Methylation profiling

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The Microbiome Modulates DNA Methylation in Mouse Colonic Mucosa


ABSTRACT: DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that is altered in cancer and aging tissues. The effects of extrinsic factors on DNA methylation remain incompletely understood. Microbial dysbiosis is a hallmark of colorectal cancer, and infections have been linked to aberrant DNA methylation in cancers of the GI tract. To determine the microbiota’s impact on DNA methylation, we studied the DNA methylation of colorectal mucosa in germ-free (GF, no microbiome) and specific pathogen free (SPF, controlled microbiome) mice, as well as in interleukin 10 KO mice (Il10-/-) which are prone to inflammation and tumorigenesis in the presence of a microbiome. We compared DNA methylation changes to those seen in aging, and after exposure to the colon carcinogen azoxymethane (AOM). DNA methylation changes associated with aging were accelerated in the Il10-/- /SPF mice. By contrast, AOM induced profound hypomethylation that was distinct from the effects of aging or of the microbiome. CpG sites modified by the microbiome were over-represented among DNA methylation changes in colorectal cancer. Thus, the microbiome affects the DNA methylome of colorectal mucosa in patterns reminiscent of what is observed in colorectal cancer.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE150333 | GEO | 2023/05/09

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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