Journal
REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages 98-105Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.05.016
Keywords
Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTS); IVF-ET; Genome-wide DNA methylation; Reproductive safety
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Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [2007CB948104, 81070532, Z207021, Y2090084]
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The aim of this study was to use a mouse model to gain an understanding of the safety of reproduction between humans conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART). Mice derived from in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) were crossed. Their behavior, morphology, histology and genome-wide DNA methylation status in the brain were examined by the Morris water maze. H&E staining and methylated DNA immunoprecipitation coupled with DNA methylation microarrays. Although no significant differences in behavior or morphology were observed, we did find small clusters of CpG islands and promoters that were aberrantly methylated. Hypermethylation was more common than hypomethylation in each of the two generations. Some of the aberrant methylated promoters were validated by bisulfite sequencing. Our results show that IVF may slightly modify the somatic methylation pattern and that some of this aberrant methylation might be inherited by the following generation. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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