Campus Units
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
2-28-2012
Journal or Book Title
Diabetes / Metabolism Research and Reviews
Volume
28
Issue
2
First Page
123
Last Page
131
DOI
10.1002/dmrr.1281
Abstract
BackgroundAltered methyl group and homocysteine metabolism were tissue-specific, persistent, and preceded hepatic DNA hypomethylation in type 1 diabetic rats. Similar metabolic perturbations have been shown in the Zucker (type 2) diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat in the pre-diabetic and early diabetic stages, but tissue specificity and potential impact on epigenetic marks are unknown, particularly during pathogenesis.
Methods ZDF (fa/fa) and lean (+/?) control rats were killed at 12 and 21 weeks of age, representing early and advanced diabetic conditions. Blood and tissues were analysed with respect to methyl group and homocysteine metabolism, including DNA methylation.
Results At 12 weeks, hepatic glycine N-methyltransferase (GNMT), methionine synthase, and cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) activity and/or abundance were increased in ZDF rats. At 21 weeks, GNMT activity was increased in liver and kidney; however, only hepatic CBS protein abundance (12 weeks) and betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase mRNA expression (21 weeks) were significantly elevated (78 and 100%, respectively). Hepatic phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase expression was also elevated in the ZDF rat. Homocysteine concentrations were decreased in plasma and kidney, but not in liver, at 12 and 21 weeks. In contrast to hepatic DNA hypomethylation in the type 1 diabetic rat, genomic DNA was hypermethylated at 12 and 21 weeks in the liver of ZDF rats, concomitant with an increase in DNA methyltransferase 1 expression at 21 weeks.
ConclusionsThe pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes in the ZDF rat was associated with tissue and disease stage-specific aberrations of methyl group and homocysteine metabolism, with persistent hepatic global DNA hypermethylation.
Copyright Owner
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Copyright Date
2012
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Williams, Kelly T. and Schalinske, Kevin, "Tissue-specific alterations of methyl group metabolism with DNA hypermethylation in the Zucker (type 2) diabetic fatty rat." (2012). Food Science and Human Nutrition Publications. 9.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/fshn_hs_pubs/9
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Comments
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article is from Diabetes / Metabolism Research and Reviews, February 2012, 28(2); 123-131. Which has been published in final form at Doi: 10.1002/dmrr.1281. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.