Journal
EPIGENETICS
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 405-409Publisher
LANDES BIOSCIENCE
DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.4.14791
Keywords
type 2 diabetes; insulin receptor; type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor; epigenetic methylation; db/db mice
Funding
- Family Erling Persson Foundation
- Swedish Diabetes Association
- Swedish Research Council
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We have investigated promoter methylation of the Insr, Igf1 and Igf1r genes in skeletal and cardiac muscles of normal and diabetic db/db mice. No differences in Insr promoter methylation were found in the heart and skeletal muscles and no methylation was detected in the Igf1 promoter in skeletal muscle. In skeletal muscle, db/db males exhibited a 7.4-fold increase in Igf1r promoter methylation, which was accompanied by a 1.8-fold decrease in Igf1r mRNA levels, compared with controls. More than 50% of the detected methylation events were concentrated within an 18 bp sequence that includes one of the Sp1 binding sites. We conclude that the methylation level and pattern of the Igf1r promoter in skeletal muscle is related to gender and the diabetic state.
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