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[PMID]: | 29216900 |
[Au] Autor: | Ribas L; Vanezis K; Imués MA; Piferrer F |
[Ad] Endereço: | Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Passeig Marítim, 37-45, 08003, Barcelona, Spain. |
[Ti] Título: | Treatment with a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor feminizes zebrafish and induces long-term expression changes in the gonads. |
[So] Source: | Epigenetics Chromatin;10(1):59, 2017 12 08. | [Is] ISSN: | 1756-8935 |
[Cp] País de publicação: | England |
[La] Idioma: | eng |
[Ab] Resumo: | BACKGROUND: The role of epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation during vertebrate sexual development is far from being clear. Using the zebrafish model, we tested the effects of one of the most common DNA methyltransferase (dnmt) inhibitor, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-aza-dC), which is approved for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia and is under active investigation for the treatment of solid tumours. Several dose-response experiments were carried out during two periods, including not only the very first days of development (0-6 days post-fertilization, dpf), as done in previous studies, but also, and as a novelty, the period of gonadal development (10-30 dpf). RESULTS: Early treatment with 5-aza-dC altered embryonic development, delayed hatching and increased teratology and mortality, as expected. The most striking result, however, was an increase in the number of females, suggesting that alterations induced by 5-aza-dC treatment can affect sexual development as well. Results were confirmed when treatment coincided with gonadal development. In addition, we also found that the adult gonadal transcriptome of 5-aza-dC-exposed females included significant changes in the expression of key reproduction-related genes (e.g. cyp11a1, esr2b and figla), and that several pro-female-related pathways such as the Fanconi anaemia or the Wnt signalling pathways were downregulated. Furthermore, an overall inhibition of genes implicated in epigenetic regulatory mechanisms (e.g. dnmt1, dicer, cbx4) was also observed. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, our results indicate that treatment with a DNA methylation inhibitor can also alter the sexual development in zebrafish, with permanent alterations of the adult gonadal transcriptome, at least in females. Our results show the importance of DNA methylation for proper control of sexual development, open new avenues for the potential control of sex ratios in fish (aquaculture, population control) and call attention to possibly hidden long-term effects of dnmt therapy when used, for example, in the treatment of prepuberal children affected by some types of cancer. |
[Mh] Termos MeSH primário: |
Metilases de Modificação do DNA/antagonistas & inibidores Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia Feminização/induzido quimicamente Ovário/efeitos dos fármacos Peixe-Zebra/embriologia
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[Mh] Termos MeSH secundário: |
Animais Azacitidina/análogos & derivados Azacitidina/farmacologia Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga Feminino Masculino Ovário/metabolismo Razão de Masculinidade Transcriptoma
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[Pt] Tipo de publicação: | JOURNAL ARTICLE; RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T |
[Nm] Nome de substância:
| 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors); 776B62CQ27 (decitabine); EC 2.1.1.- (DNA Modification Methylases); M801H13NRU (Azacitidine) |
[Em] Mês de entrada: | 1803 |
[Cu] Atualização por classe: | 180310 |
[Lr] Data última revisão:
| 180310 |
[Sb] Subgrupo de revista: | IM |
[Da] Data de entrada para processamento: | 171209 |
[St] Status: | MEDLINE |
[do] DOI: | 10.1186/s13072-017-0168-7 |
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