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Polycystic ovary syndrome is transmitted via a transgenerational epigenetic process

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Mimouni, Nour El Houda, Paiva, Isabel, Barbotin, Anne-Laure, Timzoura, Fatima Ezzahra, Plassard, Damien, Le Gras, Stephanie, Ternier, Gaetan, Pigny, Pascal, Catteau-Jonard, Sophie, Simon, Virginie, Prevot, Vincent, Boutillier, Anne-Laurence, Giacobini, Paolo·2021·Cell Metabolism

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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common reproductive and metabolic disorder affecting women of reproductive age. PCOS has a strong heritable component, but its pathogenesis has been unclear. Here, we performed RNA sequencing and genome-wide DNA methylation profiling of ovarian tissue from control and third-generation PCOS-like mice. We found that DNA hypomethylation regulates key genes associated with PCOS and that several of the differentially methylated genes are also altered in blood samples from women with PCOS compared with healthy controls. Based on this insight, we treated the PCOS mouse model with the methyl group donor S-adenosylmethionine and found that it corrected their transcriptomic, neuroendocrine, and metabolic defects. These findings show that the transmission of PCOS traits to future generations occurs via an altered landscape of DNA methylation and propose methylome markers as a possible diagnostic landmark for the condition, while also identifying potential candidates for epigenetic-based therapy.

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Mimouni, N. E. H., Paiva, I., Barbotin, A.-L., Timzoura, F. E., Plassard, D., Le Gras, S., Ternier, G., Pigny, P., Catteau-Jonard, S., Simon, V., Prevot, V., Boutillier, A.-L., & Giacobini, P.
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Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-03
Volume
33
Issue
3
Pages
513-530.e8
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
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W3126884841
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253
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86
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28.17
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journal article
Language
en
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Mimouni, N. E. H., Paiva, I., Barbotin, A.-L., Timzoura, F. E., Plassard, D., Le Gras, S., Ternier, G., Pigny, P., Catteau-Jonard, S., Simon, V., Prevot, V., Boutillier, A.-L., & Giacobini, P. (2021). Polycystic ovary syndrome is transmitted via a transgenerational epigenetic process. Cell Metabolism. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2021.01.004

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