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Supplementary Tables 1-8 from Variable DNA methylation in neonates mediates the association between prenatal smoking and birth weight

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posted on 2019-01-29, 16:13 authored by Eilis Hannon, Diana Schendel, Christine Ladd-Acosta, Jakob Grove, Christine Søholm Hansen, David Michael Hougaard, Michaeline Bresnahan, Ole Mors, Mads Vilhelm Hollegaard, Marie Bækvad-Hansen, Mady Hornig, Preben Bo Mortensen, Anders D. Børglum, Thomas Werge, Marianne Giørtz Pedersen, Merete Nordentoft, Joseph D. Buxbaum, M. Daniele Fallin, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, Abraham Reichenberg, Jonathan Mill
There is great interest in the role epigenetic variation induced by non-genetic exposures may play in the context of health and disease. In particular, DNA methylation has previously been shown to be highly dynamic during the earliest stages of development and is influenced by in utero exposures such as maternal smoking and medication. In this study we sought to identify the specific DNA methylation differences in blood-associated prenatal exposures including birth weight, gestational age and maternal smoking. We quantified neonatal methylomic variation in 1263 infants using DNA isolated from a unique collection of archived blood spots taken shortly after birth (mean = 6.08 days; s.d. = 3.24 days). An epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of gestational age and birth weight identified 4299 and 18 differentially methylated positions (DMPs) respectively, at an experiment-wide significance threshold of p < 1 × 10−7. Our EWAS of maternal smoking during pregnancy identified 110 DMPs in neonatal blood, replicating previously reported genomic loci including AHRR. Finally, we tested the hypothesis that DNA methylation mediates the relationship between maternal smoking and lower birth weight, finding evidence that methylomic variation at three DMPs may link exposure to outcome. These findings complement an expanding literature on the epigenomic consequences of prenatal exposures and obstetric factors, confirming a link between the maternal environment and gene regulation in neonates.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Developing differences: towards an evolutionary medicine of early life effects’.

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