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ANRIL promoter DNA methylation: a perinatal marker for later adiposity
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Lillycrop, K and Murray, R and Cheong, C and Teh, AL and Clarke-Harris, R and Barton, S and Costello, P and Garratt, E and Cook, E and Titcombe, P and Shunmuganathan, B and Liew, SJ and Chua, Y-C and Lin, X and Wu, Y and Burdge, GC and Cooper, C and Inskip, HM and Karnani, N and Hopkins, JC and Childs, CE and Chavez, CP and Calder, PC and Yap, F and Lee, YS and Chong, YS and Melton, P and Beilin, L and Huang, R-C and Gluckman, PD and Harvey, N and Hanson, MA and Holbrook, JD and Godfrey, KM, and the EpiGen Consortium, ANRIL promoter DNA methylation: a perinatal marker for later adiposity, EBioMedicine, 19 pp. 60-72. ISSN 2352-3964 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.03.037
Abstract
Experimental studies show a substantial contribution of early life environment to obesity risk through epigenetic processes. We examined inter-individual DNA methylation differences in human birth tissues associated with child's adiposity. We identified a novel association between the level of CpG methylation at birth within the promoter of the long non-coding RNA ANRIL (encoded at CDKN2A) and childhood adiposity at age 6-years. An association between ANRIL methylation and adiposity was also observed in three additional populations; in birth tissues from ethnically diverse neonates, in peripheral blood from adolescents, and in adipose tissue from adults. Additionally, CpG methylation was associated with ANRIL expression in vivo, and CpG mutagenesis in vitro inhibited ANRIL promoter activity. Furthermore, CpG methylation enhanced binding to an Estrogen Response Element within the ANRIL promoter. Our findings demonstrate that perinatal methylation at loci relevant to gene function may be a robust marker of later adiposity, providing substantial support for epigenetic processes in mediating long-term consequences of early life environment on human health.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | adiposity, DNA methylation, epigenetic |
Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Genetics |
Research Field: | Epigenetics (incl. genome methylation and epigenomics) |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) |
Objective Field: | Neonatal and child health |
UTAS Author: | Melton, P (Dr Phillip Melton) |
ID Code: | 141401 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 43 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2020-10-19 |
Last Modified: | 2022-03-03 |
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