ANRIL Promoter DNA Methylation: A Perinatal Marker for Later Adiposity

© 2017 The Authors. 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 b...

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Main Authors: Lillycrop, K., Murray, R., Cheong, C., Teh, A., Clarke-Harris, R., Barton, S., Costello, P., Garratt, E., Cook, E., Titcombe, P., Shunmuganathan, B., Liew, S., Chua, Y., Lin, X., Wu, Y., Burdge, G., Cooper, C., Inskip, H., Karnani, N., Hopkins, J., Childs, C., Chavez, C., Calder, P., Yap, F., Lee, Y., Chong, Y., Melton, Phillip, Beilin, L., Huang, R., Gluckman, P., Harvey, N., Hanson, M., Holbrook, J., Godfrey, K.
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Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58124
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author Lillycrop, K.
Murray, R.
Cheong, C.
Teh, A.
Clarke-Harris, R.
Barton, S.
Costello, P.
Garratt, E.
Cook, E.
Titcombe, P.
Shunmuganathan, B.
Liew, S.
Chua, Y.
Lin, X.
Wu, Y.
Burdge, G.
Cooper, C.
Inskip, H.
Karnani, N.
Hopkins, J.
Childs, C.
Chavez, C.
Calder, P.
Yap, F.
Lee, Y.
Chong, Y.
Melton, Phillip
Beilin, L.
Huang, R.
Gluckman, P.
Harvey, N.
Hanson, M.
Holbrook, J.
Godfrey, K.
author_facet Lillycrop, K.
Murray, R.
Cheong, C.
Teh, A.
Clarke-Harris, R.
Barton, S.
Costello, P.
Garratt, E.
Cook, E.
Titcombe, P.
Shunmuganathan, B.
Liew, S.
Chua, Y.
Lin, X.
Wu, Y.
Burdge, G.
Cooper, C.
Inskip, H.
Karnani, N.
Hopkins, J.
Childs, C.
Chavez, C.
Calder, P.
Yap, F.
Lee, Y.
Chong, Y.
Melton, Phillip
Beilin, L.
Huang, R.
Gluckman, P.
Harvey, N.
Hanson, M.
Holbrook, J.
Godfrey, K.
author_sort Lillycrop, K.
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description © 2017 The Authors. 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.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-581242017-11-20T08:58:33Z ANRIL Promoter DNA Methylation: A Perinatal Marker for Later Adiposity Lillycrop, K. Murray, R. Cheong, C. Teh, A. Clarke-Harris, R. Barton, S. Costello, P. Garratt, E. Cook, E. Titcombe, P. Shunmuganathan, B. Liew, S. Chua, Y. Lin, X. Wu, Y. Burdge, G. Cooper, C. Inskip, H. Karnani, N. Hopkins, J. Childs, C. Chavez, C. Calder, P. Yap, F. Lee, Y. Chong, Y. Melton, Phillip Beilin, L. Huang, R. Gluckman, P. Harvey, N. Hanson, M. Holbrook, J. Godfrey, K. © 2017 The Authors. 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. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58124 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.03.037 unknown
spellingShingle Lillycrop, K.
Murray, R.
Cheong, C.
Teh, A.
Clarke-Harris, R.
Barton, S.
Costello, P.
Garratt, E.
Cook, E.
Titcombe, P.
Shunmuganathan, B.
Liew, S.
Chua, Y.
Lin, X.
Wu, Y.
Burdge, G.
Cooper, C.
Inskip, H.
Karnani, N.
Hopkins, J.
Childs, C.
Chavez, C.
Calder, P.
Yap, F.
Lee, Y.
Chong, Y.
Melton, Phillip
Beilin, L.
Huang, R.
Gluckman, P.
Harvey, N.
Hanson, M.
Holbrook, J.
Godfrey, K.
ANRIL Promoter DNA Methylation: A Perinatal Marker for Later Adiposity
title ANRIL Promoter DNA Methylation: A Perinatal Marker for Later Adiposity
title_full ANRIL Promoter DNA Methylation: A Perinatal Marker for Later Adiposity
title_fullStr ANRIL Promoter DNA Methylation: A Perinatal Marker for Later Adiposity
title_full_unstemmed ANRIL Promoter DNA Methylation: A Perinatal Marker for Later Adiposity
title_short ANRIL Promoter DNA Methylation: A Perinatal Marker for Later Adiposity
title_sort anril promoter dna methylation: a perinatal marker for later adiposity
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58124