Transcriptomic data reanalysis allows for a contribution of embryonic transcriptional change-induced gene expression reprogramming in transgenerational epigenetic inheritance

A recent study investigated sperm-mediated inheritance of diet induced metabolic phenotypes, reported underlying regulation of the target genes of the endogenous retroelement MERVL and the ribosomal protein genes in embryos, and suggested that the altered regulation observed may cause placentation defects which can secondarily result in abnormal metabolism. A reanalysis of available transcriptomic data however shows that MERVL targets and the developmentally altered genes are themselves enriched for metabolic pathways, thus connecting embryonic gene expression with offspring phenotypes, and providing an alternative interpretation of the reported findings. This is consistent with a similar study suggesting a contribution of embryonic transcriptional change-induced gene expression reprogramming in altered offspring metabolism.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

Enthalten in:

Environmental epigenetics - 2(2016), 2 vom: 02. Apr., Seite dvw009

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sharma, Abhay [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bioinformatics
Embryonic development
Epigenetic inheritance
Journal Article
Offspring phenotype
Transcriptome

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Date Revised 30.09.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/eep/dvw009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM281498466