Roles of Nuclear Receptors in Generation of Heritable Epimutations in Germ Cells

核受体在生殖细胞可遗传表观突变产生中的作用

基本信息

批准号：
9147604
负责人：
TOSHIHIRO SHIODA
金额：
$ 21.38万
依托单位：
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2015-09-30 至 2017-09-29
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9147604
关键词：
Achievement Adipocytes Adipose tissue Adult Affect Agonist Animals Automobile Driving Binding Bioinformatics Biological Models CRISPR/Cas technology Cell Culture Techniques Cells ChIP-seq DNA DNA Methylation DNA Sequence Alteration DNA cassette Development Disease Endocrine Disruptors Engineering Epigenetic Process Estrogen Receptor alpha Exposure to Family Fatty acid glycerol esters Female Fetus Foundations Gene Expression Gene Targeting Generations Genes Genetic Transcription Genome Germ Cells Goals Grant Health Hormonal Hormone Responsive Hormones Human Hydroxymethyltransferases In Vitro Knowledge Laboratory mice Ligands Link Mediating Mesenchymal Stem Cells Methods Modeling Molecular Mus Nuclear Hormone Receptors Nuclear Receptors Obesity PPAR gamma Perinatal Exposure Phenotype Play Poison Pregnant Women Production Proteins RNA Interference Receptor Activation Recruitment Activity Reporting Research Role Sequence Determination Somatic Cell Specimen Structure of primordial sex cell Study models Testing Tetanus Helper Peptide Time Toxic Environmental Substances Transgenic Mice Weight bisphenol A bisulfite sequencing bone cell deep sequencing demethylation disease phenotype drinking water egg epigenome epigenomics fetal genome-wide histone modification human embryonic stem cell in vitro Model in vivo induced pluripotent stem cell innovation insight knock-down knockout gene lipid biosynthesis mRNA Expression male novel obesogen obesogenic offspring pregnant pup receptor receptor binding research study rosiglitazone sperm cell tool transcriptome transcriptome sequencing tributyltin

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): It has been becoming increasingly evident that in utero exposure of mammalian fetuses to environmental endocrine disruptors may cause transgenerational diseases through disruption of the epigenetic mechanisms regulating gene expression. The disease phenotypes of the F2 and later generations may resemble each other because such phenotypes might be derived from a common set of germline-transmitted epimutations. In contrast, the F1 phenotype is not derived from the germline epimutations; therefore, it does not need to be similar to phenotypes of the F2+ generations. However, many animal studies have reported remarkably similar phenotypes of the F1 and the F2+ generations. To explain this somewhat paradoxical phenomenon, we hypothesize that the nuclear receptors expressed in both the somatic cells and the germline cells may be responsible for the phenotypes commonly observed in the F1 and the F2+ generations but through distinct mechanisms. Specifically, while nuclear receptors expressed in the somatic cells may directly affect transcription of the hormone target genes to provoke the F1 phenotypes, in the germline cells the same nuclear receptors might cause epimutations at the same set of genes to cause the F2+ phenotypes. To obtain experimental evidence supporting this hypothesis, our Specific Aim 1 aims to determine whether fetal exposure of mice to endocrine disruptors known to cause transgenerational obesity introduces specific epigenetic changes at the binding sequences of the affected nuclear receptors in the genome of the germline cells. Pregnant female transgenic mice engineered for germline-specific GFP expression will be exposed to tributyltin, rosiglitazone, or Bisphenol A from 12.5 dpc until 18.5 dpc, and the GFP+ germline cells will be collected from their fetuses by FACS. Genome-wide profiling of mRNA expression, DNA methylation, and nuclear hormone receptor binding in the genome of the F1 germline cells will be determined by deep sequencing (RNA- seq, Bisulfite-seq, and ChIP-seq). To identify the transgenerationally transmittable germline epimutations, we will also determine transcriptomes and epigenetic mark distributions in the GFP+ germline cells of F2 and F3 fetuses at 18.5 dpc. To evaluate the transgenerational obesity phenotype and the germline-conveyed epimutations, we will examine fat depot weight, adipocyte size, and adipocyte number of brown and white adipose tissues in 8-weeks-old F1, F2, and F3 pups. Selected adipose tissue specimens will also be subjected to transcriptomal and epigenomic analyses. Our Specific Aim 2 aims to determine whether exposure of mouse and human primordial germ cell-like cells (PGC-LCs) to the obesogenic endocrine disruptors causes specific epigenetic changes at the nuclear receptor binding sequences to affect cellular sensitivity to the relevant hormonal agents in vitro. We will determine transcriptomes, epigenomic mark distributions, and genome-wide ligand sensitivity profiles of the hormone responsive genes using deep sequencing. RNAi knockdown and CRISPR/Cas9 gene knockout experiments will establish the requirement of each nuclear receptor and the Tet family DNA hydroxymethyltransferases in formation of the exposure-induced epimutations. Successful completion of this project will establish a novel theoretical and methodological foundation, including in vivo and in vitro model systems, for future research on the molecular mechanisms of transgenerational diseases caused by fetal exposure to endocrine disruptors.

描述（由适用提供）：越来越多的证据表明，在哺乳动物胎儿暴露于环境内分泌干扰物中，可能通过破坏表观遗传机制调节基因表达而导致转化性疾病。 F2和后代的疾病表型可能相似，因为这种表型可能源自一组常见的种系传输的表型。相反，F1表型不是源自种系的表达。因此，它不需要与F2+世代的表型相似。但是，许多动物研究报告了F1和F2+世代的表型非常相似。为了解释这种矛盾的现象，我们假设在体细胞和种系细胞中表达的核接收器可能是在F1和F2+世代中通常观察到的表型，但通过不同的机制。具体，虽然在体细胞中表达的核接收器可能直接影响同种靶基因的转录以引起F1表型，但在种系细胞中，相同的核接收器可能会在同一基因上引起同一基因上的表达，从而导致F2+表型。为了获得支持这一假设的实验证据，我们的具体目的1旨在确定小鼠在已知导致转世肥胖的内分泌干扰物中是否会在生殖细胞基因组中受影响的核接收器的结合序列引入特定的表观遗传变化。针对种系特异性GFP表达设计的怀孕雌性转基因小鼠将暴露于tributylyltin，osiglitazone或Bisphenol A，直到18.5 dpc，直到18.5 dpc，GFP+种系细胞将从胎儿中收集。 F1种系细胞基因组中mRNA表达，DNA甲基化和核骑术受体结合的全基因组分析将通过深层测序（RNA- SEQ，Bisulfite-Seq和Chip-seq）确定。为了识别转换的传播种系的表述，我们还将确定在18.5 dpc时F2和F3胎儿的GFP+种系细胞中的转录组和表观遗传标记分布。为了评估转化的肥胖表型和种系交流的表型，我们将检查8周龄的F1，F2和F3幼犬中的脂肪仓库重量，脂肪细胞大小和脂肪细胞数量。选定的脂肪组织样品也将经过转录组和表观基因组分析。我们的特定目的2旨在确定小鼠和人类原始生殖细胞样细胞（PGC-LCS）是否在肥胖的内分泌干扰物中是否会在核接收器结合序列上引起特定的表观遗传变化，从而影响细胞敏感性对相关的马雌元剂的敏感性。我们将使用深层测序确定转录组，表观基因组标记分布和全基因组的配体敏感性谱。 RNAi敲低和CRISPR/CAS9基因基因敲除实验将确定每个核接收器的需求和TET家族DNA羟基甲基转移酶在形成暴露诱导的表演中的需求。该项目的成功完成将建立一个新颖的理论和方法论基础，包括体内和体外模型系统，以对未来对胎儿暴露于内分泌干扰物导致转化性疾病的分子机制进行研究。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（6）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

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Transgenerational Transcriptomic and DNA Methylome Profiling of Mouse Fetal Testicular Germline and Somatic Cells after Exposure of Pregnant Mothers to Tributyltin, a Potent Obesogen.

DOI：
10.3390/metabo12020095
发表时间：
2022-01-20
期刊：
Metabolites
影响因子：
4.1
作者：
Shioda K;Odajima J;Blumberg B;Shioda T
通讯作者：
Shioda T

Relevance of iPSC-derived human PGC-like cells at the surface of embryoid bodies to prechemotaxis migrating PGCs.

DOI：
10.1073/pnas.1707779114
发表时间：
2017-11-14
期刊：
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
影响因子：
11.1
作者：
Mitsunaga S;Odajima J;Yawata S;Shioda K;Owa C;Isselbacher KJ;Hanna JH;Shioda T
通讯作者：
Shioda T

Technical adequacy of bisulfite sequencing and pyrosequencing for detection of mitochondrial DNA methylation: Sources and avoidance of false-positive detection.