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Maternal programming of steroid receptor expression and phenotype through DNA methylation in the rat
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Increased levels of pup licking/grooming and arched-back nursing by rat mothers over the first week of life alter the epigenome at a glucocorticoid receptor gene promoter in the hippocampus of the offspring. Differences in the DNA methylation pattern between the offspring of High and Low licking/grooming--arched-back mothers emerge over the first week of life, are reversed with cross-fostering, persist into adulthood and are associated with altered histone acetylation and transcription factor (NGFI-A) binding to the glucocorticoid receptor promoter. Central infusion of the adult offspring with the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A removes the previously defined epigenomic group differences in histone acetylation, DNA methylation, NGFI-A binding, glucocorticoid receptor expression, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses to stress, thus suggesting a causal relation between the epigenomic state, glucocorticoid receptor expression and the effects of maternal care on stress responses in the offspring. These findings demonstrate that an epigenomic state of a gene can be established through a behavioral mode of programming and that in spite of the inherent stability of this epigenomic mark, it is dynamic and potentially reversible.
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“The absence of early nurturing maternal behavior in rodents leads to increased methylation, a covalent modification involved in epigenetic regulation of DNA, of exon 17, a NGFI-A regulated promoter of the GR NR3C1 gene (Meaney & Szyf, 2005; Szyf, Weaver, Champagne, Diorio, & Meaney, 2005).”
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“Likewise the increased CpG methylation within the GR promotor is associated with a sluggish HPA stress response and is associated with poor maternal care in rodents and early life abuse in human suicide victims.”
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- Authors
- Szyf, M., Weaver, I. C. G., Champagne, F. A., Diorio, J., & Meaney, M. J.
- Affiliations
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Meaney, Michael J.
- Venue
- Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-10
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 139-162
- ISSN
- 0091-3022 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2146840535
- Cited by
- 348
- References
- 249
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Keywords
- maternal programming, DNA methylation, glucocorticoid receptor, hippocampus, epigenetic inheritance, histone acetylation, NGFI-A, trichostatin A, stress response, cross-fostering
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Grooming, Hippocampus, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Maternal Behavior, Phenotype, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, Stress, Psychological, DNA Methylation, Epigenesis, Genetic, Rats
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