High-fat diet reprograms the epigenome of rat spermatozoa and transgenerationally affects metabolism of the offspring
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High-fat diet reprograms the epigenome of rat spermatozoa and transgenerationally affects metabolism of the offspring. / de Castro Barbosa, Thais; Ingerslev, Lars R; Alm, Petter S; Versteyhe, Soetkin; Massart, Julie; Rasmussen, Morten; Donkin, Ida; Sjögren, Rasmus; Mudry, Jonathan M; Vetterli, Laurène; Gupta, Shashank; Krook, Anna; Zierath, Juleen R; Barrès, Romain.
In: Molecular Metabolism, Vol. 5, No. 3, 03.2016, p. 184-97.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - High-fat diet reprograms the epigenome of rat spermatozoa and transgenerationally affects metabolism of the offspring
AU - de Castro Barbosa, Thais
AU - Ingerslev, Lars R
AU - Alm, Petter S
AU - Versteyhe, Soetkin
AU - Massart, Julie
AU - Rasmussen, Morten
AU - Donkin, Ida
AU - Sjögren, Rasmus
AU - Mudry, Jonathan M
AU - Vetterli, Laurène
AU - Gupta, Shashank
AU - Krook, Anna
AU - Zierath, Juleen R
AU - Barrès, Romain
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - OBJECTIVES: Chronic and high consumption of fat constitutes an environmental stress that leads to metabolic diseases. We hypothesized that high-fat diet (HFD) transgenerationally remodels the epigenome of spermatozoa and metabolism of the offspring.METHODS: F0-male rats fed either HFD or chow diet for 12 weeks were mated with chow-fed dams to generate F1 and F2 offspring. Motile spermatozoa were isolated from F0 and F1 breeders to determine DNA methylation and small non-coding RNA (sncRNA) expression pattern by deep sequencing.RESULTS: Newborn offspring of HFD-fed fathers had reduced body weight and pancreatic beta-cell mass. Adult female, but not male, offspring of HFD-fed fathers were glucose intolerant and resistant to HFD-induced weight gain. This phenotype was perpetuated in the F2 progeny, indicating transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. The epigenome of spermatozoa from HFD-fed F0 and their F1 male offspring showed common DNA methylation and small non-coding RNA expression signatures. Altered expression of sperm miRNA let-7c was passed down to metabolic tissues of the offspring, inducing a transcriptomic shift of the let-7c predicted targets.CONCLUSION: Our results provide insight into mechanisms by which HFD transgenerationally reprograms the epigenome of sperm cells, thereby affecting metabolic tissues of offspring throughout two generations.
AB - OBJECTIVES: Chronic and high consumption of fat constitutes an environmental stress that leads to metabolic diseases. We hypothesized that high-fat diet (HFD) transgenerationally remodels the epigenome of spermatozoa and metabolism of the offspring.METHODS: F0-male rats fed either HFD or chow diet for 12 weeks were mated with chow-fed dams to generate F1 and F2 offspring. Motile spermatozoa were isolated from F0 and F1 breeders to determine DNA methylation and small non-coding RNA (sncRNA) expression pattern by deep sequencing.RESULTS: Newborn offspring of HFD-fed fathers had reduced body weight and pancreatic beta-cell mass. Adult female, but not male, offspring of HFD-fed fathers were glucose intolerant and resistant to HFD-induced weight gain. This phenotype was perpetuated in the F2 progeny, indicating transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. The epigenome of spermatozoa from HFD-fed F0 and their F1 male offspring showed common DNA methylation and small non-coding RNA expression signatures. Altered expression of sperm miRNA let-7c was passed down to metabolic tissues of the offspring, inducing a transcriptomic shift of the let-7c predicted targets.CONCLUSION: Our results provide insight into mechanisms by which HFD transgenerationally reprograms the epigenome of sperm cells, thereby affecting metabolic tissues of offspring throughout two generations.
U2 - 10.1016/j.molmet.2015.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.molmet.2015.12.002
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26977389
VL - 5
SP - 184
EP - 197
JO - Molecular Metabolism
JF - Molecular Metabolism
SN - 2212-8778
IS - 3
ER -
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