Accession Number:

AD1039887

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Contributions of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on cerebral neurobiology: an integrated omics approach with epigenomic focus

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Army Center for Environmental Health Research Fort Detrick United States

Report Date:

2016-12-01

Abstract:

The epigenetic landscape is vulnerable to diets. Here, we investigated the influence of different polyunsaturated fatty acids PUFA dietary supplements on rodents nervous system development and functions and potential consequences to neurodegenerative disorders. Our previous nutrigenomics study showed significant impact of high n-3 PUFA-enriched diet ERD on synaptogenesis and various neuromodulators. The present study introduced a second equicaloric diet with n-6 PUFA balanced by n-3 PUFA BLD. The typical lab diet with high n-6 PUFA was the baseline. Transcriptomic and epigenetic investigations, namely microRNA miRNA and DNA methylation assays, were carried out on the hemibrains of the C57BL6j mice fed on any of these three diets from their neonatal age to midlife. Integrating the multiomics data, we focused on the genes encoding both hypermethylated CpG islands and suppressed transcripts. In addition, miRNAmRNA pairs were screened to identify those overexpressed miRNAs that reduced transcriptional expressions. The majority of miRNAs overexpressed by BLD are associated with Alzheimers and schizophrenia. BLD implicated long-term potentiation, memory, cognition and learning, primarily via hypermethylation of those genes that enrich the calcium-releasing neurotransmitters. ERD caused hypermethylation of those genes that enrich cytoskeletal development networks and promote the formation of neuronal precursors. We drew the present observations in light of our limited knowledge regarding the epigenetic influences on biofunctions. A more comprehensive study is essential to understand the broad influences of dietary supplements and to suggest optimal dietary solutions for neurological disorders.

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Journal Article - Open Access

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Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry , 42, 01 Jan 0001, 01 Jan 0001, This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.

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0012

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Approved For Public Release;

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