Epigenome-wide association study identifies neonatal DNA methylation associated with two-year attention problems in children born very preterm.


Journal

Translational psychiatry
ISSN: 2158-3188
Titre abrégé: Transl Psychiatry
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101562664

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
28 Feb 2024
Historique:
received: 11 05 2023
accepted: 16 02 2024
revised: 07 02 2024
medline: 29 2 2024
pubmed: 29 2 2024
entrez: 28 2 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Prior research has identified epigenetic predictors of attention problems in school-aged children but has not yet investigated these in young children, or children at elevated risk of attention problems due to preterm birth. The current study evaluated epigenome-wide associations between neonatal DNA methylation and attention problems at age 2 years in children born very preterm. Participants included 441 children from the Neonatal Neurobehavior and Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants (NOVI) Study, a multi-site study of infants born < 30 weeks gestational age. DNA methylation was measured from buccal swabs collected at NICU discharge using the Illumina MethylationEPIC Bead Array. Attention problems were assessed at 2 years of adjusted age using the attention problems subscale of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). After adjustment for multiple testing, DNA methylation at 33 CpG sites was associated with child attention problems. Differentially methylated CpG sites were located in genes previously linked to physical and mental health, including several genes associated with ADHD in prior epigenome-wide and genome-wide association studies. Several CpG sites were located in genes previously linked to exposure to prenatal risk factors in the NOVI sample. Neonatal epigenetics measured at NICU discharge could be useful in identifying preterm children at risk for long-term attention problems and related psychiatric disorders, who could benefit from early prevention and intervention efforts.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38418845
doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-02841-y
pii: 10.1038/s41398-024-02841-y
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Organisme : U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
ID : R01HD072267
Organisme : U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
ID : UH3OD023347
Organisme : U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
ID : R01HD084515
Organisme : U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
ID : R01HD072267
Organisme : U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
ID : UH3OD023347
Organisme : U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
ID : R01HD084515
Organisme : U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
ID : R01HD072267
Organisme : U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
ID : UH3OD023347
Organisme : U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
ID : R01HD084515

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Auteurs

Marie Camerota (M)

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. marie_camerota@brown.edu.
Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA. marie_camerota@brown.edu.

Barry M Lester (BM)

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.

Francisco Xavier Castellanos (FX)

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA.

Brian S Carter (BS)

Department of Pediatrics-Neonatology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA.

Jennifer Check (J)

Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Jennifer Helderman (J)

Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Julie A Hofheimer (JA)

Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Elisabeth C McGowan (EC)

Department of Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.

Charles R Neal (CR)

Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA.

Steven L Pastyrnak (SL)

Department of Pediatrics, Spectrum Health-Helen DeVos Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.

Lynne M Smith (LM)

Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

Thomas Michael O'Shea (TM)

Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Carmen J Marsit (CJ)

Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Todd M Everson (TM)

Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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