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DiMarzio K, Rojo-Wissar DM, Hernandez Valencia E, Ver Pault M, Denherder S, Lopez A, Lerch J, Metrailer G, Merrill SM, Highlander A, Parent J. Childhood Adversity and Adolescent Epigenetic Age Acceleration: The Role of Adolescent Sleep Health. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.09.02.24312939. [PMID: 39281758 PMCID: PMC11398434 DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.02.24312939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/18/2024]
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Study Objectives We investigated how a dimension of early life adversity (ELA) capturing threat in the home relates to later epigenetic age acceleration in adolescence through sleep (duration, efficiency, and timing), to empirically test theoretical models suggesting the importance of sleep as a key mechanism linking ELA with poor health outcomes, and to expand the limited literature on sleep and epigenetic aging among youth. Methods We utilized data from 861 participants from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) who participated in the actigraphy sub study at age 15. Sleep variables used were average total sleep time (TST), sleep efficiency (SE), and sleep onset timing. Home threat was determined at ages 3, 5, and 9 from parent reports on the Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-PC), and epigenetic aging was measured through DNA methylation analyses of saliva samples collected at age 15. Results Higher levels of childhood home threat exposure were associated with less adolescent TST, lower SE, and later sleep onset timing. Adolescent SE and timing were associated with a faster pace of aging and epigenetic age acceleration. Sleep efficiency and timing mediated the link between childhood home threat exposure and adolescent epigenetic aging. Conclusions Epigenetic embedding of childhood threat exposure in the home may occur through adversity-related sleep disturbances in adolescence. Findings warrant greater attention to pediatric sleep health in theoretical models of biological embedding of adversity and point to the examination of improving sleep health as a potential way to prevent adversity-related epigenetic age acceleration.
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- Karissa DiMarzio
- Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
- Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, E.P. Bradley Hospital, East Providence, RI
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- Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
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- Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
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- Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
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- Zvart Onanian School of Nursing, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
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Townsel C, Truax B, Quaid M, Covault J, Dolinoy DC, Goodrich JM. Increased risk of severe neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome in pregnancies with low placental ABCB1 DNA methylation. J Perinatol 2024:10.1038/s41372-024-02060-9. [PMID: 39033231 DOI: 10.1038/s41372-024-02060-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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BACKGROUND Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) is unpredictable. We assessed relationships between placental DNA methylation with in-utero opioid exposure and NOWS severity. METHODS Secondary analysis of a prospective multicenter cohort study of pregnancies on methadone or buprenorphine, ≥34 weeks, singleton, 18 or greater. Placental biopsies were collected. Placental DNA methylation levels of ABCG1, ABCG2, CYP19A1, and HSD11B2 were quantified via pyrosequencing following bisulfite conversion. CYP19A1 mRNA levels and umbilical cord drug levels were determined by RT-qPCR and LC-MS respectively. Severe NOWS was diagnosed through Finnegan scoring. P value < 0.05 was significant. RESULTS Thirty-eight dyads were included. Promoter region methylation for placental ABCB1 was lower in severe NOWS compared to non-severe NOWS (p = 0.04). Placental CYP19A1 methylation was inversely related to CYP19A1 mRNA levels and associated with umbilical cord norbuprenorphine levels (p < 0.01), but not umbilical cord methadone levels. DISCUSSION Lower placental ABCB1 methylation was associated with severe NOWS. Higher placental CYP19A1 methylation correlated with higher umbilical cord norbuprenorphine levels.
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- Courtney Townsel
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Li T, Cao Y, Zhou P, Xie Y, Tao S, Zou L, Yang Y, Tao F, Wu X. Prospective study of the association between chronotypes and depressive symptoms in Chinese university students: Moderating effects of PER1 gene DNA methylation. Chronobiol Int 2024; 41:621-631. [PMID: 38568246 DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2024.2337891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Most studies have shown a link between chronotypes and mental health and have identified evening chronotypes (E-types) as a potential risk for depressive symptoms. However, the mechanisms behind this association remain unknown. Abnormal expression of the PER1 gene was not only associated with circadian rhythm disturbance, but also closely related to mental illness. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the association of chronotype with depressive symptoms, and further explore the moderating effects of the PER1 gene DNA methylation on chronotypes and depressive symptoms in Chinese university students. In a stratified cluster sampling design, chronotype and depressive symptoms were assessed in 1 042 university students from 2 universities in a two-year prospective survey from April 2019 to October 2020. The survey was conducted once every 6 months, corresponding to the time points in April 2019 (T0), October 2019 (T1), April 2020 (T2), and October 2020 (T3). At T0, the Morning and Evening Questionnaire 5 (MEQ-5) was adopted to assess chronotype. At T0-T3, the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) was adopted to investigate depressive symptoms. Meanwhile, at T0, participants were subjected to a health check-up trip in the hospital, and blood samples were taken from the students to measure the PER1 gene DNA methylation levels. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the association of chronotypes with depressive symptoms. The depression/total depression group was coded as 1, while the remaining participants was defined as one group, and was coded as 0. The PROCESS plug-in of SPSS software was used to analyze the moderating effects of PER1 gene DNA methylation on the association of chronotype with depressive symptoms. After adjusting for covariates, the results indicated that T0 E-types were positively correlated with T0-T3 depression/total depression in female university students. Furthermore, the PER1 gene DNA methylation has negative moderating effects between T0 chronotype and T3 depressive symptoms and has a sex difference. This study can provide more favorable scientific value for the prevention and control of depression in university students.
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- Tingting Li
- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health Across the Life Course, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health Across the Life Course, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Nursing, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health Across the Life Course, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health Across the Life Course, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Palagini L, Geoffroy PA, Gehrman PR, Miniati M, Gemignani A, Riemann D. Potential genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in insomnia: A systematic review. J Sleep Res 2023; 32:e13868. [PMID: 36918298 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.13868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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Insomnia is a stress-related sleep disorder conceptualised within a diathesis-stress framework, which it is thought to result from predisposing factors interacting with precipitating stressful events that trigger the development of insomnia. Among predisposing factors genetics and epigenetics may play a role. A systematic review of the current evidence for the genetic and epigenetic basis of insomnia was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) system. A total of 24 studies were collected for twins and family heritability, 55 for genome-wide association studies, 26 about candidate genes for insomnia, and eight for epigenetics. Data showed that insomnia is a complex polygenic stress-related disorder, and it is likely to be caused by a synergy of genetic and environmental factors, with stress-related sleep reactivity being the important trait. Even if few studies have been conducted to date on insomnia, epigenetics may be the framework to understand long-lasting consequences of the interaction between genetic and environmental factors and effects of stress on the brain in insomnia. Interestingly, polygenic risk for insomnia has been causally linked to different mental and medical disorders. Probably, by treating insomnia it would be possible to intervene on the effect of stress on the brain and prevent some medical and mental conditions.
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- Laura Palagini
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Psychiatry, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana AUOP, Pisa, Italy
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- Département de Psychiatrie et D'Addictologie, AP-HP, GHU Paris Nord, DMU Neurosciences, Hopital Bichat - Claude Bernard, Paris, France
- GHU Paris - Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, NeuroDiderot, INSERM, Paris, France
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- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Unit of Psychiatry, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana AUOP, Pisa, Italy
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- Unit of Psychology, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana AUOP, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Center for Basics in NeuroModulation (NeuroModulBasics), Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Liu J, Huang B, Ding F, Li Y. Environment factors, DNA methylation, and cancer. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2023; 45:7543-7568. [PMID: 37715840 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-023-01749-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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Today, the rapid development of science and technology and the rapid change in economy and society are changing the way of life of human beings and affecting the natural, living, working, and internal environment on which human beings depend. At the same time, the global incidence of cancer has increased significantly yearly, and cancer has become the number one killer that threatens human health. Studies have shown that diet, living habits, residential environment, mental and psychological factors, intestinal flora, genetics, social factors, and viral and non-viral infections are closely related to human cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms of the environment and cancer development remain to be further explored. In recent years, DNA methylation has become a key hub and bridge for environmental and cancer research. Some environmental factors can alter the hyper/hypomethylation of human cancer suppressor gene promoters, proto-oncogene promoters, and the whole genome, causing low/high expression or gene mutation of related genes, thereby exerting oncogenic or anticancer effects. It is expected to develop early warning markers of cancer environment based on DNA methylation, thereby providing new methods for early detection of cancers, diagnosis, and targeted therapy. This review systematically expounds on the internal mechanism of environmental factors affecting cancer by changing DNA methylation, aiming to help establish the concept of cancer prevention and improve people's health.
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- Jie Liu
- Department of General Surgery, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China
- Key Laboratory of the Digestive System Tumors of Gansu Province, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China
- Key Laboratory of the Digestive System Tumors of Gansu Province, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China
- Key Laboratory of the Digestive System Tumors of Gansu Province, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China.
- Key Laboratory of the Digestive System Tumors of Gansu Province, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China.
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Larsen M, He F, Kawasawa YI, Berg A, Vgontzas AN, Liao D, Bixler EO, Fernandez-Mendoza J. Objective and subjective measures of sleep initiation are differentially associated with DNA methylation in adolescents. Clin Epigenetics 2023; 15:136. [PMID: 37634000 PMCID: PMC10464279 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-023-01553-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The onset of puberty is associated with a shift in the circadian timing of sleep, leading to delayed sleep initiation [i.e., later sleep onset time (SOT)] due to later bedtimes and/or longer sleep onset latency (SOL). Several genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genes that may be involved in the etiology of sleep phenotypes. However, circadian rhythms are also epigenetically regulated; therefore, epigenetic biomarkers may provide insight into the physiology of the pubertal sleep onset shift and the pathophysiology of prolonged or delayed sleep initiation. RESULTS The gene-wide analysis indicated differential methylation within or around 1818 unique genes across the sleep initiation measurements using self-report, actigraphy (ACT), and polysomnography (PSG), while GWAS-informed analysis yielded 67 genes. Gene hits were identified for bedtime (PSG), SOL (subjective, ACT and PSG) and SOT (subjective and PSG). DNA methylation within 12 genes was associated with both subjective and PSG-measured SOL, 31 with both ACT- and PSG-measured SOL, 19 with both subjective and ACT-measured SOL, and one gene (SMG1P2) had methylation sites associated with subjective, ACT- and PSG-measured SOL. CONCLUSIONS Objective and subjective sleep initiation in adolescents is associated with altered DNA methylation in genes previously identified in adult GWAS of sleep and circadian phenotypes. Additionally, our data provide evidence for a potential epigenetic link between habitual (subjective and ACT) SOL and in-lab SOT and DNA methylation in and around genes involved in circadian regulation (i.e., RASD1, RAI1), cardiometabolic disorders (i.e., FADS1, WNK1, SLC5A6), and neuropsychiatric disorders (i.e., PRR7, SDK1, FAM172A). If validated, these sites may provide valuable targets for early detection and prevention of disorders involving prolonged or delayed SOT, such as insomnia, delayed sleep phase, and their comorbidity.
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- Michael Larsen
- Sleep Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Institute for Personalized Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Sleep Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Sleep Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Sleep Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA.
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Mo T, Wang Y, Gao H, Li W, Zhou L, Yuan Y, Zhang X, He M, Guo H, Long P, Wu T. Sleep Duration, Midday Napping, and Serum Homocysteine Levels: A Gene-Environment Interaction Study. Nutrients 2023; 15:210. [PMID: 36615867 PMCID: PMC9823917 DOI: 10.3390/nu15010210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The associations of sleep duration and midday napping with homocysteine (Hcy) levels, and whether these sleep behaviors modify the association between genetic predisposition and Hcy levels, has yet to be investigated. We included 19,426 participants without severe health conditions at baseline from the Dongfeng−Tongji cohort. In a subgroup of 15,126 participants with genetic data, a genetic risk score (GRS) based on 18 Hcy-related loci was constructed to test the gene−sleep interactions in Hcy. Hcy levels were higher in subjects with a long sleep duration (≥9 h) and midday napping (>90 min), as compared to those who reported a moderate sleep duration (7 to <8 h) and midday napping (1−30 min) (all p values < 0.05). A long sleep duration and midday napping showed a joint effect in increasing Hcy (p for trend < 0.001). Significant interactions regarding Hcy levels were observed for a long sleep duration with GRS and MTHFR rs1801133, and long midday napping with DPEP1 rs12921383 (all p values for interaction < 0.05). Overall findings indicated that a long sleep duration and midday napping were associated with elevated serum Hcy levels, independently and jointly, and amplified the genetic susceptibility to higher Hcy.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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Sammallahti S, Koopman-Verhoeff ME, Binter AC, Mulder RH, Cabré-Riera A, Kvist T, Malmberg ALK, Pesce G, Plancoulaine S, Heiss JA, Rifas-Shiman SL, Röder SW, Starling AP, Wilson R, Guerlich K, Haftorn KL, Page CM, Luik AI, Tiemeier H, Felix JF, Raikkonen K, Lahti J, Relton CL, Sharp GC, Waldenberger M, Grote V, Heude B, Annesi-Maesano I, Hivert MF, Zenclussen AC, Herberth G, Dabelea D, Grazuleviciene R, Vafeiadi M, Håberg SE, London SJ, Guxens M, Richmond RC, Cecil CAM. Longitudinal associations of DNA methylation and sleep in children: a meta-analysis. Clin Epigenetics 2022; 14:83. [PMID: 35790973 PMCID: PMC9258202 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-022-01298-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sleep is important for healthy functioning in children. Numerous genetic and environmental factors, from conception onwards, may influence this phenotype. Epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation have been proposed to underlie variation in sleep or may be an early-life marker of sleep disturbances. We examined if DNA methylation at birth or in school age is associated with parent-reported and actigraphy-estimated sleep outcomes in children. METHODS We meta-analysed epigenome-wide association study results. DNA methylation was measured from cord blood at birth in 11 cohorts and from peripheral blood in children (4-13 years) in 8 cohorts. Outcomes included parent-reported sleep duration, sleep initiation and fragmentation problems, and actigraphy-estimated sleep duration, sleep onset latency and wake-after-sleep-onset duration. RESULTS We found no associations between DNA methylation at birth and parent-reported sleep duration (n = 3658), initiation problems (n = 2504), or fragmentation (n = 1681) (p values above cut-off 4.0 × 10-8). Lower methylation at cg24815001 and cg02753354 at birth was associated with longer actigraphy-estimated sleep duration (p = 3.31 × 10-8, n = 577) and sleep onset latency (p = 8.8 × 10-9, n = 580), respectively. DNA methylation in childhood was not cross-sectionally associated with any sleep outcomes (n = 716-2539). CONCLUSION DNA methylation, at birth or in childhood, was not associated with parent-reported sleep. Associations observed with objectively measured sleep outcomes could be studied further if additional data sets become available.
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- Sara Sammallahti
- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.7737.40000 0004 0410 2071Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.5645.2000000040459992XGeneration R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.5132.50000 0001 2312 1970Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal, Campus Mar, Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain. .,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. .,Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.5645.2000000040459992XGeneration R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.434607.20000 0004 1763 3517Barcelona Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal, Campus Mar, Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain ,grid.5612.00000 0001 2172 2676Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.413448.e0000 0000 9314 1427Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.7737.40000 0004 0410 2071Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- grid.7737.40000 0004 0410 2071Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- grid.462844.80000 0001 2308 1657INSERM UMR-S 1136, Team of Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases (EPAR), Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health (IPLESP), Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- grid.508487.60000 0004 7885 7602CRESS, Inserm, INRAE, Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- grid.59734.3c0000 0001 0670 2351Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY USA
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- grid.67104.340000 0004 0415 0102Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.7492.80000 0004 0492 3830Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.430503.10000 0001 0703 675XDepartment of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO USA ,grid.430503.10000 0001 0703 675XCenter for Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO USA ,grid.10698.360000000122483208Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- grid.4567.00000 0004 0483 2525Research Unit Molecular Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Bavaria Germany
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- grid.411095.80000 0004 0477 2585Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Von Hauner Children’s Hospital, LMU University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
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- grid.418193.60000 0001 1541 4204Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway ,grid.418193.60000 0001 1541 4204Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway ,grid.5510.10000 0004 1936 8921Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- grid.418193.60000 0001 1541 4204Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway ,grid.5510.10000 0004 1936 8921Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.5645.2000000040459992XGeneration R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XDepartment of Social and Behavioral Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XGeneration R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.7737.40000 0004 0410 2071Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- grid.7737.40000 0004 0410 2071Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- grid.5337.20000 0004 1936 7603MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK ,grid.5337.20000 0004 1936 7603Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- grid.5337.20000 0004 1936 7603MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK ,grid.5337.20000 0004 1936 7603Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- grid.4567.00000 0004 0483 2525Research Unit Molecular Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Bavaria Germany
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- grid.411095.80000 0004 0477 2585Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Von Hauner Children’s Hospital, LMU University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
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- grid.508487.60000 0004 7885 7602CRESS, Inserm, INRAE, Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- grid.121334.60000 0001 2097 0141IDESP, University of Montpellier and INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- grid.67104.340000 0004 0415 0102Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.7492.80000 0004 0492 3830Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany ,grid.9647.c0000 0004 7669 9786Perinatal Immunology Group, Saxonian Incubator for Clinical Translation - SIKT, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.7492.80000 0004 0492 3830Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.430503.10000 0001 0703 675XDepartment of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO USA ,grid.430503.10000 0001 0703 675XCenter for Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO USA ,grid.430503.10000 0001 0703 675XDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO USA
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- grid.19190.300000 0001 2325 0545Department of Environmental Science, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- grid.8127.c0000 0004 0576 3437Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete Greece
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- grid.418193.60000 0001 1541 4204Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- grid.280664.e0000 0001 2110 5790Epidemiology Branch, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC USA
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.434607.20000 0004 1763 3517Barcelona Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal, Campus Mar, Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain ,grid.5612.00000 0001 2172 2676Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain ,grid.413448.e0000 0000 9314 1427Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- grid.5337.20000 0004 1936 7603MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK ,grid.5337.20000 0004 1936 7603Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.5645.2000000040459992XGeneration R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.10419.3d0000000089452978Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands ,grid.13097.3c0000 0001 2322 6764Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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Meng M, Jiang Y, Lin J, Zhang J, Wang G, Zhu Q, Lin Q, Jiang F. The mediating effect of DNA methylation in the association between maternal sleep during pregnancy and offspring adiposity status: a prospective cohort study. Clin Epigenetics 2022; 14:66. [PMID: 35596190 PMCID: PMC9123687 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-022-01284-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Childhood overweight/obesity is a global public health concern. It is important to identify its early-life risk factors. Maternal poor sleep is common in late pregnancy, and previous studies indicated that poor sleep may influence the offspring’s adiposity status. However, very few studies in humans investigated the effect of the different sleep parameters (sleep quantity, quality, and timing) on the offspring’s adiposity indicators, and long-term studies are even more scarce. In addition, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The present study therefore aimed to examine the association between the three maternal sleep dimensions in the late pregnancy and the offspring adiposity indicators and to explore the potential mediating effect of the cord blood DNA methylation in the above association. Methods Included participants in the current study were 2211 healthy pregnant women with singleton gestation from the Shanghai Birth Cohort (SBC) and Shanghai Sleep Birth Cohort (SSBC). Maternal nighttime sleep duration, quality, and midpoint (an indicator of circadian rhythm) were assessed by the same instrument in both cohorts during late pregnancy, and the offspring’s body mass index (BMI) and subcutaneous fat (SF) were measured at 2 years old. Additionally, in 231 SSBC samples, the genome-wide DNA methylation levels were measured using the Illumina Infinium Methylation EPIC BeadChip. The multivariate linear regression was used to determine the associations between the maternal sleep parameters and the offspring adiposity indicators. The epigenome-wide association study was conducted to identify the maternal sleep-related CpG sites. The mediation analysis was performed to evaluate the potential intermediate role of DNA methylation in the association between maternal sleep and offspring adiposity indicators. Results The mean maternal nighttime sleep duration and the sleep midpoint for combined cohorts were 9.24 ± 1.13 h and 3.02 ± 0.82, respectively, and 24.5% of pregnant women experienced poor sleep quality in late pregnancy. After adjusting for the covariates, the maternal later sleep midpoint was associated with the increased SF in offspring (Coef. = 0.62, 95% CI 0.37–0.87, p < 0.001) at 2 years old. However, no significant associations of the nighttime sleep duration or sleep quality with the offspring adiposity indicators were found. In the SSBC sample, 45 differential methylated probes (DMPs) were associated with the maternal sleep midpoint, and then, we observed 10 and 3 DMPs that were also associated with the offspring’s SF and BMI at 2 years, of which cg04351668 (MARCH9) and cg12232388 significantly mediated the relationship of sleep midpoint and SF and cg12232388 and cg12225226 mediated the sleep midpoint–BMI association, respectively. Conclusions Maternal later sleep timing in late pregnancy was associated with higher childhood adiposity in the offspring. Cord blood DNA methylation may play a mediation role in that relationship. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13148-022-01284-w.
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- Min Meng
- Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1678 Dong Fang Road, Shanghai, 200127, China.,Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1678 Dong Fang Road, Shanghai, 200127, China.,Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1678 Dong Fang Road, Shanghai, 200127, China.,Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200092, China.,School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1678 Dong Fang Road, Shanghai, 200127, China.,Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200092, China.,Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Technology, Shanghai, 201602, China
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- Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1678 Dong Fang Road, Shanghai, 200127, China.,Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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- Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1678 Dong Fang Road, Shanghai, 200127, China. .,Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200092, China. .,Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Technology, Shanghai, 201602, China.
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Shields RK, Dudley-Javoroski S. Epigenetics and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Model: Bridging Nature, Nurture, and Patient-Centered Population Health. Phys Ther 2021; 102:6413906. [PMID: 34718813 PMCID: PMC9432474 DOI: 10.1093/ptj/pzab247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Epigenetic processes enable environmental inputs such as diet, exercise, and health behaviors to reversibly tag DNA with chemical "marks" that increase or decrease the expression of an individual's genetic template. Over time, epigenetic adaptations enable the effects of healthy or unhealthy stresses to become stably expressed in the tissue of an organism, with important consequences for health and disease. New research indicates that seemingly non-biological factors such as social stress, poverty, and childhood hardship initiate epigenetic adaptations in gene pathways that govern inflammation and immunity, two of the greatest contributors to chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Epigenetic processes therefore provide a biological bridge between the genome-an individual's genetic inheritance-and the Social Determinants of Health-the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work, and age. This Perspective paper argues that physical therapy clinicians, researchers, and educators can use the theoretical framework provided by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF model) to harmonize new discoveries from both public health research and medically focused genomic research. The ICF model likewise captures the essential role played by physical activity and exercise, which initiate powerful and widespread epigenetic adaptations that promote health and functioning. In this proposed framework, epigenetic processes transduce the effects of the social determinants of health and behaviors such as exercise into stable biological adaptations that affect an individual's daily activities and their participation in social roles. By harmonizing "nature" and "nurture," physical therapists can approach patient care with a more integrated perspective, capitalizing on novel discoveries in precision medicine, rehabilitation science, and in population-level research. As the experts in physical activity and exercise, physical therapists are ideally positioned to drive progress in the new era of patient-centered population health care.
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Plante DT, Papale LA, Madrid A, Cook JD, Prairie ML, Alisch RS. PAX8/PAX8-AS1 DNA methylation levels are associated with objective sleep duration in persons with unexplained hypersomnolence using a deep phenotyping approach. Sleep 2021; 44:6305146. [PMID: 34145460 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsab108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Patients with unexplained hypersomnolence have significant impairment related to daytime sleepiness and excessive sleep duration, the biological bases of which are poorly understood. This investigation sought to examine relationships between objectively measured hypersomnolence phenotypes and epigenetic modification of candidate hypersomnolence genes to advance this line of inquiry. METHODS Twenty-eight unmedicated clinical patients with unexplained hypersomnolence were evaluated using overnight ad libitum polysomnography, multiple sleep latency testing, infrared pupillometry, and the psychomotor vigilance task. DNA methylation levels on CpG sites annotated to 11 a priori hypersomnolence candidate genes were assessed for statistical association with hypersomnolence measures using independent regression models with adjusted local index of significance (aLIS) P-value threshold of 0.05. RESULTS Nine CpG sites exhibited significant associations between DNA methylation levels and total sleep time measured using ad libitum polysomnography (aLIS p-value < .05). All nine differentially methylated CpG sites were annotated to the paired box 8 (PAX8) gene and its related antisense gene (PAX8-AS1). Among these nine differentially methylated positions was a cluster of five CpG sites located in the body of the PAX8 gene and promoter of PAX8-AS1. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that PAX8/PAX8-AS1 DNA methylation levels are associated with total sleep time in persons with unexplained hypersomnolence. Given prior investigations that have implicated single nucleotide polymorphisms in PAX8/PAX8-AS1 with habitual sleep duration, further research that clarifies the role of DNA methylation levels on these genes in the phenotypic expression of total sleep time is warranted.
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Madison, WI.,Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
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Jansen EC, Dolinoy D, Peterson KE, O'Brien LM, Chervin RD, Cantoral A, Tellez-Rojo MM, Solano-Gonzalez M, Goodrich J. Adolescent sleep timing and dietary patterns in relation to DNA methylation of core circadian genes: a pilot study of Mexican youth. Epigenetics 2020; 16:894-907. [PMID: 33016191 PMCID: PMC8331002 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2020.1827719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Mistimed sleep/wake and eating patterns put shift workers at increased risk for cardiometabolic disease, and epigenetic modification of circadian genes has been proposed as a mechanism. Although not as extreme as shift workers, adolescents often have delayed sleep timing and irregular eating patterns. The aim was to assess whether sleep midpoints - median of bed and wake time - and dietary patterns in adolescents were associated with DNA methylation of circadian genes. The study population included 142 Mexican youth (average age of 14.0 (SD = 2.0) years, 49% male). Average sleep midpoint over weekdays was estimated with actigraphy. Diet was assessed with a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, and three dietary patterns were derived from principal component analysis, a Plant-based & lean proteins pattern, a Meat & starchy pattern, and an Eggs, milk & refined grain pattern. DNA methylation was quantified in blood leukocytes with the Infinium MethylationEPIC BeadChip, and data from 548 CpG sites within 12 circadian genes were examined. Linear regression analyses, adjusted for sex, age, and % monocytes, showed that later sleep timing was associated with higher DNA methylation of several circadian genes, notably with RORB, PER1, CRY2, and NR1D1. Each of the dietary patterns examined was also related to circadian gene DNA methylation, but the Eggs, milk & refined grain pattern ('breakfast' pattern) had the clearest evidence of relationships with circadian genes, with inverse associations (lower DNA methylation) across all 12 genes. Findings suggest that timing-related sleep and eating behaviours among adolescents could result in epigenetic modification of clock genes.
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- Erica C Jansen
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.,Sleep Disorders Center and Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.,Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Sleep Disorders Center and Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Sleep Disorders Center and Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Center for Research on Nutrition and Health, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Center for Research on Nutrition and Health, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Koopman‐Verhoeff ME, Mulder RH, Saletin JM, Reiss I, van der Horst GT, Felix JF, Carskadon MA, Tiemeier H, Cecil CA. Genome-wide DNA methylation patterns associated with sleep and mental health in children: a population-based study. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2020; 61:1061-1069. [PMID: 32361995 PMCID: PMC7586967 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND DNA methylation (DNAm) has been implicated in the biology of sleep. Yet, how DNAm patterns across the genome relate to different sleep outcomes, and whether these associations overlap with mental health is currently unknown. Here, we investigated associations of DNAm with sleep and mental health in a pediatric population. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 465 10-year-old children (51.3% female) from the Generation R Study. Genome-wide DNAm levels were measured using the Illumina 450K array (peripheral blood). Sleep problems were assessed from self-report and mental health outcomes from maternal questionnaires. Wrist actigraphy was used in 188 11-year-old children to calculate sleep duration and midpoint sleep. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis was used to identify highly comethylated DNAm 'modules', which were tested for associations with sleep and mental health outcomes. RESULTS We identified 64 DNAm modules, one of which associated with sleep duration after covariate and multiple testing adjustment. This module included CpG sites spanning 9 genes on chromosome 17, including MAPT - a key regulator of Tau proteins in the brain involved in neuronal function - as well as genes previously implicated in sleep duration. Follow-up analyses suggested that DNAm variation in this region is under considerable genetic control and shows strong blood-brain concordance. DNAm modules associated with sleep did not overlap with those associated with mental health. CONCLUSIONS We identified one DNAm region associated with sleep duration, including genes previously reported by recent GWAS studies. Further research is warranted to examine the functional role of this region and its longitudinal association with sleep.
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- Maria Elisabeth Koopman‐Verhoeff
- Department of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryErasmus University Medical CenterSophia Children’s HospitalRotterdamThe Netherlands,The Generation R Study GroupErasmus MCUniversity Medical Center RotterdamRotterdamThe Netherlands,EP Bradley Hospital Sleep LaboratoryAlpert Medical School of Brown UniversityProvidenceRIUSA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryErasmus University Medical CenterSophia Children’s HospitalRotterdamThe Netherlands,The Generation R Study GroupErasmus MCUniversity Medical Center RotterdamRotterdamThe Netherlands,Institute of Education and Child StudiesLeiden UniversityLeidenThe Netherlands
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- EP Bradley Hospital Sleep LaboratoryAlpert Medical School of Brown UniversityProvidenceRIUSA
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- Department of PediatricsErasmus MCUniversity Medical Center RotterdamRotterdamThe Netherlands
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- The Generation R Study GroupErasmus MCUniversity Medical Center RotterdamRotterdamThe Netherlands,Department of PediatricsErasmus MCUniversity Medical Center RotterdamRotterdamThe Netherlands
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- EP Bradley Hospital Sleep LaboratoryAlpert Medical School of Brown UniversityProvidenceRIUSA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryErasmus University Medical CenterSophia Children’s HospitalRotterdamThe Netherlands,Department of Social and Behavioral ScienceHarvard TH Chan School of Public HealthBostonMAUSA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryErasmus University Medical CenterSophia Children’s HospitalRotterdamThe Netherlands,The Generation R Study GroupErasmus MCUniversity Medical Center RotterdamRotterdamThe Netherlands,Department of EpidemiologyErasmus MCUniversity Medical Center RotterdamRotterdamThe Netherlands
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