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Buchenauer L, Haange SB, Bauer M, Rolle-Kampczyk UE, Wagner M, Stucke J, Elter E, Fink B, Vass M, von Bergen M, Schulz A, Zenclussen AC, Junge KM, Stangl GI, Polte T. Maternal exposure of mice to glyphosate induces depression- and anxiety-like behavior in the offspring via alterations of the gut-brain axis. Sci Total Environ 2023; 905:167034. [PMID: 37709081 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
Abstract
The past decade has been characterized by increased awareness and de-stigmatization of mental health issues, in particular the most common neuropsychiatric disorders depression and anxiety. Further, with growing understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder, the number of diagnosed patients has increased. The pathogenesis of these behavioral disorders is multifactorial and early-life exposure to environmental chemicals has been proposed to be a relevant risk factor that might mediate these effects by disturbances on the gut-brain-axis. However, for glyphosate, the most widely used pesticide worldwide, there are only limited and inconsistent findings that link chronic low-dose exposure in particular during early life to neurobehavioral disorders. Here, we explored the impact of maternal oral glyphosate exposure (0.5 and 50 mg/kg body weight/day) during pregnancy and the lactational period on offspring's behavior, brain gene expression and gut microbiota using a cross-generational mouse model. Behavioral analyses revealed a depression- and anxiety-like behavior as well as social deficits most notably in adult female offspring of glyphosate-exposed dams. Furthermore, the expression of tryptophan hydroxylase 2, an enzyme discussed to be linked to behavioral problems, was reduced in the hippocampus of female offspring and correlated to a glyphosate-induced DNA hypermethylation of the gene. Moreover, maternal glyphosate exposure significantly altered the gut microbiota in the female offspring including a decreased abundance of Akkermansia and increased abundance of Alistipes and Blautia, bacteria involved in tryptophan metabolism and associated with depression- and anxiety-like disorders. Our results suggest that glyphosate might influence the gut-brain axis crosstalk following in-utero and lactational exposure. This study underlines the importance of understanding the impact of exposure to pesticides on the gut-brain axis and further emphasizes the need for microbiome analyses to be compulsorily included in health risk assessments of pesticides.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lisa Buchenauer
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; University of Leipzig, Leipzig University Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; University of Leipzig, Leipzig University Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; University of Leipzig, Leipzig University Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; University of Leipzig, Leipzig University Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Leipzig, Leipzig University Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Leipzig, Germany; University of Leipzig, Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig, Germany; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Leipzig, Medical Faculty, Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; Perinatal Immunology, Saxonian Incubator for Clinical Translation (SIKT), Medical Faculty, University Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; AKAD University Stuttgart, School of Health and Social Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; University of Leipzig, Leipzig University Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig, Germany.
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Buchenauer L, Junge KM, Haange SB, Simon JC, von Bergen M, Hoh AL, Aust G, Zenclussen AC, Stangl GI, Polte T. Glyphosate differentially affects the allergic immune response across generations in mice. Sci Total Environ 2022; 850:157973. [PMID: 35963408 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Exposure to environmental pollutants via food, particularly during the prenatal and early postnatal periods, has been linked to adverse effects on the immune system. Among these pollutants, the widely used pesticide glyphosate has been associated with endocrine disruption, autism, and cancer. Occupational high exposure to glyphosate has also been shown to influence immune function and exacerbate allergic asthma. However, there are no studies investigating the effect of a common low-dose glyphosate exposure on the allergic immune response - neither directly nor across generations. We therefore explored the impact of oral low-dose glyphosate exposure (0.5 and 50 mg/kg body weight/day) on airway inflammation in dams (F0) and the offspring (F1 and F2 generations) using a murine multi-generational asthma model. While exposure to 50 mg/kg glyphosate induced a mild eosinophilic infiltration in the bronchoalveolar lavage and TH2 cytokine production in the dams, the F1 offspring developed a reduced immune response after maternal exposure to 0.5 mg/kg glyphosate. In particular, decreased lung inflammation, HDM-specific IgE levels, and asthma-relevant cytokine production were primarily observed in the female F1 offspring. However, not only the TH2 cytokines IL-13 and IL-5 but also the TH17 cytokine IL-17 and TH1 cytokine IFN-γ were reduced indicating a more general immunosuppressive function. Notably, the dampened immune response was no longer observed in the female F2 generation. Furthermore, female F1 offspring showed an increased abundance of bacteria in the gut, which have been associated with probiotic-mediated reduced allergic immune responses. Our results suggest a potential immunosuppressive effect of low-dose maternal glyphosate exposure in the F1 offspring that might be mediated by an altered microbiota composition. Further studies are needed to explore if this type of immune response modulation might also be associated with impairments in immune defense upon infectious diseases or even cancer pathology.
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- Lisa Buchenauer
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Leipzig, Germany; University of Leipzig, Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig, Germany; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Research Laboratories and Clinic of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Leipzig University and University Hospital Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Research Laboratories and Clinic of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Leipzig University and University Hospital Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; Perinatal Immunology, Saxonian Incubator for Clinical Translation (SIKT), Medical Faculty, University Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Agriculture and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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Schütte O, Bachmann L, Shivappa N, Hebert JR, Felix JF, Röder S, Sack U, Borte M, Kiess W, Zenclussen AC, Stangl GI, Herberth G, Junge KM. Pro-inflammatory Diet Pictured in Children With Atopic Dermatitis or Food Allergy: Nutritional Data of the LiNA Cohort. Front Nutr 2022; 9:868872. [PMID: 35464023 PMCID: PMC9024336 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.868872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Lifestyle and environmental factors are known to contribute to allergic disease development, especially very early in life. However, the link between diet composition and allergic outcomes remains unclear. Methods In the present population-based cohort study we evaluated the dietary intake of 10-year-old children and analyses were performed with particular focus on atopic dermatitis or food allergy, allergic diseases known to be affected by dietary allergens. Dietary intake was assessed via semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires. Based on these data, individual nutrient intake as well as children’s Dietary Inflammatory Index (C-DII™) scores were calculated. Information about atopic manifestations during the first 10 years of life and confounding factors were obtained from standardized questionnaires during pregnancy and annually thereafter. Results Analyses from confounder-adjusted logistic regression models (n = 211) revealed that having atopic outcomes was associated with having a pro-inflammatory pattern at the age of 10 years: OR = 2.22 (95% CI: 1.14–4.31) for children with atopic dermatitis and OR = 3.82 (95% CI: 1.47–9.93) for children with food allergy in the first 10 years of life. Conclusion A pro-inflammatory dietary pattern might worsen the atopic outcome and reduce the buffering capacity of the individual against harmful environmental exposures or triggers. For pediatricians it is recommended to test for the individual tolerance of allergenic foods and to increase the nutrient density of tolerable food items to avoid undesirable effects of eating a pro-inflammatory diet.
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- Olivia Schütte
- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States.,Department of Nutrition, Connecting Health Innovations LLC, Columbia, SC, United States
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States.,Department of Nutrition, Connecting Health Innovations LLC, Columbia, SC, United States
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- The Generation R Study Group (Na-2918), Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Children's Hospital, Municipal Hospital "St. Georg," Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Pediatric Research Leipzig, Medical Faculty, University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.,Perinatal Immunology, Medical Faculty, Saxonian Incubator for Clinical Translation (SIKT), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Agricultural and Nutritional Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.,Institute for Agricultural and Nutritional Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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Junge KM, Buchenauer L, Strunz S, Seiwert B, Thürmann L, Rolle-Kampczyk UE, Röder S, Borte M, Kiess W, von Bergen M, Simon JC, Zenclussen AC, Schöneberg T, Stangl GI, Herberth G, Lehmann I, Reemtsma T, Polte T. Effects of exposure to single and multiple parabens on asthma development in an experimental mouse model and a prospective cohort study. Sci Total Environ 2022; 814:152676. [PMID: 34973317 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Parabens are widely used preservatives present in consumer products like cosmetics and food. Although several epidemiological studies suggest that early-life exposure to parabens might alter the immune response and allergy risk in childhood, the evidence with respect to asthma is not clear. Therefore, we investigated the effect of paraben exposure on asthma development in mice and humans. Using a murine asthma model the experimental data show both, an asthma-reducing effect after direct exposure of adult mice to n-butyl paraben (nBuP) as well as an asthma-promoting effect after maternal exposure to ethyl paraben (EtP) in the female offspring. Interestingly, exposure of mice to a mixture of EtP and nBuP starting prenatally until the end of asthma induction in the adult offspring was without effect on allergic airway inflammation. In addition, parabens were determined within the German prospective mother-child cohort LINA and their single and mixture effect on asthma development in children within the first 10 years of life was estimated by logistic and Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR). Both approaches revealed no adverse effects of parabens on children's asthma development, neither when stratified for being at risk due to a positive family history of atopy nor when analysed separately for sex specificity. Therefore, we conclude that although single parabens might differentially impact asthma development, an adverse effect could not be seen in a multiple paraben exposure setting. Consequently, not only the time point of exposure but also multiple exposure scenarios to parabens should be considered in the evaluation of individuals' specific disease risk.
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- Kristin M Junge
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Agriculture and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department for Analytical Chemistry, Leipzig, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Molecular Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Children's Hospital, Municipal Hospital "St. Georg", Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Leipzig, Hospital for Children and Adolescents - Centre for Pediatric Research, Leipzig, Germany; University of Leipzig, LIFE - Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Leipzig, Germany; University of Leipzig, Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Leipzig, Medical Faculty, Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Agriculture and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Molecular Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany; German Center for Lung Research (DZL), associated partner, Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department for Analytical Chemistry, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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Schaffert A, Krieg L, Weiner J, Schlichting R, Ueberham E, Karkossa I, Bauer M, Landgraf K, Junge KM, Wabitsch M, Lehmann J, Escher BI, Zenclussen AC, Körner A, Blüher M, Heiker JT, von Bergen M, Schubert K. Alternatives for the worse: Molecular insights into adverse effects of bisphenol a and substitutes during human adipocyte differentiation. Environ Int 2021; 156:106730. [PMID: 34186270 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Bisphenol A (BPA), which is used in a variety of consumer-related plastic products, was reported to cause adverse effects, including disruption of adipocyte differentiation, interference with obesity mechanisms, and impairment of insulin- and glucose homeostasis. Substitute compounds are increasingly emerging but are not sufficiently investigated.We aimed to investigate the mode of action of BPA and four of its substitutes during the differentiation of human preadipocytes to adipocytes and their molecular interaction with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), a pivotal regulator of adipogenesis.Binding and effective biological activation of PPARγ were investigated by surface plasmon resonance and reporter gene assay, respectively. Human preadipocytes were continuously exposed to BPA, BPS, BPB, BPF, BPAF, and the PPARγ-antagonist GW9662. After 12 days of differentiation, lipid production was quantified via Oil Red O staining, and global protein profiles were assessed using LC-MS/MS-based proteomics. All tested bisphenols bound to human PPARγ with similar efficacy as the natural ligand 15d-PGJ2in vitroand provoked an antagonistic effect on PPARγ in the reporter gene assay at non-cytotoxic concentrations. During the differentiation of human preadipocytes, all bisphenols decreased lipid production. Global proteomics displayed a down-regulation of adipogenesis and metabolic pathways, similar to GW9662. Interestingly, pro-inflammatory pathways were up-regulated, MCP1 release was increased, and adiponectin decreased. pAKT/AKT ratios revealed significantly reduced insulin sensitivity by BPA, BPB, and BPS upon insulin stimulation.Thus, our results show that not only BPA but also its substitutes disrupt crucial metabolic functions and insulin signaling in adipocytes under low, environmentally relevant concentrations. This effect, mediated through inhibition of PPARγ, may promote hypertrophy of adipose tissue and increase the risk of developing metabolic syndrome, including insulin resistance.
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- Alexandra Schaffert
- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG), Leipzig, Germany; Department of Endocrinology, Nephrology Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig Medical Research Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Therapy Validation, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Pediatric Research, Hospital for Children & Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Therapy Validation, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany; Environmental Toxicology, Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Pediatric Research, Hospital for Children & Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG), Leipzig, Germany; Department of Endocrinology, Nephrology Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig Medical Research Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG), Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany.
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Junge KM, Buchenauer L, Elter E, Butter K, Kohajda T, Herberth G, Röder S, Borte M, Kiess W, von Bergen M, Simon JC, Rolle-Kampczyk UE, Lehmann I, Gminski R, Ohlmeyer M, Polte T. Wood emissions and asthma development: Results from an experimental mouse model and a prospective cohort study. Environ Int 2021; 151:106449. [PMID: 33611105 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Increased use of renewable resources like sustainably produced wood in construction or for all sorts of long-lived products is considered to contribute to reducing society's carbon footprint. However, as a natural, biological material, wood and wood products emit specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Therefore, the evaluation of possible health effects due to wood emissions is of major interest. OBJECTIVES We investigated the effects of an exposure to multiple wood-related VOCs on asthma development. METHODS A murine asthma model was used to evaluate possible allergic and inflammatory effects on the lung after short- or long-term and perinatal exposure to pinewood or oriented strand board (OSB). In addition, wood-related VOCs were measured within the German prospective mother-child cohort LINA and their joint effect on early wheezing or asthma development in children until the age of 10 was estimated by Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) stratifying also for family history of atopy (FHA). RESULTS Our experimental data show that neither pinewood nor OSB emissions even at high total VOC levels and a long-lasting exposure period induce significant inflammatory or asthma-promoting effects in sensitized or non-sensitized mice. Moreover, an exposure during the vulnerable time window around birth was also without effect. Consistently, in our mother-child cohort LINA, an exposure to multiple wood-related VOCs during pregnancy or the first year of life was not associated with early wheezing or asthma development in children independent from their FHA. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that emissions from wood and wood products at levels commonly occurring in the living environment do not exert adverse effects concerning wheezing or asthma development.
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- Kristin M Junge
- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Thünen Institute of Wood Research, Hamburg, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Children's Hospital, Municipal Hospital "St. Georg", Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Leipzig, Hospital for Children and Adolescents - Centre for Pediatric Research, Leipzig, Germany; University of Leipzig, LIFE - Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Leipzig, Germany; University of Leipzig, Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Environmental Epigenetics and Lung Research Group, Berlin, Germany; Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Molecular Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology, Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Environmental Immunology, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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Leppert B, Strunz S, Seiwert B, Schlittenbauer L, Schlichting R, Pfeiffer C, Röder S, Bauer M, Borte M, Stangl GI, Schöneberg T, Schulz A, Karkossa I, Rolle-Kampczyk UE, Thürmann L, von Bergen M, Escher BI, Junge KM, Reemtsma T, Lehmann I, Polte T. Maternal paraben exposure triggers childhood overweight development. Nat Commun 2020; 11:561. [PMID: 32047148 PMCID: PMC7012887 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-14202-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Parabens are preservatives widely used in consumer products including cosmetics and food. Whether low-dose paraben exposure may cause adverse health effects has been discussed controversially in recent years. Here we investigate the effect of prenatal paraben exposure on childhood overweight by combining epidemiological data from a mother–child cohort with experimental approaches. Mothers reporting the use of paraben-containing cosmetic products have elevated urinary paraben concentrations. For butyl paraben (BuP) a positive association is observed to overweight within the first eight years of life with a stronger trend in girls. Consistently, maternal BuP exposure of mice induces a higher food intake and weight gain in female offspring. The effect is accompanied by an epigenetic modification in the neuronal Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) enhancer 1 leading to a reduced hypothalamic POMC expression. Here we report that maternal paraben exposure may contribute to childhood overweight development by altered POMC-mediated neuronal appetite regulation. Parabens are preservatives widely used in consumer products including cosmetics and food. Here the authors demonstrate that maternal paraben exposure may contribute to childhood overweight development by an altered neuronal appetite regulation.
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- Beate Leppert
- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Dermatology Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Children's Hospital, Municipal Hospital St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Agriculture and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.,Competence Cluster for Nutrition and Cardiovascular Health (nutriCARD) Halle-Jena, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.,Environmental Epigenetics and Lung Research Group, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Molecular Epidemiology, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
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- Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.,Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany. .,Environmental Epigenetics and Lung Research Group, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. .,Molecular Epidemiology, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany.
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- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany. .,Department of Dermatology Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany.
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Junge KM, Leppert B, Jahreis S, Wissenbach DK, Feltens R, Grützmann K, Thürmann L, Bauer T, Ishaque N, Schick M, Bewerunge-Hudler M, Röder S, Bauer M, Schulz A, Borte M, Landgraf K, Körner A, Kiess W, von Bergen M, Stangl GI, Trump S, Eils R, Polte T, Lehmann I. MEST mediates the impact of prenatal bisphenol A exposure on long-term body weight development. Clin Epigenetics 2018; 10:58. [PMID: 29721103 PMCID: PMC5910578 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-018-0478-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals can alter normal physiology and increase susceptibility to non-communicable diseases like obesity. Especially the prenatal and early postnatal period is highly vulnerable to adverse effects by environmental exposure, promoting developmental reprogramming by epigenetic alterations. To obtain a deeper insight into the role of prenatal bisphenol A (BPA) exposure in children's overweight development, we combine epidemiological data with experimental models and BPA-dependent DNA methylation changes. Methods BPA concentrations were measured in maternal urine samples of the LINA mother-child-study obtained during pregnancy (n = 552), and BPA-associated changes in cord blood DNA methylation were analyzed by Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip arrays (n = 472). Methylation changes were verified by targeted MassARRAY analyses, assessed for their functional translation by qPCR and correlated with children's body mass index (BMI) z scores at the age of 1 and 6 years. Further, female BALB/c mice were exposed to BPA from 1 week before mating until delivery, and weight development of their pups was monitored (n ≥ 8/group). Additionally, human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells were treated with BPA during the adipocyte differentiation period and assessed for exposure-related epigenetic, transcriptional and morphological changes (n = 4). Results In prenatally BPA-exposed children two CpG sites with deviating cord blood DNA-methylation profiles were identified, among them a hypo-methylated CpG in the promoter of the obesity-associated mesoderm-specific transcript (MEST). A mediator analysis suggested that prenatal BPA exposure was connected to cord blood MEST promoter methylation and MEST expression as well as BMI z scores in early infancy. This effect could be confirmed in mice in which prenatal BPA exposure altered Mest promoter methylation and transcription with a concomitant increase in the body weight of the juvenile offspring. An experimental model of in vitro differentiated human mesenchymal stem cells also revealed an epigenetically induced MEST expression and enhanced adipogenesis following BPA exposure. Conclusions Our study provides evidence that MEST mediates the impact of prenatal BPA exposure on long-term body weight development in offspring by triggering adipocyte differentiation.
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- Kristin M. Junge
- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
- Core Unit for Molecular Tumor Diagnostics (CMTD), National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Dresden, Germany
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Center for Digital Health, Berlin, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Agriculture and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Rudolf-Schönheimer-Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Children’s Hospital, Municipal Hospital “St. Georg”, Leipzig, Germany
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- LIFE-Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Hospital for Children and Adolescents-Centre for Pediatric Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- LIFE-Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Hospital for Children and Adolescents-Centre for Pediatric Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- LIFE-Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Hospital for Children and Adolescents-Centre for Pediatric Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
- Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Agriculture and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
- Competence Cluster for Nutrition and Cardiovascular Health (nutriCARD), Halle-Jena Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg Center for Personalized Oncology, DKFZ-HIPO, Heidelberg, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Center for Digital Health, Berlin, Germany
- Health Data Science Unit, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
- Unit for Molecular Epidemiology, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) and Charitè - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Bauer T, Trump S, Ishaque N, Thürmann L, Gu L, Bauer M, Bieg M, Gu Z, Weichenhan D, Mallm JP, Röder S, Herberth G, Takada E, Mücke O, Winter M, Junge KM, Grützmann K, Rolle-Kampczyk U, Wang Q, Lawerenz C, Borte M, Polte T, Schlesner M, Schanne M, Wiemann S, Geörg C, Stunnenberg HG, Plass C, Rippe K, Mizuguchi J, Herrmann C, Eils R, Lehmann I. Environment-induced epigenetic reprogramming in genomic regulatory elements in smoking mothers and their children. Mol Syst Biol 2016; 12:861. [PMID: 27013061 PMCID: PMC4812527 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20156520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Epigenetic mechanisms have emerged as links between prenatal environmental exposure and disease risk later in life. Here, we studied epigenetic changes associated with maternal smoking at base pair resolution by mapping DNA methylation, histone modifications, and transcription in expectant mothers and their newborn children. We found extensive global differential methylation and carefully evaluated these changes to separate environment associated from genotype‐related DNA methylation changes. Differential methylation is enriched in enhancer elements and targets in particular “commuting” enhancers having multiple, regulatory interactions with distal genes. Longitudinal whole‐genome bisulfite sequencing revealed that DNA methylation changes associated with maternal smoking persist over years of life. Particularly in children prenatal environmental exposure leads to chromatin transitions into a hyperactive state. Combined DNA methylation, histone modification, and gene expression analyses indicate that differential methylation in enhancer regions is more often functionally translated than methylation changes in promoters or non‐regulatory elements. Finally, we show that epigenetic deregulation of a commuting enhancer targeting c‐Jun N‐terminal kinase 2 (JNK2) is linked to impaired lung function in early childhood.
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- Tobias Bauer
- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany Heidelberg Center for Personalized Oncology, DKFZ-HIPO, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany Heidelberg Center for Personalized Oncology, DKFZ-HIPO, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany Heidelberg Center for Personalized Oncology, DKFZ-HIPO, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Research Group Genome Organization & Function, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Bioquant, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department Metabolomics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Municipal Hospital "St Georg" Children's Hospital, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allerology, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Sample Processing Lab, National Center for Tumor Disease and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Research Group Genome Organization & Function, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Bioquant, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology and Bioquant Center, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany Heidelberg Center for Personalized Oncology, DKFZ-HIPO, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology and Bioquant Center, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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Junge KM, Bauer T, Geissler S, Hirche F, Thürmann L, Bauer M, Trump S, Bieg M, Weichenhan D, Gu L, Mallm JP, Ishaque N, Mücke O, Röder S, Herberth G, Diez U, Borte M, Rippe K, Plass C, Hermann C, Stangl GI, Eils R, Lehmann I. Increased vitamin D levels at birth and in early infancy increase offspring allergy risk-evidence for involvement of epigenetic mechanisms. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2015; 137:610-3. [PMID: 26282283 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.06.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Kristin M Junge
- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Heidelberg Center for Personalized Oncology, DKFZ-HIPO, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Center for Personalized Oncology, DKFZ-HIPO, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Research Group Genome Organization & Function, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Bioquant, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Center for Personalized Oncology, DKFZ-HIPO, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Core Facility Studies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Children's Hospital, Municipal Hospital "St Georg", Leipzig, Germany
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- Children's Hospital, Municipal Hospital "St Georg", Leipzig, Germany
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- Research Group Genome Organization & Function, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Bioquant, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, and Bioquant Center, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Center for Personalized Oncology, DKFZ-HIPO, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, and Bioquant Center, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany; Core Facility Studies, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
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Franck U, Weller A, Röder SW, Herberth G, Junge KM, Kohajda T, von Bergen M, Rolle-Kampczyk U, Diez U, Borte M, Lehmann I. Prenatal VOC exposure and redecoration are related to wheezing in early infancy. Environ Int 2014; 73:393-401. [PMID: 25233103 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Revised: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED Redecoration of dwellings is a common behavior of expecting parents. Former studies gave evidence that early childhood exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC) resulting from renovation activities may increase the risk for wheeze in infants. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of prenatal exposure on early wheeze and to identify sensitive time windows. Within the LINA birth cohort study data on renovation activities and respiratory outcomes were assessed via questionnaires during pregnancy and at children's age of one. At both timepoints, also indoor VOC concentrations were measured. The associations were studied by logistic regression analysis. Floor covering during pregnancy contributed to an increased risk for physician treated wheeze (adjusted odds ratio OR=5.20, 95% confidence interval 1.8-15.2) during the first 12 months after birth in particular in children with an atopic predisposition. Thereby, wall-to-wall-carpets, PVC material, and laminate were the flooring materials which showed the strongest adverse associations. Floor covering was associated with enhanced concentrations of VOCs in the apartments. For the VOCs styrene, ethylbenzene, octane, 1-butanol, tridecane, and o-xylene, a significant association was found to the occurrence of wheezing symptoms. In contrast to pregnancy, exposure during the first 12 months after birth showed less detrimental associations. Only the association between wheezing and styrene as well as between wheezing and PVC flooring remained significant for exposure after birth. Redecoration during pregnancy, especially changing floor materials, increases the risk for respiratory diseases in early childhood and should therefore be avoided at least in families with a history of atopic diseases.
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- Ulrich Franck
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Core Facility 'Studies', Leipzig. Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Core Facility 'Studies', Leipzig. Germany; University of Leipzig, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig. Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Core Facility 'Studies', Leipzig. Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology; Leipzig. Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology; Leipzig. Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Metabolomics; Leipzig. Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Metabolomics; Leipzig. Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Proteomics; Leipzig. Germany; Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Denmark
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Metabolomics; Leipzig. Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Proteomics; Leipzig. Germany
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- Children's Hospital, Municipal Hospital Klinikum St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany
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- Children's Hospital, Municipal Hospital Klinikum St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Core Facility 'Studies', Leipzig. Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Immunology; Leipzig. Germany.
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Junge KM, Hörnig F, Herberth G, Röder S, Kohajda T, Rolle-Kampczyk U, von Bergen M, Borte M, Simon JC, Heroux D, Denburg JA, Lehmann I. The LINA cohort: Cord blood eosinophil/basophil progenitors predict respiratory outcomes in early infancy. Clin Immunol 2014; 152:68-76. [PMID: 24607604 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2014.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Revised: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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RATIONALE Cord blood eosinophil/basophil progenitor cells (Eo/B) of high risk infants have been shown to predict respiratory illnesses in infancy. Here we investigated this association in a population-based cohort. Furthermore, we analysed whether newborns Th1/Th2 balance and prenatal environmental exposure impact Eo/B recruitment. METHODS In a sub-cohort of the LINA study cord blood mononuclear cells were used for methylcellulose assays to assess Eo/B differentiation. Questionnaires were recorded during pregnancy and annually thereafter. Volatile organic compounds were measured during pregnancy and cord blood cytokines after ex vivo stimulation. RESULTS Cord blood IL-4 and IL-13 positively correlated with Eo/B. Tobacco smoke related benzene was also positively associated with Eo/B. Enhanced Eo/B numbers increased the risk for wheezing within the first 24 months. CONCLUSIONS The association between cord blood Eo/B and respiratory illnesses is not restricted to high-risk children. Prenatal environmental exposure and a Th2 milieu at birth contribute to Eo/B recruitment.
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- Kristin M Junge
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Department of Environmental Immunology, Germany; McMaster University, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Department of Environmental Immunology, Germany.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Department of Environmental Immunology, Germany.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Core Facility Studies, Germany.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Department of Metabolomics, Germany.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Department of Metabolomics, Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Department of Proteomics, Germany.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Department of Metabolomics, Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Department of Proteomics, Germany; Aalborg University, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg, Denmark.
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- Children's Hospital, Municipal Hospital "St. Georg", Leipzig, Germany.
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- University Hospital of Leipzig, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Germany.
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- McMaster University, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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- McMaster University, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Department of Environmental Immunology, Germany.
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Jäger N, Schlesner M, Jones DTW, Raffel S, Mallm JP, Junge KM, Weichenhan D, Bauer T, Ishaque N, Kool M, Northcott PA, Korshunov A, Drews RM, Koster J, Versteeg R, Richter J, Hummel M, Mack SC, Taylor MD, Witt H, Swartman B, Schulte-Bockholt D, Sultan M, Yaspo ML, Lehrach H, Hutter B, Brors B, Wolf S, Plass C, Siebert R, Trumpp A, Rippe K, Lehmann I, Lichter P, Pfister SM, Eils R. Hypermutation of the inactive X chromosome is a frequent event in cancer. Cell 2013; 155:567-81. [PMID: 24139898 PMCID: PMC3898475 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2013] [Revised: 08/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Mutation is a fundamental process in tumorigenesis. However, the degree to which the rate of somatic mutation varies across the human genome and the mechanistic basis underlying this variation remain to be fully elucidated. Here, we performed a cross-cancer comparison of 402 whole genomes comprising a diverse set of childhood and adult tumors, including both solid and hematopoietic malignancies. Surprisingly, we found that the inactive X chromosome of many female cancer genomes accumulates on average twice and up to four times as many somatic mutations per megabase, as compared to the individual autosomes. Whole-genome sequencing of clonally expanded hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) from healthy individuals and a premalignant myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) sample revealed no X chromosome hypermutation. Our data suggest that hypermutation of the inactive X chromosome is an early and frequent feature of tumorigenesis resulting from DNA replication stress in aberrantly proliferating cells. X chromosome has up to 4× more mutations than the autosomes in female cancer genomes Hypermutations only affect the inactive X chromosome X hypermutation involves somatic point mutations and indels, but not germline mutations No X hypermutation is found in clonal expansions of normal or premalignant cells
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Affiliation(s)
- Natalie Jäger
- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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