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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of nonmutagenic environmental exposures can sometimes be transmitted for several generations, suggesting transgenerational inheritance of induced epigenetic variation. Methyl donor supplementation of female mice during pregnancy induces CpG hypermethylation at the agouti viable yellow (A(vy)) allele in A(vy)/a offspring. Epigenetic inheritance occurs at A(vy); when passed through the female germ line, A(vy) epigenotype is not completely "reset." We therefore tested whether diet-induced epigenetic alterations at A(vy) are inherited transgenerationally. Female A(vy)/a mice were weaned onto either control (n=6) or a methyl-supplemented diet (n=5). These F0 dams were mated with a/a males. All F1 and F2 A(vy)/a females were weaned onto the same diet as their mothers, then mated with a/a males. F1, F2, and F3 A(vy)/a offspring were classified for coat color, an indicator of A(vy) methylation. In total, 62 F1, 98 F2, and 209 F3 A(vy)/a mice were studied. As expected, average A(vy)/a coat color was darker in the supplemented group (P<0.01). However, there was no cumulative effect of supplementation across successive generations. These results suggest that, in the female germ line, diet-induced A(vy) hypermethylation occurs in the absence of additional epigenetic modifications that normally confer transgenerational epigenetic inheritance at the locus.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1530-6860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3380-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Agouti Signaling Protein, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-CpG Islands, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Diet, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Dietary Supplements, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Epigenesis, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Hair Color, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:17551099-Random Allocation
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Diet-induced hypermethylation at agouti viable yellow is not inherited transgenerationally through the female.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, USDA Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. waterland@bcm.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural