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A Six Months Exercise Intervention Influences the Genome-wide DNA Methylation Pattern in Human Adipose Tissue

Overview of attention for article published in PLoS Genetics, June 2013
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Title
A Six Months Exercise Intervention Influences the Genome-wide DNA Methylation Pattern in Human Adipose Tissue
Published in
PLoS Genetics, June 2013
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003572
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Authors

Tina Rönn, Petr Volkov, Cajsa Davegårdh, Tasnim Dayeh, Elin Hall, Anders H. Olsson, Emma Nilsson, Åsa Tornberg, Marloes Dekker Nitert, Karl-Fredrik Eriksson, Helena A. Jones, Leif Groop, Charlotte Ling

Abstract

Epigenetic mechanisms are implicated in gene regulation and the development of different diseases. The epigenome differs between cell types and has until now only been characterized for a few human tissues. Environmental factors potentially alter the epigenome. Here we describe the genome-wide pattern of DNA methylation in human adipose tissue from 23 healthy men, with a previous low level of physical activity, before and after a six months exercise intervention. We also investigate the differences in adipose tissue DNA methylation between 31 individuals with or without a family history of type 2 diabetes. DNA methylation was analyzed using Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip, an array containing 485,577 probes covering 99% RefSeq genes. Global DNA methylation changed and 17,975 individual CpG sites in 7,663 unique genes showed altered levels of DNA methylation after the exercise intervention (q<0.05). Differential mRNA expression was present in 1/3 of gene regions with altered DNA methylation, including RALBP1, HDAC4 and NCOR2 (q<0.05). Using a luciferase assay, we could show that increased DNA methylation in vitro of the RALBP1 promoter suppressed the transcriptional activity (p = 0.03). Moreover, 18 obesity and 21 type 2 diabetes candidate genes had CpG sites with differences in adipose tissue DNA methylation in response to exercise (q<0.05), including TCF7L2 (6 CpG sites) and KCNQ1 (10 CpG sites). A simultaneous change in mRNA expression was seen for 6 of those genes. To understand if genes that exhibit differential DNA methylation and mRNA expression in human adipose tissue in vivo affect adipocyte metabolism, we silenced Hdac4 and Ncor2 respectively in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, which resulted in increased lipogenesis both in the basal and insulin stimulated state. In conclusion, exercise induces genome-wide changes in DNA methylation in human adipose tissue, potentially affecting adipocyte metabolism.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 8 1%
United Kingdom 7 <1%
Portugal 3 <1%
Canada 3 <1%
Australia 3 <1%
Germany 2 <1%
Sweden 2 <1%
Switzerland 2 <1%
Turkey 2 <1%
Other 10 1%
Unknown 683 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 156 22%
Researcher 116 16%
Student > Master 94 13%
Student > Bachelor 78 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 50 7%
Other 144 20%
Unknown 87 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 219 30%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 147 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 115 16%
Sports and Recreations 23 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 18 2%
Other 88 12%
Unknown 115 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 519. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 March 2023.
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#48,939
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