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Methylation Status of Exon IV of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)-Encoding Gene in Patients with Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia (NDH) before and after a Lifestyle Intervention

BDNF signalling in hypothalamic neuronal circuits is thought to regulate mammalian food intake. In light of this, we investigated how a lifestyle intervention influenced serum levels and DNA methylation of BDNF gene in fat tissue and buffy coat of NDH individuals. In total, 20 participants underwent...

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Autores principales: Fachim, Helene A., Malipatil, Nagaraj, Siddals, Kirk, Donn, Rachelle, Cortés, Gabriela Y., Dalton, Caroline F., Gibson, J. Martin, Heald, Adrian H.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8883958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35225959
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes6010007
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author Fachim, Helene A.
Malipatil, Nagaraj
Siddals, Kirk
Donn, Rachelle
Cortés, Gabriela Y.
Dalton, Caroline F.
Gibson, J. Martin
Heald, Adrian H.
author_facet Fachim, Helene A.
Malipatil, Nagaraj
Siddals, Kirk
Donn, Rachelle
Cortés, Gabriela Y.
Dalton, Caroline F.
Gibson, J. Martin
Heald, Adrian H.
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description BDNF signalling in hypothalamic neuronal circuits is thought to regulate mammalian food intake. In light of this, we investigated how a lifestyle intervention influenced serum levels and DNA methylation of BDNF gene in fat tissue and buffy coat of NDH individuals. In total, 20 participants underwent anthropometric measurements/fasting blood tests and adipose tissue biopsy pre-/post-lifestyle (6 months) intervention. DNA was extracted from adipose tissue and buffy coat, bisulphite converted, and pyrosequencing was used to determine methylation levels in exon IV of the BDNF gene. RNA was extracted from buffy coat for gene expression analysis and serum BDNF levels were measured by ELISA. No differences were found in BDNF serum levels, but buffy coat mean BDNF gene methylation decreased post-intervention. There were correlations between BDNF serum levels and/or methylation and cardiometabolic markers. (i) Pre-intervention: for BDNF methylation, we found positive correlations between mean methylation in fat tissue and waist-hip ratio, and negative correlations between mean methylation in buffy coat and weight. (ii) Post-intervention: we found correlations between BDNF mean methylation in buffy coat and HbA1c, BDNF methylation in buffy coat and circulating IGFBP-2, and BDNF serum and insulin. Higher BDNF % methylation levels are known to reduce BNDF expression. The fall in buffy coat mean BDNF methylation plus the association between lower BDNF methylation (so potentially higher BDNF) and higher HbA1c and serum IGFBP-2 (as a marker of insulin sensitivity) and between lower serum BDNF and higher circulating insulin are evidence for the degree of BDNF gene methylation being implicated in insulinisation and glucose homeostasis, particularly after lifestyle change in NDH individuals.
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spelling pubmed-88839582022-03-01 Methylation Status of Exon IV of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)-Encoding Gene in Patients with Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia (NDH) before and after a Lifestyle Intervention Fachim, Helene A. Malipatil, Nagaraj Siddals, Kirk Donn, Rachelle Cortés, Gabriela Y. Dalton, Caroline F. Gibson, J. Martin Heald, Adrian H. Epigenomes Communication BDNF signalling in hypothalamic neuronal circuits is thought to regulate mammalian food intake. In light of this, we investigated how a lifestyle intervention influenced serum levels and DNA methylation of BDNF gene in fat tissue and buffy coat of NDH individuals. In total, 20 participants underwent anthropometric measurements/fasting blood tests and adipose tissue biopsy pre-/post-lifestyle (6 months) intervention. DNA was extracted from adipose tissue and buffy coat, bisulphite converted, and pyrosequencing was used to determine methylation levels in exon IV of the BDNF gene. RNA was extracted from buffy coat for gene expression analysis and serum BDNF levels were measured by ELISA. No differences were found in BDNF serum levels, but buffy coat mean BDNF gene methylation decreased post-intervention. There were correlations between BDNF serum levels and/or methylation and cardiometabolic markers. (i) Pre-intervention: for BDNF methylation, we found positive correlations between mean methylation in fat tissue and waist-hip ratio, and negative correlations between mean methylation in buffy coat and weight. (ii) Post-intervention: we found correlations between BDNF mean methylation in buffy coat and HbA1c, BDNF methylation in buffy coat and circulating IGFBP-2, and BDNF serum and insulin. Higher BDNF % methylation levels are known to reduce BNDF expression. The fall in buffy coat mean BDNF methylation plus the association between lower BDNF methylation (so potentially higher BDNF) and higher HbA1c and serum IGFBP-2 (as a marker of insulin sensitivity) and between lower serum BDNF and higher circulating insulin are evidence for the degree of BDNF gene methylation being implicated in insulinisation and glucose homeostasis, particularly after lifestyle change in NDH individuals. MDPI 2022-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8883958/ /pubmed/35225959 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes6010007 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Fachim, Helene A.
Malipatil, Nagaraj
Siddals, Kirk
Donn, Rachelle
Cortés, Gabriela Y.
Dalton, Caroline F.
Gibson, J. Martin
Heald, Adrian H.
Methylation Status of Exon IV of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)-Encoding Gene in Patients with Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia (NDH) before and after a Lifestyle Intervention
title Methylation Status of Exon IV of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)-Encoding Gene in Patients with Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia (NDH) before and after a Lifestyle Intervention
title_full Methylation Status of Exon IV of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)-Encoding Gene in Patients with Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia (NDH) before and after a Lifestyle Intervention
title_fullStr Methylation Status of Exon IV of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)-Encoding Gene in Patients with Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia (NDH) before and after a Lifestyle Intervention
title_full_unstemmed Methylation Status of Exon IV of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)-Encoding Gene in Patients with Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia (NDH) before and after a Lifestyle Intervention
title_short Methylation Status of Exon IV of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)-Encoding Gene in Patients with Non-Diabetic Hyperglycaemia (NDH) before and after a Lifestyle Intervention
title_sort methylation status of exon iv of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf)-encoding gene in patients with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia (ndh) before and after a lifestyle intervention
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8883958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35225959
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes6010007
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