Young men with low birthweight exhibit decreased plasticity of genome-wide muscle DNA methylation by high-fat overfeeding

Stine C Jacobsen, Linn Gillberg, Jette Bork-Jensen, Rasmus Ribel-Madsen, Ester Lara, Vincenzo Calvanese, Charlotte Ling, Agustin F Fernandez, Mario F Fraga, Pernille Poulsen, Charlotte Brøns, Allan Vaag

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Abstract

The association between low birthweight (LBW) and risk of developing type 2 diabetes may involve epigenetic mechanisms, with skeletal muscle being a prime target tissue. Differential DNA methylation patterns have been observed in single genes in muscle tissue from type 2 diabetic and LBW individuals, and we recently showed multiple DNA methylation changes during short-term high-fat overfeeding in muscle of healthy people. In a randomised crossover study, we analysed genome-wide DNA promoter methylation in skeletal muscle of 17 young LBW men and 23 matched normal birthweight (NBW) men after a control and a 5 day high-fat overfeeding diet.
Original languageEnglish
JournalDiabetologia
Volume57
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)1154-1158
Number of pages5
ISSN0012-186X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Feb 2014

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