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PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
卷 61, 期 5, 页码 64R-67R出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e3180457623
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG20898] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK55704] Funding Source: Medline
Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) has been linked to later development of type 2 diabetes in adulthood. An abnormal metabolic intrauterine milieu affects the development of the fetus by permanently modifying gene expression of susceptible cells. Altered gene expression persists after birth, suggesting that an epigenetic mechanism may be responsible for changes in transcription. Uteroplacental insufficiency (IUGR) is associated with hypomethylation and hyperacetylation of genomic DNA in brain and liver of IUGR fetal and juvenile rats. These findings are associated with zinc deficiency that often accompanies fetal growth retardation. Studies in the IUGR rat also demonstrate that an abnormal intrauterine environment induces epigenetic modifications of key genes regulating beta-cell development and experiments directly link chromatin remodeling to suppression of transcription. Dietary protein restriction of pregnant rats causes fetal growth retardation and is associated with hypomethylation of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and PPAR-gamma genes in liver of the offspring. It is postulated that these epigenetic changes result in the observed increase in gene expression of GR and PPAR,gamma. Future research will be directed at elucidating the mechanisms underlying epigenetic modifications in offspring.
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