Maternal cadmium, iron and zinc levels, DNA methylation and birth weight

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  • Vidal, Adriana C
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
  • Semenova, Viktoriya
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
  • Darrah, Thomas
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Water, Climate, and the Environment, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
  • Vengosh, Avner
    • Other Affiliation: Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
  • Huang, Zhiqing
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
  • King, Katherine
    • Other Affiliation: Environmental Public Health Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Community and Family Medicine and Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Erwin Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
  • Nye, Monica D
    • Affiliation: N.C. Cancer Hospital, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
  • Fry, Rebecca
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
  • Skaar, David
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
  • Maguire, Rachel
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
  • Murtha, Amy
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Erwin Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
  • Schildkraut, Joellen
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Community and Family Medicine and Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Erwin Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
  • Murphy, Susan
    • Other Affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
  • Hoyo, Cathrine
    • Other Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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  • Abstract Background Cadmium (Cd) is a ubiquitous and environmentally persistent toxic metal that has been implicated in neurotoxicity, carcinogenesis and obesity and essential metals including zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) may alter these outcomes. However mechanisms underlying these relationships remain limited. Methods We examined whether maternal Cd levels during early pregnancy were associated with offspring DNA methylation at regulatory sequences of genomically imprinted genes and weight at birth, and whether Fe and Zn altered these associations. Cd, Fe and Zn were measured in maternal blood of 319 women ≤12 weeks gestation. Offspring umbilical cord blood leukocyte DNA methylation at regulatory differentially methylated regions (DMRs) of 8 imprinted genes was measured using bisulfite pyrosequencing. Regression models were used to examine the relationships among Cd, Fe, Zn, and DMR methylation and birth weight. Results Elevated maternal blood Cd levels were associated with lower birth weight (p = 0.03). Higher maternal blood Cd levels were also associated with lower offspring methylation at the PEG3 DMR in females (β = 0.55, se = 0.17, p = 0.05), and at the MEG3 DMR in males (β = 0.72, se = 0.3, p = 0.08), however the latter association was not statistically significant. Associations between Cd and PEG3 and PLAGL1 DNA methylation were stronger in infants born to women with low concentrations of Fe (p < 0.05). Conclusions Our data suggest the association between pre-natal Cd and offspring DNA methylation at regulatory sequences of imprinted genes may be sex- and gene-specific. Essential metals such as Zn may mitigate DNA methylation response to Cd exposure. Larger studies are required.
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  • BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology. 2015 Jul 15;16(1):20
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