Journal
ANIMAL NUTRITION
Volume 1, Issue 3, Pages 144-151Publisher
KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2015.09.002
Keywords
Critical period; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Nutrition; Tissue specific
Funding
- Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest [201303143]
- Chinese scholarship council fund [201403250010]
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It is well known that phenotype of animals may be modified by the nutritional modulations through epigenetic mechanisms. As a key and central component of epigenetic network, DNA methylation is labile in response to nutritional influences. Alterations in DNA methylation profiles can lead to changes in gene expression, resulting in diverse phenotypes with the potential for decreased growth and health. Here, I reviewed the biological process of DNA methylation that results in the addition of methyl groups to DNA; the possible ways including methyl donors, DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) activity and other cofactors, the critical periods including prenatal, postnatal and dietary transition periods, and tissue specific of epigenetic modulation of DNA methylation by nutrition and its mechanisms in animals. (C) 2015 Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
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