Dietary nutrients during gestation cause obesity and related metabolic changes by altering DNA methylation in the offspring

Growing evidence shows that maternal nutrition from preconception until lactation has an important effect on the development of non-communicable diseases in the offspring. Biological responses to environmental stress during pregnancy, including undernutrition or overnutrition of various nutrients, a...

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Main Authors: Szilvia Bokor, Ildikó Csölle, Regina Felső, Réka A. Vass, Simone Funke, Tibor Ertl, Dénes Molnár
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2024.1287255/full
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author Szilvia Bokor
Szilvia Bokor
Ildikó Csölle
Ildikó Csölle
Ildikó Csölle
Regina Felső
Regina Felső
Réka A. Vass
Réka A. Vass
Réka A. Vass
Simone Funke
Simone Funke
Tibor Ertl
Tibor Ertl
Dénes Molnár
Dénes Molnár
author_facet Szilvia Bokor
Szilvia Bokor
Ildikó Csölle
Ildikó Csölle
Ildikó Csölle
Regina Felső
Regina Felső
Réka A. Vass
Réka A. Vass
Réka A. Vass
Simone Funke
Simone Funke
Tibor Ertl
Tibor Ertl
Dénes Molnár
Dénes Molnár
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description Growing evidence shows that maternal nutrition from preconception until lactation has an important effect on the development of non-communicable diseases in the offspring. Biological responses to environmental stress during pregnancy, including undernutrition or overnutrition of various nutrients, are transmitted in part by DNA methylation. The aim of the present narrative review is to summarize literature data on altered DNA methylation patterns caused by maternal macronutrient or vitamin intake and its association with offspring’s phenotype (obesity and related metabolic changes). With our literature search, we found evidence for the association between alterations in DNA methylation pattern of different genes caused by maternal under- or overnutrition of several nutrients (protein, fructose, fat, vitamin D, methyl-group donor nutrients) during 3 critical periods of programming (preconception, pregnancy, lactation) and the development of obesity or related metabolic changes (glucose, insulin, lipid, leptin, adiponectin levels, blood pressure, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) in offspring. The review highlights that maternal consumption of several nutrients could individually affect the development of offspring’s obesity and related metabolic changes via alterations in DNA methylation.
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spelling doaj.art-a5e3c7e332a748a18ae8f9102cfa19c42024-02-21T14:24:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Endocrinology1664-23922024-02-011510.3389/fendo.2024.12872551287255Dietary nutrients during gestation cause obesity and related metabolic changes by altering DNA methylation in the offspringSzilvia Bokor0Szilvia Bokor1Ildikó Csölle2Ildikó Csölle3Ildikó Csölle4Regina Felső5Regina Felső6Réka A. Vass7Réka A. Vass8Réka A. Vass9Simone Funke10Simone Funke11Tibor Ertl12Tibor Ertl13Dénes Molnár14Dénes Molnár15Department of Paediatrics, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryNational Laboratory on Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryDepartment of Paediatrics, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryNational Laboratory on Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryDoctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryDepartment of Paediatrics, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryNational Laboratory on Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryNational Laboratory on Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryObstetrics and Gynecology, Magyar Imre Hospital Ajka, Ajka, HungaryNational Laboratory on Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryNational Laboratory on Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryDepartment of Paediatrics, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryNational Laboratory on Human Reproduction, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryGrowing evidence shows that maternal nutrition from preconception until lactation has an important effect on the development of non-communicable diseases in the offspring. Biological responses to environmental stress during pregnancy, including undernutrition or overnutrition of various nutrients, are transmitted in part by DNA methylation. The aim of the present narrative review is to summarize literature data on altered DNA methylation patterns caused by maternal macronutrient or vitamin intake and its association with offspring’s phenotype (obesity and related metabolic changes). With our literature search, we found evidence for the association between alterations in DNA methylation pattern of different genes caused by maternal under- or overnutrition of several nutrients (protein, fructose, fat, vitamin D, methyl-group donor nutrients) during 3 critical periods of programming (preconception, pregnancy, lactation) and the development of obesity or related metabolic changes (glucose, insulin, lipid, leptin, adiponectin levels, blood pressure, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) in offspring. The review highlights that maternal consumption of several nutrients could individually affect the development of offspring’s obesity and related metabolic changes via alterations in DNA methylation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2024.1287255/fullobesitymetabolic syndromematernalnutritionepigeneticDNA methylation
spellingShingle Szilvia Bokor
Szilvia Bokor
Ildikó Csölle
Ildikó Csölle
Ildikó Csölle
Regina Felső
Regina Felső
Réka A. Vass
Réka A. Vass
Réka A. Vass
Simone Funke
Simone Funke
Tibor Ertl
Tibor Ertl
Dénes Molnár
Dénes Molnár
Dietary nutrients during gestation cause obesity and related metabolic changes by altering DNA methylation in the offspring
Frontiers in Endocrinology
obesity
metabolic syndrome
maternal
nutrition
epigenetic
DNA methylation
title Dietary nutrients during gestation cause obesity and related metabolic changes by altering DNA methylation in the offspring
title_full Dietary nutrients during gestation cause obesity and related metabolic changes by altering DNA methylation in the offspring
title_fullStr Dietary nutrients during gestation cause obesity and related metabolic changes by altering DNA methylation in the offspring
title_full_unstemmed Dietary nutrients during gestation cause obesity and related metabolic changes by altering DNA methylation in the offspring
title_short Dietary nutrients during gestation cause obesity and related metabolic changes by altering DNA methylation in the offspring
title_sort dietary nutrients during gestation cause obesity and related metabolic changes by altering dna methylation in the offspring
topic obesity
metabolic syndrome
maternal
nutrition
epigenetic
DNA methylation
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2024.1287255/full
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