DNA methylation of imprint control regions associated with Alzheimer's disease in non-Hispanic Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites.
Clin Epigenetics
; 16(1): 58, 2024 Apr 25.
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ABSTRACT
Alzheimer's disease (AD) prevalence is twice as high in non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs) as in non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs). The objective of this study was to determine whether aberrant methylation at imprint control regions (ICRs) is associated with AD. Differentially methylated regions (DMRs) were bioinformatically identified from whole-genome bisulfite sequenced DNA derived from brain tissue of 9 AD (5 NHBs and 4 NHWs) and 8 controls (4 NHBs and 4 NHWs). We identified DMRs located within 120 regions defined as candidate ICRs in the human imprintome ( https//genome.ucsc.edu/s/imprintome/hg38.AD.Brain_track ). Eighty-one ICRs were differentially methylated in NHB-AD, and 27 ICRs were differentially methylated in NHW-AD, with two regions common to both populations that are proximal to the inflammasome gene, NLRP1, and a known imprinted gene, MEST/MESTIT1. These findings indicate that early developmental alterations in DNA methylation of regions regulating genomic imprinting may contribute to AD risk and that this epigenetic risk differs between NHBs and NHWs.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
DNA Methylation
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Alzheimer Disease
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Epigenetics
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Country of publication:
Germany