Evaluating Methylation of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene and the Oxytocin Intergenic Region.
DNA methylation
Epigenetics
Intergenic region
OXTR
Oxytocin
Saliva
Journal
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
ISSN: 1940-6029
Titre abrégé: Methods Mol Biol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9214969
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
entrez:
22
9
2021
pubmed:
23
9
2021
medline:
8
1
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Oxytocin and its paralogue, vasopressin, are widely studied biomarkers in relation to pregnancy and birth, maternal and social behavior, and mental health. Epigenetics is a biological mechanism that mediates the link between environmental influences and behavioral patterns. In a candidate gene approach, we describe here a DNA methylation assay of two regions within the oxytocin system, using human buccal cells and next-generation sequencing. Two nanograms of DNA were sufficient to assess the DNA methylation status of 28 CpG sites (22 corresponding to the oxytocin receptor and 6 corresponding to the vasopressin/oxytocin intergenic region). This method proved to be non-invasive for the participants, and reproducible; its validity remains to be confirmed alongside other biomarkers of gene function.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34550570
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1759-5_6
doi:
Substances chimiques
DNA, Intergenic
0
Receptors, Oxytocin
0
Vasopressins
11000-17-2
Oxytocin
50-56-6
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
81-103Subventions
Organisme : CIHR
ID : MOP-123354
Pays : Canada
Informations de copyright
© 2022. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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