Maternal nutrition induces pervasive gene expression changes but no detectable DNA methylation differences in the liver of adult offspring.
<h4>Aims</h4>Epidemiological and animal studies have shown that maternal diet can influence metabolism in adult offspring. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these changes remain poorly understood. Here, we characterize the phenotypes induced by maternal obesity in a mouse mode...
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| author | Matthew V Cannon David A Buchner James Hester Hadley Miller Ephraim Sehayek Joseph H Nadeau David Serre |
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| description | <h4>Aims</h4>Epidemiological and animal studies have shown that maternal diet can influence metabolism in adult offspring. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these changes remain poorly understood. Here, we characterize the phenotypes induced by maternal obesity in a mouse model and examine gene expression and epigenetic changes induced by maternal diet in adult offspring.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed genetically identical male mice born from dams fed a high- or low-fat diet throughout pregnancy and until day 21 postpartum. After weaning, half of the males of each group were fed a high-fat diet, the other half a low-fat diet. We first characterized the genome-wide gene expression patterns of six tissues of adult offspring - liver, pancreas, white adipose, brain, muscle and heart. We then measured DNA methylation patterns in liver at selected loci and throughout the genome.<h4>Results</h4>Maternal diet had a significant effect on the body weight of the offspring when they were fed an obesogenic diet after weaning. Our analyses showed that maternal diet had a pervasive effect on gene expression, with a pronounced effect in liver where it affected many genes involved in inflammation, cholesterol synthesis and RXR activation. We did not detect any effect of the maternal diet on DNA methylation in the liver.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Overall, our findings highlighted the persistent influence of maternal diet on adult tissue regulation and suggested that the transcriptional changes were unlikely to be caused by DNA methylation differences in adult liver. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cdbab7e68d124b39a762d25e277e18ea2025-08-20T03:11:58ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0193e9033510.1371/journal.pone.0090335Maternal nutrition induces pervasive gene expression changes but no detectable DNA methylation differences in the liver of adult offspring.Matthew V CannonDavid A BuchnerJames HesterHadley MillerEphraim SehayekJoseph H NadeauDavid Serre<h4>Aims</h4>Epidemiological and animal studies have shown that maternal diet can influence metabolism in adult offspring. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these changes remain poorly understood. Here, we characterize the phenotypes induced by maternal obesity in a mouse model and examine gene expression and epigenetic changes induced by maternal diet in adult offspring.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed genetically identical male mice born from dams fed a high- or low-fat diet throughout pregnancy and until day 21 postpartum. After weaning, half of the males of each group were fed a high-fat diet, the other half a low-fat diet. We first characterized the genome-wide gene expression patterns of six tissues of adult offspring - liver, pancreas, white adipose, brain, muscle and heart. We then measured DNA methylation patterns in liver at selected loci and throughout the genome.<h4>Results</h4>Maternal diet had a significant effect on the body weight of the offspring when they were fed an obesogenic diet after weaning. Our analyses showed that maternal diet had a pervasive effect on gene expression, with a pronounced effect in liver where it affected many genes involved in inflammation, cholesterol synthesis and RXR activation. We did not detect any effect of the maternal diet on DNA methylation in the liver.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Overall, our findings highlighted the persistent influence of maternal diet on adult tissue regulation and suggested that the transcriptional changes were unlikely to be caused by DNA methylation differences in adult liver.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0090335&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Matthew V Cannon David A Buchner James Hester Hadley Miller Ephraim Sehayek Joseph H Nadeau David Serre Maternal nutrition induces pervasive gene expression changes but no detectable DNA methylation differences in the liver of adult offspring. PLoS ONE |
| title | Maternal nutrition induces pervasive gene expression changes but no detectable DNA methylation differences in the liver of adult offspring. |
| title_full | Maternal nutrition induces pervasive gene expression changes but no detectable DNA methylation differences in the liver of adult offspring. |
| title_fullStr | Maternal nutrition induces pervasive gene expression changes but no detectable DNA methylation differences in the liver of adult offspring. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maternal nutrition induces pervasive gene expression changes but no detectable DNA methylation differences in the liver of adult offspring. |
| title_short | Maternal nutrition induces pervasive gene expression changes but no detectable DNA methylation differences in the liver of adult offspring. |
| title_sort | maternal nutrition induces pervasive gene expression changes but no detectable dna methylation differences in the liver of adult offspring |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0090335&type=printable |
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