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Integrated analysis of environmental and genetic influences on cord blood DNA methylation in new-borns

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Czamara, Darina, Eraslan, Gökçen, Page, Christian M., Lahti, Jari, Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius, Hämäläinen, Esa, Kajantie, Eero, Laivuori, Hannele +222 more·2019·Nature Communications

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Epigenetic processes, including DNA methylation (DNAm), are among the mechanisms allowing integration of genetic and environmental factors to shape cellular function. While many studies have investigated either environmental or genetic contributions to DNAm, few have assessed their integrated effects. Here we examine the relative contributions of prenatal environmental factors and genotype on DNA methylation in neonatal blood at variably methylated regions (VMRs) in 4 independent cohorts (overall n = 2365). We use Akaike’s information criterion to test which factors best explain variability of methylation in the cohort-specific VMRs: several prenatal environmental factors (E), genotypes in cis (G), or their additive (G + E) or interaction (GxE) effects. Genetic and environmental factors in combination best explain DNAm at the majority of VMRs. The CpGs best explained by either G, G + E or GxE are functionally distinct. The enrichment of genetic variants from GxE models in GWAS for complex disorders supports their importance for disease risk.

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  • In a study of over 2000 newborns, GxE and G+E models outperformed models with G or E only in predicting DNA methylation at DMRs, indicating a synergistic interaction between genetic and environmental factors.

    “The GxE and G+E models outperformed the models with G or E only in predicting DNAm at the DMRs, indicating a synergistic interaction between genetic and environmental factors.”

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    The Discussion (page unavailable) says GxE interactions and G + E additive effects best explained most variable methylation sites, ahead of genotype alone; Table 1 lists cohorts totaling 2,365 newborns. But the paper analyzes variably methylated regions (VMRs), not DMRs, and distinguishes additive G + E effects from interactions. The claim’s characterization of both models as evidence of a synergistic interaction is therefore not supported. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Both G+E and GxE models were enriched for DMRs associated with GWAS of psychiatric disease, including MDD.

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    The Results (Disease relevance; page unavailable) report GWAS enrichment for functional SNPs in GxE and G+E models and include major depressive disorder (MDD) among the GWAS examined. They do not report enrichment of DMRs, or establish that both models were enriched specifically for MDD; the highlighted psychiatric enrichments are for autism and ADHD. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Czamara, D., Eraslan, G., Page, C. M., Lahti, J., Lahti-Pulkkinen, M., Hämäläinen, E., Kajantie, E., Laivuori, H., Villa, P. M., Reynolds, R. M., Nystad, W., Håberg, S. E., London, S. J., O’Donnell, K. J., Garg, E., Meaney, M. J., Entringer, S., Wadhwa, P. D., Buss, C., Jones, M. J., Lin, D. T. S., MacIsaac, J. L., Kobor, M. S., Koen, N., Zar, H. J., Koenen, K. C., Dalvie, S., Stein, D. J., Kondofersky, I., Müller, N. S., Theis, F. J., Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Wray, N. R., Ripke, S., Mattheisen, M., Trzaskowski, M., Byrne, E. M., Abdellaoui, A., Adams, M. J., Agerbo, E., Air, T. M., Andlauer, T. F. M., Bacanu, S.-A., Bækvad-Hansen, M., Beekman, A. T. F., Bigdeli, T. B., Blackwood, D. H. R., Bryois, J., Buttenschøn, H. N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, J., Cai, N., Castelao, E., Christensen, J. H., Clarke, T.-K., Coleman, J. R. I., Colodro-Conde, L., Couvy-Duchesne, B., Craddock, N., Crawford, G. E., Davies, G., Deary, I. J., Degenhardt, F., Derks, E. M., Direk, N., Dolan, C. V., Dunn, E. C., Eley, T. C., Escott-Price, V., Kiadeh, F. F. H., Finucane, H. K., Forstner, A. J., Frank, J., Gaspar, H. A., Gill, M., Goes, F. S., Gordon, S. D., Grove, J., Hall, L. S., Hansen, C. S., Hansen, T. F., Herms, S., Hickie, I. B., Hoffmann, P., Homuth, G., Horn, C., Hottenga, J.-J., Hougaard, D. M., Ising, M., Jansen, R., Jorgenson, E., Knowles, J. A., Kohane, I. S., Kraft, J., Kretzschmar, W. W., Krogh, J., Kutalik, Z., Li, Y., Lind, P. A., MacIntyre, D. J., MacKinnon, D. F., Maier, R. M., Maier, W., Marchini, J., Mbarek, H., McGrath, P., McGuffin, P., Medland, S. E., Mehta, D., Middeldorp, C. M., Mihailov, E., Milaneschi, Y., Milani, L., Mondimore, F. M., Montgomery, G. W., Mostafavi, S., Mullins, N., Nauck, M., Ng, B., Nivard, M. G., Nyholt, D. R., O’Reilly, P. F., Oskarsson, H., Owen, M. J., Painter, J. N., Pedersen, C. B., Pedersen, M. G., Peterson, R. E., Pettersson, E., Peyrot, W. J., Pistis, G., Posthuma, D., Quiroz, J. A., Qvist, P., Rice, J. P., Riley, B. P., Rivera, M., Mirza, S. S., Schoevers, R., Schulte, E. C., Shen, L., Shi, J., Shyn, S. I., Sigurdsson, E., Sinnamon, G. C. B., Smit, J. H., Smith, D. J., Stefansson, H., Steinberg, S., Streit, F., Strohmaier, J., Tansey, K. E., Teismann, H., Teumer, A., Thompson, W., Thomson, P. A., Thorgeirsson, T. E., Traylor, M., Treutlein, J., Trubetskoy, V., Uitterlinden, A. G., Umbricht, D., Van der Auwera, S., van Hemert, A. M., Viktorin, A., Visscher, P. M., Wang, Y., Webb, B. T., Weinsheimer, S. M., Wellmann, J., Willemsen, G., Witt, S. H., Wu, Y., Xi, H. S., Yang, J., Zhang, F., Arolt, V., Baune, B. T., Berger, K., Boomsma, D. I., Cichon, S., Dannlowski, U., de Geus, E. J. C., DePaulo, J. R., Domenici, E., Domschke, K., Esko, T., Grabe, H. J., Hamilton, S. P., Hayward, C., Heath, A. C., Kendler, K. S., Kloiber, S., Lewis, G., Li, Q. S., Lucae, S., Madden, P. A. F., Magnusson, P. K., Martin, N. G., McIntosh, A. M., Metspalu, A., Mors, O., Mortensen, P. B., Müller-Myhsok, B., Nordentoft, M., Nöthen, M. M., O’Donovan, M. C., Paciga, S. A., Pedersen, N. L., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Perlis, R. H., Porteous, D. J., Potash, J. B., Preisig, M., Rietschel, M., Schaefer, C., Schulze, T. G., Smoller, J. W., Stefansson, K., Tiemeier, H., Uher, R., Völzke, H., Weissman, M. M., Werge, T., Lewis, C. M., Levinson, D. F., Breen, G., Børglum, A. D., Sullivan, P. F., Räikkönen, K., & Binder, E. B.
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Corresponding author
Binder, Elisabeth B.
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Published
2019-06-11
Volume
10
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Pages
2548-2548
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Keywords
DNA methylation, umbilical cord blood, neonates, prenatal environmental factors, genotypes, gene-environment interaction, epigenetics, Akaike information criterion, CpG sites, genetic variants, disease risk
MeSH terms
DNA, Female, Fetal Blood, Genotype, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, Cohort Studies, DNA Methylation, Epigenesis, Genetic, Gene-Environment Interaction

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