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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
Environmental exposures in-utero may alter the epigenome, thus impacting chromosomal stability and gene expression. We hypothesized that in utero exposures to maternal smoking and perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) are associated with global DNA hypomethylation in umbilical cord serum. Our objective was to determine if global DNA methylation could be used as a biomarker of in utero exposures to maternal smoking and PFCs. Using an ELISA-based method, global DNA methylation was quantified in umbilical cord serum from 30 newborns with high (> 10 ng/ml, mean 123.8 ng/ml), low (range 1-10 ng/ml, mean 1.6 ng/ml) and very low (< 1 ng/ml, mean 0.06 ng/ml) cord serum cotinine levels. Y chromosome analysis was performed to rule out maternal DNA cross-contamination. Cord serum global DNA methylation showed an inverse dose response to serum cotinine levels (p< 0.001). Global DNA methylation levels in cord blood were the lowest among newborns with smoking mothers (mean=15.04%; 95% CI, 8.4, 21.7) when compared to babies of mothers who were second-hand smokers (21.1%; 95% CI, 16.6, 25.5) and non-smokers (mean=29.2%; 95% CI, 20.1, 38.1). Global DNA methylation was inversely correlated with serum PFOA (r= -0.72, p < 0.01) but not PFOS levels. Serum Y chromosome analyses did not detect maternal DNA cross-contamination. This study supports the use of global DNA methylation status as a biomarker of in utero exposure to cigarette smoke and PFCs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1559-2308
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
539-46
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Cotinine, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Fetal Blood, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Fluorocarbons, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Genome-Wide Association Study, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Maternal Exposure, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Octanoic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Smoking, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Tobacco Smoke Pollution, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Uterus, pubmed-meshheading:20523118-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Global DNA hypomethylation is associated with in utero exposure to cotinine and perfluorinated alkyl compounds.
pubmed:affiliation
Otolaryngology Department, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. rguerre3@jhmi.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural