Mechanisms of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: lessons from animal model organisms

F Santilli, A Boskovic - Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2023 - Elsevier
Epigenetic inheritance is a phenomenon whereby stochastic or signal-induced changes to
parental germline epigenome modulate phenotypic output in one or more subsequent …

Variably methylated retrotransposons are refractory to a range of environmental perturbations

TM Bertozzi, JL Becker, GET Blake, A Bansal… - Nature Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
The agouti viable yellow (A vy) allele is an insertional mutation in the mouse genome
caused by a variably methylated intracisternal A particle (VM-IAP) retrotransposon. A vy …

[HTML][HTML] Defective folate metabolism causes germline epigenetic instability and distinguishes Hira as a phenotype inheritance biomarker

GET Blake, X Zhao, H Yung, GJ Burton… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The mechanism behind transgenerational epigenetic inheritance is unclear, particularly
through the maternal grandparental line. We previously showed that disruption of folate …

Abnormal folate metabolism causes age‐, sex‐and parent‐of‐origin‐specific haematological defects in mice

N Padmanabhan, K Menelaou, J Gao… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Folate (folic acid) deficiency and mutations in folate‐related genes in humans
result in megaloblastic anaemia. Folate metabolism, which requires the enzyme methionine …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal choline supplementation alters one carbon metabolites in a rat model of Periconceptional Alcohol exposure

SE Steane, V Kumar, JSM Cuffe, KM Moritz, LK Akison - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Prenatal alcohol exposure disturbs fetal and placental growth and can alter DNA
methylation (DNAm). Supplementation with the methyl donor choline can increase fetal and …

[HTML][HTML] One-carbon metabolism is required for epigenetic stability in the mouse placenta

CE Senner, Z Dong, M Prater, MR Branco… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
One-carbon metabolism, including the folate cycle, has a crucial role in fetal development
though its molecular function is complex and unclear. The hypomorphic Mtrr gt allele is …

[HTML][HTML] Disruption of folate metabolism causes poor alignment and spacing of mouse conceptuses for multiple generations

AL Wilkinson, K Menelaou, J Rakoczy… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Abnormal uptake or metabolism of folate increases risk of human pregnancy complications,
though the mechanism is unclear. Here, we explore how defective folate metabolism …

[PDF][PDF] De novo serine biosynthesis from glucose predicts sex-specific response to antifolates in non-small cell lung cancer cell lines

J Sponagel, S Devarakonda, JB Rubin, J Luo… - iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Intriguingly, males with non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have a higher mortality rate than females. Here, we investigated …

L'exposition prénatale paternelle à des contaminants environnementaux affecte la santé reproductive de leurs fils et des générations subséquentes chez le rat: l'acide …

M Lessard - 2022 - corpus.ulaval.ca
Résumé L'environnement et les habitudes de vie du père peuvent avoir une incidence sur la
qualité de ses spermatozoïdes. De récents rapports ont démontré que la santé des …

[PDF][PDF] Disruption of folate metabolism causes germline epigenetic instability and distinguishes HIRA as a biomarker of maternal transgenerational epigenetic …

GET Blake, X Zhao, H Yung, GJ Burton… - bioRxiv, 2020 - scholar.archive.org
The mechanism behind transgenerational epigenetic inheritance (TEI) is unclear,
particularly through the maternal line. We previously showed that disruption of folate …