONCLUSIONS We provide here the most comprehensive picture of DNA methylation ageing in human skeletal muscle and reveal widespread alterations of genes involved in skeletal muscle structure, development, and differentiation. We have made our results available as an open-access, user-friendly, web-based tool called MetaMeth (https://sarah-voisin.shinyapps.io/MetaMeth/).
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- Sarah Voisin
- Institute for Health and Sport (iHeS)Victoria University, FootscrayMelbourneVic.Australia
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- Institute for Health and Sport (iHeS)Victoria University, FootscrayMelbourneVic.Australia
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- Institute for Health and Sport (iHeS)Victoria University, FootscrayMelbourneVic.Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences & MedicineBond UniversityGold CoastQldAustralia
- Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health, Genomics Research Centre, School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health and Biomedical InnovationQueensland University of Technology (QUT)Kelvin GroveQldAustralia
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- Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health, Genomics Research Centre, School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health and Biomedical InnovationQueensland University of Technology (QUT)Kelvin GroveQldAustralia
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- Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health, Genomics Research Centre, School of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health and Biomedical InnovationQueensland University of Technology (QUT)Kelvin GroveQldAustralia
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD)München‐NeuherbergGermany
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical FacultyHeinrich Heine UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD)München‐NeuherbergGermany
- Department of Experimental DiabetologyGerman Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam‐Rehbruecke (DIfE)NuthetalGermany
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD)München‐NeuherbergGermany
- Department of Experimental DiabetologyGerman Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam‐Rehbruecke (DIfE)NuthetalGermany
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- Faculty of Health Sciences & MedicineBond UniversityGold CoastQldAustralia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences & MedicineBond UniversityGold CoastQldAustralia
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- School of Health, Medical and Applied SciencesCentral Queensland UniversityRockhamptonQldAustralia
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- Université Paris‐Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREEDJouy‐en‐JosasFrance
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, BREEDMaisons‐AlfortFrance
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- Université Paris‐Saclay, UVSQ, INRAE, BREEDJouy‐en‐JosasFrance
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, BREEDMaisons‐AlfortFrance
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- Univ Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Pasteur Institute Lille, U1190 Translational Research for Diabetes, European Genomic Institute of DiabetesLilleFrance
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- Univ Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Pasteur Institute Lille, U1190 Translational Research for Diabetes, European Genomic Institute of DiabetesLilleFrance
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- Univ Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Pasteur Institute Lille, U1190 Translational Research for Diabetes, European Genomic Institute of DiabetesLilleFrance
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- Univ Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Pasteur Institute Lille, U1190 Translational Research for Diabetes, European Genomic Institute of DiabetesLilleFrance
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- Univ Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Pasteur Institute Lille, U1190 Translational Research for Diabetes, European Genomic Institute of DiabetesLilleFrance
- Department of Metabolism, Digestion and ReproductionImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- IMPACT InstituteDeakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds CampusGeelongVic.Australia
- Epigenetics, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteRoyal Children's HospitalParkvilleVic.Australia
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- Physical Activity, Sport & Health Research Group, Department of Movement SciencesKU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Physical Activity, Sport & Health Research Group, Department of Movement SciencesKU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Institute for Physical PerformanceNorwegian School of Sport SciencesOsloNorway
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD)München‐NeuherbergGermany
- Department of Experimental DiabetologyGerman Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam‐Rehbruecke (DIfE)NuthetalGermany
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD)München‐NeuherbergGermany
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical FacultyHeinrich Heine UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
- Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes ResearchHeinrich Heine UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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- Department of Human Genetics and Biostatistics, David Geffen School of MedicineUniversity of California Los AngelesLos AngelesCAUSA
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- Institute for Health and Sport (iHeS)Victoria University, FootscrayMelbourneVic.Australia
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Depincé A, Gabory A, Dziewulska K, Le Bail PY, Jammes H, Labbé C. DNA methylation stability in fish spermatozoa upon external constraint: Impact of fish hormonal stimulation and sperm cryopreservation. Mol Reprod Dev 2019; 87:124-134. [PMID: 31746511 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Highly differentiated mature spermatozoa carry not only genetic but also epigenetic information that is to be transmitted to the embryo. DNA methylation is one epigenetic actor associated with sperm nucleus compaction, gene silencing, and prepatterning of embryonic gene expression. Therefore, the stability of this mark toward reproductive biotechnologies is a major issue in animal production. The present work explored the impact of hormonal induction of spermiation and sperm cryopreservation in two cyprinids, the goldfish (Carassius auratus) and the zebrafish (Danio rerio), using LUminometric Methylation Assay (LUMA). We showed that while goldfish hormonal treatment did increase sperm production, it did not alter global DNA methylation of spermatozoa. Different sperm samples repeatedly collected from the same males for 2 months also showed the same global DNA methylation level. Similarly, global DNA methylation was not affected after cryopreservation of goldfish spermatozoa with methanol, whereas less efficient cryoprotectants (dimethylsulfoxide and 1,2-propanediol) decreased DNA methylation. In contrast, cryopreservation of zebrafish spermatozoa with methanol induced a slight, but significant, increase in global DNA methylation. In the less compact nuclei, that is, goldfish fin somatic cells, cryopreservation did not change global DNA methylation regardless of the choice of cryoprotectant. To conclude, global DNA methylation is a robust parameter with respect to biotechnologies such as hormonal induction of spermiation and sperm cryopreservation, but it can be altered when the best sperm manipulation conditions are not met.
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- INRA, Biology of Development and Reproduction UMR 1198, Jouy en Josas, France
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- Department of Hydrobiology and General Zoology, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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- INRA, Biology of Development and Reproduction UMR 1198, Jouy en Josas, France
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Safi-Stibler S, Gabory A. Epigenetics and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Parental environment signalling to the epigenome, critical time windows and sculpting the adult phenotype. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2019; 97:172-180. [PMID: 31587964 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2019.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The literature about Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) studies is considerably growing. Maternal and paternal environment, during all the development of the individual from gametogenesis to weaning and beyond, as well as the psychosocial environment in childhood and teenage, can shape the adult and the elderly person's susceptibility to her/his own environment and diseases. This non-conventional, non-genetic, inheritance is underlain by several mechanisms among which epigenetics is obviously central, due to the notion of memory of early decisional events during development even when this stimulus is gone, that is implied in Waddington's developmental concept. This review first summarizes the different mechanisms by which the environment can model the epigenome: receptor signalling, energy metabolism and signal mechanotransduction from extracellular matrix to chromatin. Then an overview of the epigenetic changes in response to maternal environment during the vulnerability time windows, gametogenesis, early development, placentation and foetal growth, and postnatal period, is described, with the specific example of overnutrition and food deprivation. The implication of epigenetics in DOHaD is obvious, however the precise causal chain from early environment to the epigenome modifications to the phenotype still needs to be deciphered.
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- Sofiane Safi-Stibler
- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France; Sorbonne Université, Collège Doctoral, F-75005, Paris, France
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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Panchenko PE, Lacroix MC, Jouin M, Voisin S, Badonnel K, Lemaire M, Meunier N, Safi-Stibler S, Persuy MA, Jouneau L, Durieux D, Lecoutre S, Jammes H, Rousseau-Ralliard D, Breton C, Junien C, Baly C, Gabory A. Effect of Maternal Obesity and Preconceptional Weight Loss on Male and Female Offspring Metabolism and Olfactory Performance in Mice. Nutrients 2019; 11:nu11050948. [PMID: 31035463 PMCID: PMC6566604 DOI: 10.3390/nu11050948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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According to the “developmental origins of health and disease” (DOHaD) concept, maternal obesity predisposes the offspring to non-communicable diseases in adulthood. While a preconceptional weight loss (WL) is recommended for obese women, its benefits on the offspring have been poorly addressed. We evaluated whether preconceptional WL was able to reverse the adverse effects of maternal obesity in a mouse model, exhibiting a modification of foetal growth and of the expression of genes encoding epigenetic modifiers in liver and placenta. We tracked metabolic and olfactory behavioural trajectories of offspring born to control, obese or WL mothers. After weaning, the offspring were either put on a control diet (CD) or a high-fat (HFD). After only few weeks of HFD, the offspring developed obesity, metabolic alterations and olfactory impairments, independently of maternal context. However, male offspring born to obese mother gained even more weight under HFD than their counterparts born to lean mothers. Preconceptional WL normalized the offspring metabolic phenotypes but had unexpected effects on olfactory performance: a reduction in olfactory sensitivity, along with a lack of fasting-induced, olfactory-based motivation. Our results confirm the benefits of maternal preconceptional WL for male offspring metabolic health but highlight some possible adverse outcomes on olfactory-based behaviours.
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- Polina E Panchenko
- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- NBO, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- NBO, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- NBO, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, EA4489, Université de Lille, 59000 Lille, France.
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, EA4489, Université de Lille, 59000 Lille, France.
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- NBO, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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Lecoutre S, Pourpe C, Butruille L, Marousez L, Laborie C, Guinez C, Lesage J, Vieau D, Eeckhoute J, Gabory A, Oger F, Eberlé D, Breton C. Reduced PPARγ2 expression in adipose tissue of male rat offspring from obese dams is associated with epigenetic modifications. FASEB J 2018; 32:2768-2778. [PMID: 29295860 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201700997r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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According to the Developmental Origin of Health and Disease (DOHaD) concept, maternal obesity and accelerated growth in neonates program obesity later in life. White adipose tissue (WAT) has been the focus of developmental programming events, although underlying mechanisms remain elusive. In rodents, WAT development primarily occurs during lactation. We previously reported that adult rat offspring from dams fed a high-fat (HF) diet exhibited fat accumulation and decreased peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) mRNA levels in WAT. We hypothesized that PPARγ down-regulation occurs via epigenetic malprogramming which takes place during adipogenesis. We therefore examined epigenetic modifications in the PPARγ1 and PPARγ2 promoters in perirenal (pWAT) and inguinal fat pads of HF offspring at weaning (postnatal d 21) and in adulthood. Postnatal d 21 is a period characterized by active epigenomic remodeling in the PPARγ2 promoter (DNA hypermethylation and depletion in active histone modification H3ac and H3K4me3) in pWAT, consistent with increased DNA methyltransferase and DNA methylation activities. Adult HF offspring exhibited sustained hypermethylation and histone modification H3ac of the PPARγ2 promoter in both deposits, correlated with persistent decreased PPARγ2 mRNA levels. Consistent with the DOHaD hypothesis, retained epigenetic marks provide a mechanistic basis for the cellular memory linking maternal obesity to a predisposition for later adiposity.-Lecoutre, S., Pourpe, C., Butruille, L., Marousez, L., Laborie, C., Guinez, C., Lesage, J., Vieau, D., Eeckhoute, J., Gabory, A., Oger, F., Eberlé, D., Breton, C. Reduced PPARγ2 expression in adipose tissue of male rat offspring from obese dams is associated with epigenetic modifications.
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- Simon Lecoutre
- Equipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, Equipe d'Accueil (EA) 4489, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Equipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, Equipe d'Accueil (EA) 4489, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Equipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, Equipe d'Accueil (EA) 4489, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Equipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, Equipe d'Accueil (EA) 4489, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Equipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, Equipe d'Accueil (EA) 4489, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Equipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, Equipe d'Accueil (EA) 4489, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Equipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, Equipe d'Accueil (EA) 4489, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Equipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, Equipe d'Accueil (EA) 4489, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Institut Pasteur de Lille, Unité 1011-European Genomic Institute for Diabetes (EGID), INSERM, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Lille, Université de Lille, Lille, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR), Biologie du Développement et Reproduction (BDR), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA), Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Equipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, Equipe d'Accueil (EA) 4489, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Equipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, Equipe d'Accueil (EA) 4489, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Equipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, Equipe d'Accueil (EA) 4489, University of Lille, Lille, France
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Lecoutre S, Oger F, Pourpe C, Butruille L, Marousez L, Dickes-Coopman A, Laborie C, Guinez C, Lesage J, Vieau D, Junien C, Eberlé D, Gabory A, Eeckhoute J, Breton C. Maternal obesity programs increased leptin gene expression in rat male offspring via epigenetic modifications in a depot-specific manner. Mol Metab 2017; 6:922-930. [PMID: 28752055 PMCID: PMC5518658 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2017.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Objective According to the Developmental Origin of Health and Disease (DOHaD) concept, maternal obesity and accelerated growth in neonates predispose offspring to white adipose tissue (WAT) accumulation. In rodents, adipogenesis mainly develops during lactation. The mechanisms underlying the phenomenon known as developmental programming remain elusive. We previously reported that adult rat offspring from high-fat diet-fed dams (called HF) exhibited hypertrophic adipocyte, hyperleptinemia and increased leptin mRNA levels in a depot-specific manner. We hypothesized that leptin upregulation occurs via epigenetic malprogramming, which takes place early during development of WAT. Methods As a first step, we identified in silico two potential enhancers located upstream and downstream of the leptin transcription start site that exhibit strong dynamic epigenomic remodeling during adipocyte differentiation. We then focused on epigenetic modifications (methylation, hydroxymethylation, and histone modifications) of the promoter and the two potential enhancers regulating leptin gene expression in perirenal (pWAT) and inguinal (iWAT) fat pads of HF offspring during lactation (postnatal days 12 (PND12) and 21 (PND21)) and in adulthood. Results PND12 is an active period for epigenomic remodeling in both deposits especially in the upstream enhancer, consistent with leptin gene induction during adipogenesis. Unlike iWAT, some of these epigenetic marks were still observable in pWAT of weaned HF offspring. Retained marks were only visible in pWAT of 9-month-old HF rats that showed a persistent “expandable” phenotype. Conclusions Consistent with the DOHaD hypothesis, persistent epigenetic remodeling occurs at regulatory regions especially within intergenic sequences, linked to higher leptin gene expression in adult HF offspring in a depot-specific manner. The white adipose tissue is an important target of developmental programming. Higher leptin gene expression occurs in offspring from obese dams in a depot-specific manner. Leptin upregulation occurs via epigenetic malprogramming during development of adipose tissue. Persistent genomic epigenetic remodeling occurs in adipose tissue of offspring from obese dams. Intergenic regions were more affected than the leptin promoter region in offspring of obese dams.
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- Simon Lecoutre
- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France; UVSQ, Université Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
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- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France
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- UMR BDR, INRA, ENVA, Université Paris Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1011-EGID, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, EA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F-59000 Lille, France.
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Lecoutre S, Deracinois B, Laborie C, Eberlé D, Guinez C, Panchenko PE, Lesage J, Vieau D, Junien C, Gabory A, Breton C. Depot- and sex-specific effects of maternal obesity in offspring's adipose tissue. J Endocrinol 2016; 230:39-53. [PMID: 27122310 DOI: 10.1530/joe-16-0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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According to the Developmental Origin of Health and Disease (DOHaD) concept, alterations of nutrient supply in the fetus or neonate result in long-term programming of individual body weight (BW) setpoint. In particular, maternal obesity, excessive nutrition, and accelerated growth in neonates have been shown to sensitize offspring to obesity. The white adipose tissue may represent a prime target of metabolic programming induced by maternal obesity. In order to unravel the underlying mechanisms, we have developed a rat model of maternal obesity using a high-fat (HF) diet (containing 60% lipids) before and during gestation and lactation. At birth, newborns from obese dams (called HF) were normotrophs. However, HF neonates exhibited a rapid weight gain during lactation, a key period of adipose tissue development in rodents. In males, increased BW at weaning (+30%) persists until 3months of age. Nine-month-old HF male offspring was normoglycemic but showed mild glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, and hypercorticosteronemia. Despite no difference in BW and energy intake, HF adult male offspring was predisposed to fat accumulation showing increased visceral (gonadal and perirenal) depots weights and hyperleptinemia. However, only perirenal adipose tissue depot exhibited marked adipocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia with elevated lipogenic (i.e. sterol-regulated element binding protein 1 (Srebp1), fatty acid synthase (Fas), and leptin) and diminished adipogenic (i.e. peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (Pparγ), 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-Hds1)) mRNA levels. By contrast, very few metabolic variations were observed in HF female offspring. Thus, maternal obesity and accelerated growth during lactation program offspring for higher adiposity via transcriptional alterations of visceral adipose tissue in a depot- and sex-specific manner.
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- Simon Lecoutre
- Univ. LilleEA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. LilleEA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. LilleEA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. LilleEA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. LilleEA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F59000 Lille, France
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- INRAUMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Univ. LilleEA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. LilleEA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F59000 Lille, France
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- INRAUMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France UVSQUniversité Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France
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- INRAUMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Univ. LilleEA4489, Équipe Malnutrition Maternelle et Programmation des Maladies Métaboliques, F59000 Lille, France
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Martinet C, Monnier P, Louault Y, Benard M, Gabory A, Dandolo L. H19 controls reactivation of the imprinted gene network during muscle regeneration. Development 2016; 143:962-71. [DOI: 10.1242/dev.131771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The H19 locus controls fetal growth by regulating expression of several genes from the imprinted gene network (IGN). H19 is fully repressed after birth, except in skeletal muscle. Using loss-of-function H19Δ3 mice, we investigated the function of H19 in adult muscle. Mutant muscles display hypertrophy and hyperplasia, with increased Igf2 and decreased myostatin (Mstn) expression. Many imprinted genes are expressed in muscle stem cells or satellite cells. Unexpectedly, the number of satellite cells was reduced by 50% in H19Δ3 muscle fibers. This reduction occurred after postnatal day 21, suggesting a link with their entry into quiescence. We investigated the biological function of these mutant satellite cells in vivo using a regeneration assay induced by multiple injections of cardiotoxin. Surprisingly, despite their reduced number, the self-renewal capacity of these cells is fully retained in the absence of H19. In addition, we observed a better regeneration potential of the mutant muscles, with enhanced expression of several IGN genes and genes from the IGF pathway.
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- Clémence Martinet
- Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, University Paris Descartes, Paris 75014, France
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- Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, University Paris Descartes, Paris 75014, France
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- Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, University Paris Descartes, Paris 75014, France
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- Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, University Paris Descartes, Paris 75014, France
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- Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, University Paris Descartes, Paris 75014, France
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- Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, University Paris Descartes, Paris 75014, France
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Junien C, Panchenko P, Fneich S, Pirola L, Chriett S, Amarger V, Kaeffer B, Parnet P, Torrisani J, Bolaños Jimenez F, Jammes H, Gabory A. [Epigenetics in transgenerational responses to environmental impacts: from facts and gaps]. Med Sci (Paris) 2016; 32:35-44. [PMID: 26850605 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20163201007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The existence of non-genetic and non-cultural mechanisms that transfer information on the memory of parental exposures to various environments, determining the reactivity of the following generations to their environments during their life, are of growing interest. Yet fundamental questions remain about the nature, the roles and relative importance of epigenetic marks and processes, non-coding RNAs, or other mechanisms, and their persistence over generations. A model incorporating the various transmission systems, their cross-talks and windows of susceptibility to the environment as a function of sex/gender of parent and offspring, has yet to be built.
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- Claudine Junien
- Inra, UMR1198, biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, Bâtiment 230, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Inra, UMR1198, biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, Bâtiment 230, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Inra, UMR1198, biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, Bâtiment 230, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Inra, UMR 1280, université de Nantes, Institut des maladies de l'appareil digestif, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Inra, UMR 1280, université de Nantes, Institut des maladies de l'appareil digestif, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Inra, UMR 1280, université de Nantes, Institut des maladies de l'appareil digestif, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Inserm UMR1037, Centre de recherches en cancérologie de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31037 Toulouse, France
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- Inra, UMR 1280, université de Nantes, Institut des maladies de l'appareil digestif, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Inra, UMR1198, biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, Bâtiment 230, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Inra, UMR1198, biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, Bâtiment 230, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Located at the feto-maternal interface, the placenta is involved in exchange, endocrine and immune functions, which impact fetal development. In contact with the maternal environment, this organ is sensitive to metabolic disorders as over-nutrition, obesity or diabetes. The alteration of blood parameters associated with these pathologies affects placental histology, vascularization and nutrient transfers and, according to the types of troubles, induces local inflammation or hypoxia. These placental changes lead to disturbance of development and fetal growth, which increase the risk of pathologies in offspring in adulthood. The placenta thus appears as a crucial player in the fetal programming.
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- Anne Gabory
- Inra, UMR 1198 biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Inra, UMR 1198 biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France - Fondation PremUp, 4, avenue de l'Observatoire, F-75006 Paris, France
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- Hôpital Claude Huriez, CHRU Lille, université Lille2, EA 4489 environnement périnatal et croissance, Faculté de médecine, place de Verdun, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Inra, UMR 1198 biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France - Fondation PremUp, 4, avenue de l'Observatoire, F-75006 Paris, France
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Rincel M, Lépinay A, Gabory A, Théodorou V, Koehl M, Daugé V, Maccari S, Darnaudéry M. [Early life stressful experiences and neuropsychiatric vulnerability: evidences from human and animal models]. Med Sci (Paris) 2016; 32:93-9. [PMID: 26850613 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20163201015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The human newborn is highly dependent on parental care for its survival but also for the healthy development of its brain. A large body of literature demonstrates the impact of early life adversity, even during the prenatal period, on the adult's health. The susceptibility to neuropsychiatric diseases is often potentiated by early stress. If there is an agreement that a critical developmental period exists, the mechanisms underlying the long term effects of early life adversity are still poorly understood. Recent studies in animals highlight the involvement of epigenetic processes in the transmission of such vulnerabilities, notably via modifications in germ cells, which can be transmitted in the next generations.
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- Marion Rincel
- Université de Bordeaux, Nutrition et neurobiologie intégrée (NUTRINEURO), UMR 1286, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France - Inra, Nutrition et neurobiologie intégrée (NUTRINEURO), UMR 1286, F-33076 Bordeaux, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Nutrition et neurobiologie intégrée (NUTRINEURO), UMR 1286, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France - Inra, Nutrition et neurobiologie intégrée (NUTRINEURO), UMR 1286, F-33076 Bordeaux, France
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- UMR 1198, biologie du développement et reproduction, Inra - Centre de recherche de Jouy en Josas, F-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Inra, UMR 1331- Toxicologie alimentaire (TOXALIM), F-31027 Toulouse, France
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- Neurocentre Magendie, université Bordeaux, F- 33077 Bordeaux, France
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- Inra, Microbiologie de l'alimentation au service de la Santé (MICALIS), UMR 1319, équipe Alimentation, microbiote intestinal, pathologies encéphaliques et métabolique (AMIPEM) F-78352, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Sapienza university of Rome/ Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Neurologico Merditerraneo (NEUROMED), Italie - UMR 8576 CNRS, université de Lille, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Nutrition et neurobiologie intégrée (NUTRINEURO), UMR 1286, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France - Inra, Nutrition et neurobiologie intégrée (NUTRINEURO), UMR 1286, F-33076 Bordeaux, France
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Junien C, Panchenko P, Pirola L, Amarger V, Kaeffer B, Parnet P, Torrisani J, Bolaños Jimenez F, Jammes H, Gabory A. [The new paradigm of the developmental origin of health and diseases (DOHaD)--Epigenetics and environment: evidence and missing links]. Med Sci (Paris) 2016; 32:27-34. [PMID: 26850604 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20163201006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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According to the new paradigm of the Developpemental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD), the environmental factors to which an individual is exposed throughout his life can leave an epigenetic footprint on the genome. A crucial period is the early development, where the epigenome is particularly sensitive to the effects of the environment, and during which the individual builds up his health capital that will enable him to respond more or less well to the vagaries of life. The research challenge is to decipher the modes of action and the epigenetic mechanisms put into play by environmental factors that lead to increased disease susceptibility or resilience. The challenge for health is to translate these scientific discoveries into action through, among others, the establishment of preventive recommendations to slow down the growing incidence of non communicable diseases.
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- Claudine Junien
- Inra, UMR1198, biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, Bâtiment 230, F-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Inra, UMR1198, biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, Bâtiment 230, F-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France - Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
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- UMR 1280 Inra université de Nantes, Institut des maladies de l'appareil digestif, Nantes, France
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- UMR 1280 Inra université de Nantes, Institut des maladies de l'appareil digestif, Nantes, France
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- UMR 1280 Inra université de Nantes, Institut des maladies de l'appareil digestif, Nantes, France
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- Inserm UMR1037, Centre de recherche en cancérologie de Toulouse, université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, F-31037 Toulouse, France
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- Inra, UMR1198, biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, Bâtiment 230, F-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Inra, UMR1198, biologie du développement et reproduction, Domaine de Vilvert, Bâtiment 230, F-78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Panchenko PE, Lemaire M, Fneich S, Voisin S, Jouin M, Junien C, Gabory A. [Epigenetics and Nutrition: maternal nutrition impacts on placental development and health of offspring]. Biol Aujourdhui 2015; 209:175-87. [PMID: 26514387 DOI: 10.1051/jbio/2015021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The environment, defined broadly by all that is external to the individual, conditions the phenotype during development, particularly the susceptibility to develop non-communicable diseases. This notion, called Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD), is based on numerous epidemiological studies as well as animal models. Thus, parental nutrition and obesity can predispose the offspring to develop metabolic and cardiovascular diseases in adulthood. The known underlying mechanisms include an altered development of tissues that adapt to maternal metabolic condition, and a placental dysfunction, which in turn impacts fetal growth and development. Epigenetic mechanisms modulate gene expression without affecting the DNA sequence itself. The main epigenetic marks are DNA methylation and histone post-translational modifications. These marks are erased and set-up during gametogenesis and development in order to ensure cellular identity. Therefore, they can lead to a memorisation of early environment and induce long-term alteration of cell and tissue functions, which will condition the susceptibility to non-communicable diseases. The placenta is a programming agent of adult disease. The environment, such as smoking or psychosocial stress, is able to modify epigenetic processes in placenta, such as small RNA expression and DNA methylation. We showed that placenta is sensitive to maternal obesity and maternal nutrition, in terms of histology, transcription and epigenetic marks. A clear sexual dimorphism is remarkable in the placental response to maternal environment. In adulthood, the phenotype is also different between males and females. Epigenetic mechanisms could underlie this differential response of males and females to the same environment. The DOHaD can no longer be ignored in Biology of Reproduction. The prevention of non-communicable diseases must take this new paradigm into account. Research will allow a better comprehension of the mechanisms of this early conditioning and the marked sexual dimorphism it is associated to.
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- Polina E Panchenko
- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France - Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, 75005 Paris, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France - Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, 75005 Paris, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Tarrade A, Panchenko P, Junien C, Gabory A. Placental contribution to nutritional programming of health and diseases: epigenetics and sexual dimorphism. J Exp Biol 2015; 218:50-8. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.110320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The recent and rapid worldwide increase in non-communicable diseases challenges the assumption that genetic factors are the primary contributors to such diseases. A new concept of the ‘developmental origins of health and disease’ (DOHaD) is at stake and therefore requires a paradigm shift. Maternal obesity and malnutrition predispose offspring to develop metabolic syndrome, a vicious cycle leading to transmission to subsequent generation(s), with differences in response and susceptibility according to the sex of the individual. The placenta is a programming agent of adult health and disease. Adaptations of placental phenotype in response to maternal diet and metabolic status alter fetal nutrient supply. This implies important epigenetic changes that are, however, still poorly documented in DOHaD studies, particularly concerning overnutrition. The aim of this review is to discuss the emerging knowledge on the relationships between the effect of maternal nutrition or metabolic status on placental function and the risk of diseases later in life, with a specific focus on epigenetic mechanisms and sexual dimorphism. Explaining the sex-specific causal variables and how males versus females respond and adapt to environmental perturbations should help physicians and patients to anticipate disease susceptibility.
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- Anne Tarrade
- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
- UVSQ, Université Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Nguyen M, Boutinaud M, Pétridou B, Gabory A, Pannetier M, Chat S, Bouet S, Jouneau L, Jaffrezic F, Laloë D, Klopp C, Brun N, Kress C, Jammes H, Charlier M, Devinoy E. DNA methylation and transcription in a distal region upstream from the bovine AlphaS1 casein gene after once or twice daily milking. PLoS One 2014; 9:e111556. [PMID: 25369064 PMCID: PMC4219721 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Once daily milking (ODM) induces a reduction in milk production when compared to twice daily milking (TDM). Unilateral ODM of one udder half and TDM of the other half, enables the study of underlying mechanisms independently of inter-individual variability (same genetic background) and of environmental factors. Our results show that in first-calf heifers three CpG, located 10 kb upstream from the CSN1S1 gene were methylated to 33, 34 and 28%, respectively, after TDM but these levels were higher after ODM, 38, 38 and 33%, respectively. These methylation levels were much lower than those observed in the mammary gland during pregnancy (57, 59 and 50%, respectively) or in the liver (74, 78 and 61%, respectively). The methylation level of a fourth CpG (CpG4), located close by (29% during TDM) was not altered after ODM. CpG4 methylation reached 39.7% and 59.5%, during pregnancy or in the liver, respectively. CpG4 is located within a weak STAT5 binding element, arranged in tandem with a second high affinity STAT5 element. STAT5 binding is only marginally modulated by CpG4 methylation, but it may be altered by the methylation levels of the three other CpG nearby. Our results therefore shed light on mechanisms that help to explain how milk production is almost, but not fully, restored when TDM is resumed (15.1±0.2 kg/day instead of 16.2±0.2 kg/day, p<0.01). The STAT5 elements are 100 bp away from a region transcribed in the antisense orientation, in the mammary gland during lactation, but not during pregnancy or in other reproductive organs (ovary or testes). We now need to clarify whether the transcription of this novel RNA is a consequence of STAT5 interacting with the CSN1S1 distal region, or whether it plays a role in the chromatin structure of this region.
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- Minh Nguyen
- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1348 Physiologie Environnement et Génétique pour l′Animal et les Systèmes d′Elevage, Saint-Gilles, France
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- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, Sigenae, UR875 Biométrie et Intelligence Artificielle, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INSERM U846 Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, INRA, USC1361 AGROBIOSYSTEM, Université de Lyon 1 UMR S 846, Bron, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Gabory A, Vigé A, Ferry L, Attig L, Jais JP, Jouneau L, Junien C. Male and Female Placentas Have Divergent Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Responses to Maternal Diets: Not Just Hormones. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02591-9_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Attig L, Wu Q, Gabory A, Laloë D, Jaffrezic F, Jais JP, Jouneau L, Junien C. S4-2: Sex-specific increased resistance to diet induced obesity in offspring of obese & diabetic mothers fed a control diet during gestation: Transcriptional and epigenetic signatures associated with peripheral leptin-resistance. Reprod Toxicol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2013.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Attig L, Vigé A, Gabory A, Karimi M, Beauger A, Gross MS, Athias A, Gallou-Kabani C, Gambert P, Ekstrom TJ, Jais JP, Junien C. Dietary alleviation of maternal obesity and diabetes: increased resistance to diet-induced obesity transcriptional and epigenetic signatures. PLoS One 2013; 8:e66816. [PMID: 23826145 PMCID: PMC3691260 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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According to the developmental origins of health and diseases (DOHaD), and in line with the findings of many studies, obesity during pregnancy is clearly a threat to the health and well-being of the offspring, later in adulthood. We previously showed that 20% of male and female inbred mice can cope with the obesogenic effects of a high-fat diet (HFD) for 20 weeks after weaning, remaining lean. However the feeding of a control diet (CD) to DIO mice during the periconceptional/gestation/lactation period led to a pronounced sex-specific shift (17% to 43%) from susceptibility to resistance to HFD, in the female offspring only. Our aim in this study was to determine how, in the context of maternal obesity and T2D, a CD could increase resistance on female fetuses. Transcriptional analyses were carried out with a custom-built mouse liver microarray and by quantitative RT-PCR for muscle and adipose tissue. Both global DNA methylation and levels of pertinent histone marks were assessed by LUMA and western blotting, and the expression of 15 relevant genes encoding chromatin-modifying enzymes was analyzed in tissues presenting global epigenetic changes. Resistance was associated with an enhancement of hepatic pathways protecting against steatosis, the unexpected upregulation of neurotransmission-related genes and the modulation of a vast imprinted gene network. Adipose tissue displayed a pronounced dysregulation of gene expression, with an upregulation of genes involved in lipid storage and adipocyte hypertrophy or hyperplasia in obese mice born to lean and obese mothers, respectively. Global DNA methylation, several histone marks and key epigenetic regulators were also altered. Whether they were themselves lean (resistant) or obese (sensitive), the offspring of lean and obese mice clearly differed in terms of several metabolic features and epigenetic marks suggesting that the effects of a HFD depend on the leanness or obesity of the mother.
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- Linda Attig
- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- INSERM U781 AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants, Paris, France
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- INSERM U781 AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants, Paris, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- INSERM U781 AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants, Paris, France
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- Laboratory for Medical Epigenetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- INSERM U781 AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants, Paris, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- INSERM U781 AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants, Paris, France
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- IFR100 Santé-STIC, Plateau Technique Lipidomique, CHU Bocage Bat B2, Dijon, France
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- INSERM U781 AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants, Paris, France
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- IFR100 Santé-STIC, Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale, Plateau Technique de Biologie, Dijon, France
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- Laboratory for Medical Epigenetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Service de Biostatistique et Informatique Médicale, Université Paris Descartes, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- INSERM U781 AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants, Paris, France
- Laboratory for Medical Epigenetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gabory A, Roseboom TJ, Moore T, Moore LG, Junien C. Placental contribution to the origins of sexual dimorphism in health and diseases: sex chromosomes and epigenetics. Biol Sex Differ 2013; 4:5. [PMID: 23514128 PMCID: PMC3618244 DOI: 10.1186/2042-6410-4-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Sex differences occur in most non-communicable diseases, including metabolic diseases, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric and neurological disorders and cancer. In many cases, the susceptibility to these diseases begins early in development. The observed differences between the sexes may result from genetic and hormonal differences and from differences in responses to and interactions with environmental factors, including infection, diet, drugs and stress. The placenta plays a key role in fetal growth and development and, as such, affects the fetal programming underlying subsequent adult health and accounts, in part for the developmental origin of health and disease (DOHaD). There is accumulating evidence to demonstrate the sex-specific relationships between diverse environmental influences on placental functions and the risk of disease later in life. As one of the few tissues easily collectable in humans, this organ may therefore be seen as an ideal system for studying how male and female placenta sense nutritional and other stresses, such as endocrine disruptors. Sex-specific regulatory pathways controlling sexually dimorphic characteristics in the various organs and the consequences of lifelong differences in sex hormone expression largely account for such responses. However, sex-specific changes in epigenetic marks are generated early after fertilization, thus before adrenal and gonad differentiation in the absence of sex hormones and in response to environmental conditions. Given the abundance of X-linked genes involved in placentogenesis, and the early unequal gene expression by the sex chromosomes between males and females, the role of X- and Y-chromosome-linked genes, and especially those involved in the peculiar placenta-specific epigenetics processes, giving rise to the unusual placenta epigenetic landscapes deserve particular attention. However, even with recent developments in this field, we still know little about the mechanisms underlying the early sex-specific epigenetic marks resulting in sex-biased gene expression of pathways and networks. As a critical messenger between the maternal environment and the fetus, the placenta may play a key role not only in buffering environmental effects transmitted by the mother but also in expressing and modulating effects due to preconceptional exposure of both the mother and the father to stressful conditions.
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- Anne Gabory
- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, F-78352, France.
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Favaron PO, Mess AM, de Oliveira MF, Gabory A, Miglino MA, Chavatte-Palmer P, Tarrade A. Morphometric analysis of the placenta in the New World mouse Necromys lasiurus (Rodentia, Cricetidae): a comparison of placental development in cricetids and murids. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2013; 11:10. [PMID: 23433040 PMCID: PMC3598642 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Stereology is an established method to extrapolate three-dimensional quantities from two-dimensional images. It was applied to placentation in the mouse, but not yet for other rodents. Herein, we provide the first study on quantitative placental development in a sigmodontine rodent species with relatively similar gestational time. Placental structure was also compared to the mouse, in order to evaluate similarities and differences in developmental patterns at the end of gestation. METHODS Fetal and placental tissues of Necromys lasiurus were collected and weighed at 3 different stages of gestation (early, mid and late gestation) for placental stereology. The total and relative volumes of placenta and of its main layers were investigated. Volume fractions of labyrinth components were quantified by the One Stop method in 31 placentae collected from different individuals, using the Mercator software. Data generated at the end of gestation from N. lasiurus placentae were compared to those of Mus musculus domesticus obtained at the same stage. RESULTS A significant increase in the total absolute volumes of the placenta and its main layers occurred from early to mid-gestation, followed by a reduction near term, with the labyrinth layer becoming the most prominent area. Moreover, at the end of gestation, the total volume of the mouse placenta was significantly increased compared to that of N. lasiurus although the proportions of the labyrinth layer and junctional zones were similar. Analysis of the volume fractions of the components in the labyrinth indicated a significant increase in fetal vessels and sinusoidal giant cells, a decrease in labyrinthine trophoblast whereas the proportion of maternal blood space remained stable in the course of gestation. On the other hand, in the mouse, volume fractions of fetal vessels and sinusoidal giant cells decreased whereas the volume fraction of labyrinthine trophoblast increased compared to N. lasiurus placenta. CONCLUSIONS Placental development differed between N. lasiurus and M. musculus domesticus. In particular, the low placental efficiency in N. lasiurus seemed to induce morphological optimization of fetomaternal exchanges. In conclusion, despite similar structural aspects of placentation in these species, the quantitative dynamics showed important differences.
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- Phelipe O Favaron
- Department of Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05508-270, Brazil
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- Department of Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05508-270, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, 59625-900, Brazil
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- INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, F-78352, France
- ENVA, Maisons-Alfort, F-94704, France
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- Department of Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05508-270, Brazil
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- INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, F-78352, France
- ENVA, Maisons-Alfort, F-94704, France
- Foundation PremUp, Paris, France
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- INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, F-78352, France
- ENVA, Maisons-Alfort, F-94704, France
- Foundation PremUp, Paris, France
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Mayeur S, Lancel S, Theys N, Lukaszewski MA, Duban-Deweer S, Bastide B, Hachani J, Cecchelli R, Breton C, Gabory A, Storme L, Reusens B, Junien C, Vieau D, Lesage J. Maternal calorie restriction modulates placental mitochondrial biogenesis and bioenergetic efficiency: putative involvement in fetoplacental growth defects in rats. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E14-22. [PMID: 23092912 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00332.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Low birth weight is associated with an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes and metabolic diseases. The placental capacity to supply nutrients and oxygen to the fetus represents the main determiner of fetal growth. However, few studies have investigated the effects of maternal diet on the placenta. We explored placental adaptive proteomic processes implicated in response to maternal undernutrition. Rat term placentas from 70% food-restricted (FR30) mothers were used for a proteomic screen. Placental mitochondrial functions were evaluated using molecular and functional approaches, and ATP production was measured. FR30 drastically reduced placental and fetal weights. FR30 placentas displayed 14 proteins that were differentially expressed, including several mitochondrial proteins. FR30 induced a marked increase in placental mtDNA content and changes in mitochondrial functions, including modulation of the expression of genes implicated in biogenesis and bioenergetic pathways. FR30 mitochondria showed higher oxygen consumption but failed to maintain their ATP production. Maternal undernutrition induces placental mitochondrial abnormalities. Although an increase in biogenesis and bioenergetic efficiency was noted, placental ATP level was reduced. Our data suggest that placental mitochondrial defects may be implicated in fetoplacental pathologies.
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Gabory A, Ferry L, Fajardy I, Jouneau L, Gothié JD, Vigé A, Fleur C, Mayeur S, Gallou-Kabani C, Gross MS, Attig L, Vambergue A, Lesage J, Reusens B, Vieau D, Remacle C, Jais JP, Junien C. Maternal diets trigger sex-specific divergent trajectories of gene expression and epigenetic systems in mouse placenta. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47986. [PMID: 23144842 PMCID: PMC3489896 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Males and females responses to gestational overnutrition set the stage for subsequent sex-specific differences in adult onset non communicable diseases. Placenta, as a widely recognized programming agent, contibutes to the underlying processes. According to our previous findings, a high-fat diet during gestation triggers sex-specific epigenetic alterations within CpG and throughout the genome, together with the deregulation of clusters of imprinted genes. We further investigated the impact of diet and sex on placental histology, transcriptomic and epigenetic signatures in mice. Both basal gene expression and response to maternal high-fat diet were sexually dimorphic in whole placentas. Numerous genes showed sexually dimorphic expression, but only 11 genes regardless of the diet. In line with the key role of genes belonging to the sex chromosomes, 3 of these genes were Y-specific and 3 were X-specific. Amongst all the genes that were differentially expressed under a high-fat diet, only 16 genes were consistently affected in both males and females. The differences were not only quantitative but remarkably qualitative. The biological functions and networks of genes dysregulated differed markedly between the sexes. Seven genes of the epigenetic machinery were dysregulated, due to effects of diet, sex or both, including the Y- and X-linked histone demethylase paralogues Kdm5c and Kdm5d, which could mark differently male and female epigenomes. The DNA methyltransferase cofactor Dnmt3l gene expression was affected, reminiscent of our previous observation of changes in global DNA methylation. Overall, this striking sexual dimorphism of programming trajectories impose a considerable revision of the current dietary interventions protocols.
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- Anne Gabory
- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- L’Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort (ENVA), Maisons Alfort, France
- Inserm; AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, SBIM, Paris, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- L’Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort (ENVA), Maisons Alfort, France
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- EA 4489 Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, Department of Diabetology, Biology and Pathology Center, Huriez Hospital, CHRU Lille, Lille, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- L’Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort (ENVA), Maisons Alfort, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- L’Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort (ENVA), Maisons Alfort, France
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- Inserm; AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, SBIM, Paris, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- L’Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort (ENVA), Maisons Alfort, France
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- EA 4489 Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, Université de Lille 1, Bâtiment SN4, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Inserm; AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, SBIM, Paris, France
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- Inserm; AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, SBIM, Paris, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- L’Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort (ENVA), Maisons Alfort, France
- Inserm; AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, SBIM, Paris, France
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- EA 4489 Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, Department of Diabetology, Biology and Pathology Center, Huriez Hospital, CHRU Lille, Lille, France
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- EA 4489 Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, Université de Lille 1, Bâtiment SN4, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- EA 4489 Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, Université de Lille 1, Bâtiment SN4, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Service de Biostatistique et Informatique Médicale, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- L’Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort (ENVA), Maisons Alfort, France
- Inserm; AP-HP; Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, SBIM, Paris, France
- Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France
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The ways in which epigenetic modifications fix the effects of early environmental events, ensuring sustained responses to transient stimuli that result in modified gene expression patterns and phenotypes later in life, are a topic of considerable interest. This article focuses on recently discovered mechanisms and calls into question prevailing views about the dynamics, positions, and functions of epigenetic marks. Most epigenetic studies have addressed the long-term effects of environmental stressors on a small number of epigenetic marks, at the global or individual gene level, in humans and in animal models. In parallel, increasing numbers of studies based on high-throughput technologies are revealing additional complexity in epigenetic processes by highlighting the importance of crosstalk between different epigenetic marks in humans and mice. A number of studies focusing on metabolic programming and the developmental origin of health and disease have identified links between early nutrition, epigenetic processes, and long-term illness. The existence of a self-propagating epigenetic cycle has been shown. Moreover, recent studies have shown an obvious sexual dimorphism both for programming trajectories and in response to the same environmental insult. Despite recent progress, however, we are still far from understanding how, when, and where environmental stressors disturb key epigenetic mechanisms. Thus, the need to identify original key marks and monitor the changes they undergo throughout development, during an individual's lifetime, or over several generations remains a challenging issue.
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- Anne Gabory
- INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Gabory A, Attig L, Junien C. Epigenetic mechanisms involved in developmental nutritional programming. World J Diabetes 2011; 2:164-75. [PMID: 22010058 PMCID: PMC3196195 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v2.i10.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Revised: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 09/08/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The ways in which epigenetic modifications fix the effects of early environmental events, ensuring sustained responses to transient stimuli, which result in modified gene expression patterns and phenotypes later in life, is a topic of considerable interest. This review focuses on recently discovered mechanisms and calls into question prevailing views about the dynamics, position and functions of epigenetic marks. Most epigenetic studies have addressed the long-term effects on a small number of epigenetic marks, at the global or individual gene level, of environmental stressors in humans and animal models. In parallel, increasing numbers of studies based on high-throughput technologies and focusing on humans and mice have revealed additional complexity in epigenetic processes, by highlighting the importance of crosstalk between the different epigenetic marks. A number of studies focusing on the developmental origin of health and disease and metabolic programming have identified links between early nutrition, epigenetic processes and long-term illness. The existence of a self-propagating epigenetic cycle has been demonstrated. Moreover, recent studies demonstrate an obvious sexual dimorphism both for programming trajectories and in response to the same environmental insult. Despite recent progress, we are still far from understanding how, when and where environmental stressors disturb key epigenetic mechanisms. Thus, identifying the original key marks and their changes throughout development during an individual’s lifetime or over several generations remains a challenging issue.
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- Anne Gabory
- Anne Gabory, Linda Attig, Claudine Junien, Developmental Biology and Reproduction, National Institute for Agronomic Research, National Veterinary school, National Center For Scientific Research, Jouy en Josas, France
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Gallou-Kabani C, Gabory A, Tost J, Karimi M, Mayeur S, Lesage J, Boudadi E, Gross MS, Taurelle J, Vigé A, Breton C, Reusens B, Remacle C, Vieau D, Ekström TJ, Jais JP, Junien C. Sex- and diet-specific changes of imprinted gene expression and DNA methylation in mouse placenta under a high-fat diet. PLoS One 2010; 5:e14398. [PMID: 21200436 PMCID: PMC3006175 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2010] [Accepted: 11/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Changes in imprinted gene dosage in the placenta may compromise the prenatal control of nutritional resources. Indeed monoallelic behaviour and sensitivity to changes in regional epigenetic state render imprinted genes both vulnerable and adaptable. METHODS AND FINDINGS We investigated whether a high-fat diet (HFD) during pregnancy modified the expression of imprinted genes and local and global DNA methylation patterns in the placenta. Pregnant mice were fed a HFD or a control diet (CD) during the first 15 days of gestation. We compared gene expression patterns in total placenta homogenates, for male and female offspring, by the RT-qPCR analysis of 20 imprinted genes. Sexual dimorphism and sensitivity to diet were observed for nine genes from four clusters on chromosomes 6, 7, 12 and 17. As assessed by in situ hybridization, these changes were not due to variation in the proportions of the placental layers. Bisulphite-sequencing analysis of 30 CpGs within the differentially methylated region (DMR) of the chromosome 17 cluster revealed sex- and diet-specific differential methylation of individual CpGs in two conspicuous subregions. Bioinformatic analysis suggested that these differentially methylated CpGs might lie within recognition elements or binding sites for transcription factors or factors involved in chromatin remodelling. Placental global DNA methylation, as assessed by the LUMA technique, was also sexually dimorphic on the CD, with lower methylation levels in male than in female placentae. The HFD led to global DNA hypomethylation only in female placenta. Bisulphite pyrosequencing showed that neither B1 nor LINE repetitive elements could account for these differences in DNA methylation. CONCLUSIONS A HFD during gestation triggers sex-specific epigenetic alterations within CpG and throughout the genome, together with the deregulation of clusters of imprinted genes important in the control of many cellular, metabolic and physiological functions potentially involved in adaptation and/or evolution. These findings highlight the importance of studying both sexes in epidemiological protocols and dietary interventions.
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- Catherine Gallou-Kabani
- Inserm, AP-HP, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, Paris, France
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- Inserm, AP-HP, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, Paris, France
- INRA, UMR1198, UMR INRA/ENV Maisons-Alfort/CNRS: Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, (ENV Maisons-Alfort; CNRS), Physiologie Animale et Systèmes d'Elevage, Centre de recherche de Jouy-en-Josas, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Laboratoire d'Epigénétique, CEA - Institut de Génomique, Centre National de Génotypage, Evry, France
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- Laboratory for Medical Epigenetics, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, EA 4489, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, EA 4489, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm, AP-HP, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, Paris, France
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- Inserm, AP-HP, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, Paris, France
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- Inserm, AP-HP, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, Paris, France
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- Inserm, AP-HP, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, Paris, France
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- Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, EA 4489, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, EA 4489, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Laboratory for Medical Epigenetics, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Inserm, AP-HP, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, U781, Paris, France
- INRA, UMR1198, UMR INRA/ENV Maisons-Alfort/CNRS: Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, (ENV Maisons-Alfort; CNRS), Physiologie Animale et Systèmes d'Elevage, Centre de recherche de Jouy-en-Josas, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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The H19 gene produces a non-coding RNA, which is abundantly expressed during embryonic development and down-regulated after birth. Although this gene was discovered over 20 years ago, its function has remained unclear. Only recently a role was identified for the non-coding RNA and/or its microRNA partner, first as a tumour suppressor gene in mice, then as a trans-regulator of a group of co-expressed genes belonging to the imprinted gene network that is likely to control foetal and early postnatal growth in mice. The mechanisms underlying this transcriptional or post-transcriptional regulation remain to be discovered, perhaps by identifying the protein partners of the full-length H19 RNA or the targets of the microRNA. This first in vivo evidence of a functional role for the H19 locus provides new insights into how genomic imprinting helps to control embryonic growth.
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- Anne Gabory
- Biology of Development and Reproduction, INRA-ENVA, UMR 1198, Jouy en Josas, France
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Mayeur S, Silhol M, Moitrot E, Barbaux S, Breton C, Gabory A, Vaiman D, Dutriez-Casteloot I, Fajardy I, Vambergue A. Placental BDNF/TrkB Signaling System is Modulated by Fetal Growth Disturbances in Rat and Human. Placenta 2010; 31:785-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2010] [Revised: 06/09/2010] [Accepted: 06/11/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The ways in which epigenetic modifications fix the effects of early environmental events, ensuring sustained responses to transient stimuli, which result into modified gene expression patterns and phenotypes later in life, is a topic of considerable interest. This review focuses on recently discovered mechanisms and calls into question prevailing views about the dynamics, positions and functions of relevant epigenetic marks. RECENT FINDINGS Animal models, including mice, rats, sheep, pigs and rabbits, remain a vital tool for studying the influence of early nutritional events on adult health and disease. Most epigenetic studies have addressed the long-term effects on a small number of epigenetic marks, at the global or individual gene level, of environmental stressors in humans and animal models. They have demonstrated the existence of a self-propagating epigenetic cycle. In parallel, an increasing number of studies based on high-throughput technologies and focusing on humans and mice have revealed additional complexity in epigenetic processes, by highlighting the importance of crosstalk between the different epigenetic marks. In recent months, a number of studies focusing on the developmental origin of health and disease and metabolic programming have identified links between early nutrition, epigenetic processes and long-term illness. SUMMARY Despite recent progress, we are still far from understanding how, when and where environmental stressors disturb key epigenetic mechanisms. Thus, identifying the original key marks and their changes throughout development, during an individual's lifetime or over several generations, remains a challenging issue.
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- Linda Attig
- BDR Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Developmental Biology and Reproduction, UMR INRA-ENVA-CNRS 1198, Domaine de Vilvert, Jouy en Josas, France
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Fauque P, Ripoche MA, Tost J, Journot L, Gabory A, Busato F, Le Digarcher A, Mondon F, Gut I, Jouannet P, Vaiman D, Dandolo L, Jammes H. Modulation of imprinted gene network in placenta results in normal development of in vitro manipulated mouse embryos. Hum Mol Genet 2010; 19:1779-90. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Gabory A, Ripoche MA, Le Digarcher A, Watrin F, Ziyyat A, Forné T, Jammes H, Ainscough JFX, Surani MA, Journot L, Dandolo L. H19 acts as a trans regulator of the imprinted gene network controlling growth in mice. Development 2009; 136:3413-21. [PMID: 19762426 DOI: 10.1242/dev.036061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The imprinted H19 gene produces a non-coding RNA of unknown function. Mice lacking H19 show an overgrowth phenotype, due to a cis effect of the H19 locus on the adjacent Igf2 gene. To explore the function of the RNA itself, we produced transgenic mice overexpressing H19. We observed postnatal growth reduction in two independent transgenic lines and detected a decrease of Igf2 expression in embryos. An extensive analysis of several other genes from the newly described imprinted gene network (IGN) was performed in both loss- and gain-of-function animals. We found that H19 deletion leads to the upregulation of several genes of the IGN. This overexpression is restored to the wild-type level by transgenic expression of H19. We therefore propose that the H19 gene participates as a trans regulator in the fine-tuning of this IGN in the mouse embryo. This is the first in vivo evidence of a functional role for the H19 RNA. Our results also bring further experimental evidence for the existence of the IGN and open new perspectives in the comprehension of the role of genomic imprinting in embryonic growth and in human imprinting pathologies.
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- Anne Gabory
- Genetics and Development Department, Inserm U567, CNRS UMR 8104, University of Paris Descartes, Institut Cochin, Paris, France
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The phenotype of an individual is the result of complex interactions between genotype and current, past and ancestral environment leading to a lifelong remodelling of our epigenomes. The vast majority of common diseases, including atherosclerosis, diabetes, osteoporosis, asthma, neuropsychological and autoimmune diseases, which often take root in early development, display some degree of sex bias, very marked in some cases. This bias could be explained by the role of sex chromosomes, the different regulatory pathways underlying sexual development of most organs and finally, lifelong fluctuating impact of sex hormones. A substantial proportion of dimorphic genes expression might be under the control of sex-specific epigenetic marks. Environmental factors such as social behaviour, nutrition or chemical compounds can influence, in a gender-related manner, these flexible epigenetic marks during particular spatiotemporal windows of life. Thus, finely tuned developmental program aspects, for each sex, may be more sensitive to specific environmental challenges, particularly during developmental programming and gametogenesis, but also throughout the individual's life under the influence of sex steroid hormones and/or sex chromosomes. An unfavourable programming could thus lead to various defects and different susceptibility to diseases between males and females. Recent studies suggest that this epigenetic programming could be sometimes transmitted to subsequent generations in a sex-specific manner and lead to transgenerational effects (TGEs). This review summarizes the current understanding in the field of epigenetic programming and highlights the importance of studying both sexes in epidemiological protocols or dietary interventions both in humans and in experimental animal models.
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- Anne Gabory
- Inserm U Genetics and Epigenetics of Metabolic Diseases, Neurosensorial Diseases and Development, Clinique Maurice Lamy, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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Gabory A, Ripoche MA, Yoshimizu T, Dandolo L. The H19 gene: regulation and function of a non-coding RNA. Cytogenet Genome Res 2006; 113:188-93. [PMID: 16575179 DOI: 10.1159/000090831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2005] [Accepted: 11/14/2005] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The H19 gene encodes a 2.3-kb non-coding mRNA which is strongly expressed during embryogenesis. This gene belongs to an imprinted cluster, conserved on mouse chromosome 7 and human chromosome 11p15. H19 is maternally expressed and the neighbouring Igf2 gene is transcribed from the paternal allele. These two genes are co-expressed in endoderm- and mesoderm-derived tissues during embryonic development, which suggests a common mechanism of regulation. The regulatory elements (imprinted control region, CTCF insulation, different enhancer sequences, promoters of the two genes, matrix attachment regions) confer a differential chromatin architecture to the two parental alleles leading to reciprocal expression. The role of the H19 gene is unclear but different aspects have been proposed. H19 influences growth by way of a cis control on Igf2 expression. Although H19(-/-) mice are viable, a role for this gene during development has been suggested by viable H19(-/-) parthenogenetic mice. Finally it has been described as a putative tumour suppressor gene. H19 has been studied by numerous laboratories over the last fifteen years, nevertheless the function of this non-coding RNA remains to be elucidated.
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- A Gabory
- Department of Genetics and Development, Institut Cochin, INSERM U567, CNRS UMR 8104, University Paris V Descartes, Paris, France
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Genomic imprinting leads to parent-of-origin-specific monoallelic expression of about 60 known genes in the mammalian genome. It was discovered 20 years ago and the aim of this review is to summarize its main characteristics. The nature of the imprint, still unknown, is characterized by differential chromatin structure and DNA methylation. The imprint is reset at each generation during gametogenesis, which can be observed by demethylation in the PGCs, then gamete-specific remethylation. The imprinted genes are usually located in clusters and regulated by cis sequences such as imprinting centres, trans factors such as the insulator protein CTCF and/or large non coding antisense RNAs. Genetic and epigenetic abnormalities of the imprinted clusters can lead to human diseases such as Prader-Willi, Angelman or Beckwith-Wiedemann syndromes.
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- Anne Gabory
- Equipe Empreinte parentale, Département Génétique et Développement, Institut Cochin, 24, rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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