Cross‐Tissue Specificity of Pediatric DNA Methylation Associated With Cumulative Family Stress

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Autores principales: Meingold H. Chan, Sarah M. Merrill, Fizza Fatima, Julie L. MacIsaac, Jelena Obradović, W. Thomas Boyce, Michael S. Kobor
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author Meingold H. Chan
Sarah M. Merrill
Fizza Fatima
Julie L. MacIsaac
Jelena Obradović
W. Thomas Boyce
Michael S. Kobor
author_facet Meingold H. Chan
Sarah M. Merrill
Fizza Fatima
Julie L. MacIsaac
Jelena Obradović
W. Thomas Boyce
Michael S. Kobor
Meingold H. Chan
Sarah M. Merrill
Fizza Fatima
Julie L. MacIsaac
Jelena Obradović
W. Thomas Boyce
Michael S. Kobor
collection Wiley Open Access
contents Cross‐Tissue Specificity of Pediatric DNA Methylation Associated With Cumulative Family Stress Meingold H. Chan Sarah M. Merrill Fizza Fatima Julie L. MacIsaac Jelena Obradović W. Thomas Boyce Michael S. Kobor Developmental Psychobiology ABSTRACT Cumulative family stress (cumulative FS), characterized by mother‐reported co‐occurring stressors in a family context, may be biologically embedded through DNA methylation (DNAm) and contribute to later health outcomes, including psychopathology. To illuminate tissue specificity in association with cumulative FS across two accessible tissues, we compared epigenome‐wide DNAm associations in buccal epithelial cells (BECs; n = 218) and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs; n = 51) from 7‐ to 13‐year‐old children in Canada, accounting for sex, age, predicted cell‐type proportion, and genetic ancestry. We found that higher levels of cumulative FS were associated with DNAm at seven sites, primarily in stress‐ and immune‐related genes, only in PBMCs but not in BECs. Matched tissue samples ( n = 50) also indicated limited cross‐tissue concordance. These associations were partly explained by negative but not positive mother–child relationship. Our findings suggested that PBMC DNAm can be used as a marker for biological embedding of cumulative FS and highlighted cross‐tissue specificity of the associations of DNAm with cumulative FS. 10.1002/dev.70097 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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spellingShingle Cross‐Tissue Specificity of Pediatric DNA Methylation Associated With Cumulative Family Stress
Meingold H. Chan
Sarah M. Merrill
Fizza Fatima
Julie L. MacIsaac
Jelena Obradović
W. Thomas Boyce
Michael S. Kobor
Developmental Psychobiology
Cross‐Tissue Specificity of Pediatric DNA Methylation Associated With Cumulative Family Stress Meingold H. Chan Sarah M. Merrill Fizza Fatima Julie L. MacIsaac Jelena Obradović W. Thomas Boyce Michael S. Kobor Developmental Psychobiology ABSTRACT Cumulative family stress (cumulative FS), characterized by mother‐reported co‐occurring stressors in a family context, may be biologically embedded through DNA methylation (DNAm) and contribute to later health outcomes, including psychopathology. To illuminate tissue specificity in association with cumulative FS across two accessible tissues, we compared epigenome‐wide DNAm associations in buccal epithelial cells (BECs; n = 218) and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs; n = 51) from 7‐ to 13‐year‐old children in Canada, accounting for sex, age, predicted cell‐type proportion, and genetic ancestry. We found that higher levels of cumulative FS were associated with DNAm at seven sites, primarily in stress‐ and immune‐related genes, only in PBMCs but not in BECs. Matched tissue samples ( n = 50) also indicated limited cross‐tissue concordance. These associations were partly explained by negative but not positive mother–child relationship. Our findings suggested that PBMC DNAm can be used as a marker for biological embedding of cumulative FS and highlighted cross‐tissue specificity of the associations of DNAm with cumulative FS. 10.1002/dev.70097 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
title Cross‐Tissue Specificity of Pediatric DNA Methylation Associated With Cumulative Family Stress
topic Developmental Psychobiology
url https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dev.70097