Journal
BIOLOGY OPEN
Volume 7, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/bio.035196
Keywords
Epigenetic modification; Polyphenols; Synaptic plasticity; DMR; Methylation
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- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health [P50 AT008661-01]
- ODS
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In this study, we developed an experimental protocol leveraging enhanced reduced representation bisulphite sequencing to investigate methylation and gene expression patterns in the hippocampus in response to polyphenolic compounds. We report that the administration of a standardized bioavailable polyphenolic preparation (BDPP) differentially influences methylated cytosine patterns in introns, UTR and exons in hippocampal genes. We subsequently established that dietary BDPP-mediated changes in methylation influenced the transcriptional pattern of select genes that are involved in synaptic plasticity. In addition, we showed dietary BDPP mediated changes in the transcriptional pattern of genes associated with epigenetic modifications, including members of the DNA methyl transferase family (DNMTs) and the Ten-eleven translocation methylcytosine dioxygenases family (TETs). We then identified the specific brain bioavailable polyphenols effective in regulating the transcription of DNMTs, TETs and a subset of differentially methylated synaptic plasticity-associated genes. The study implicates the regulation of gene expression in the hippocampus by epigenetic mechanisms as a novel therapeutic target for dietary polyphenols.
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