Sarkisova KY, Gabova AV, Fedosova EA, Shatskova AB. Gender-Dependent Effect of Maternal Methyl-Enriched Diet on the Expression of Genetic Absence Epilepsy and Comorbid Depression in Adult Offspring of WAG/Rij Rats.
DOKLADY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES : PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE USSR, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SECTIONS 2020;
494:244-247. [PMID:
33083882 DOI:
10.1134/s0012496620050075]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
In the present study it has been shown for the first time that maternal methyl-enriched diet (choline, betaine, folic acid, vitamin B12, L-methionine, zinc) during perinatal period reduces the expression of genetic absence epilepsy and comorbid depression in adult offspring of WAG/Rij rats. This beneficial effect was more pronounced in males compared with females. It is assumed that epigenetic modifications induced by maternal methyl-enriched diet in the offspring at the early stages of ontogenesis might be a possible mechanism underlying the correction of genetically-based pathologic phenotype in WAG/Rij rats. Results suggest that methyl-enriched diet during perinatal period can be potentially used for mitigation or prevention epileptogenesis and depression-like comorbid disorders in people genetically predisposed to absence epilepsy.
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