Fathers’ preconception smoking and offspring DNA methylation

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Titel: Fathers’ preconception smoking and offspring DNA methylation
Beteiligte: Kitaba, Negusse Tadesse; Knudsen, Gerd Toril Mørkve; Johannessen, Ane; Rezwan, Faisal I.; Malinovschi, Andrei; Oudin, Anna; Benediktsdottir, Bryndis; Martino, David; González, Francisco Javier Callejas; Gómez, Leopoldo Palacios; Holm, Mathias; Jõgi, Nils Oskar; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Skulstad, Svein Magne; Watkins, Sarah H.; Suderman, Matthew; Gómez-Real, Francisco; Schlünssen, Vivi; Svanes, Cecilie; Holloway, John W.
Erschienen: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023
Erschienen in: Clinical Epigenetics
Sprache: Englisch
DOI: 10.1186/s13148-023-01540-7
ISSN: 1868-7083
Schlagwörter: Genetics (clinical) ; Developmental Biology ; Genetics ; Molecular Biology
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Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>Experimental studies suggest that exposures may impact respiratory health across generations via epigenetic changes transmitted specifically through male germ cells. Studies in humans are, however, limited. We aim to identify epigenetic marks in offspring associated with father’s preconception smoking.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Methods</jats:title> <jats:p>We conducted epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) in the RHINESSA cohort (7–50 years) on father’s any preconception smoking (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 875 offspring) and father’s pubertal onset smoking < 15 years (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 304), using Infinium MethylationEPIC Beadchip arrays, adjusting for offspring age, own smoking and maternal smoking. EWAS of maternal and offspring personal smoking were performed for comparison. Father’s smoking-associated dmCpGs were checked in subpopulations of offspring who reported no personal smoking and no maternal smoking exposure.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Results</jats:title> <jats:p>Father’s smoking commencing preconception was associated with methylation of blood DNA in offspring at two cytosine-phosphate-guanine sites (CpGs) (false discovery rate (FDR) < 0.05) in <jats:italic>PRR5</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>CENPP</jats:italic>. Father’s pubertal onset smoking was associated with 19 CpGs (FDR < 0.05) mapped to 14 genes (<jats:italic>TLR9</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>DNTT</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>FAM53B</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>NCAPG2</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>PSTPIP2</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>MBIP</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>C2orf39</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>NTRK2</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>DNAJC14</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>CDO1</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>PRAP1</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>TPCN1</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>IRS1</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>CSF1R</jats:italic>). These differentially methylated sites were hypermethylated and associated with promoter regions capable of gene silencing. Some of these sites were associated with offspring outcomes in this cohort including ever-asthma (NTRK2), ever-wheezing (DNAJC14, TPCN1), weight (FAM53B, NTRK2) and BMI (FAM53B, NTRK2) (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> < 0.05). Pathway analysis showed enrichment for gene ontology pathways including regulation of gene expression, inflammation and innate immune responses. Father’s smoking-associated sites did not overlap with dmCpGs identified in EWAS of personal and maternal smoking (FDR < 0.05), and all sites remained significant (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> < 0.05) in analyses of offspring with no personal smoking and no maternal smoking exposure.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title> <jats:p>Father’s preconception smoking, particularly in puberty, is associated with offspring DNA methylation, providing evidence that epigenetic mechanisms may underlie epidemiological observations that pubertal paternal smoking increases risk of offspring asthma, low lung function and obesity.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
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