TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic and non-genetic predictors of LINE-1 methylation in leukocyte DNA
AU - Tajuddin, Salman M.
AU - Amaral, André F.S.
AU - Fernández, Agustín F.
AU - Rodríguez-Rodero, Sandra
AU - Rodríguez, Ramón María
AU - Moore, Lee E.
AU - Tardón, Adonina
AU - Carrato, Alfredo
AU - García-Closas, Montserrat
AU - Silverman, Debra T.
AU - Jackson, Brian P.
AU - García-Closas, Reina
AU - Cook, Ashley L.
AU - Cantor, Kenneth P.
AU - Chanock, Stephen
AU - Kogevinas, Manolis
AU - Rothman, Nathaniel
AU - Real, Francisco X.
AU - Fraga, Mario F.
AU - Malats, Núria
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - Background: Altered DNA methylation has been associated with various diseases. Objective: We evaluated the association between levels of methylation in leukocyte DNA at long interspersed nuclear element 1 (LINE-1) and genetic and non-genetic characteristics of 892 control participants from the Spanish Bladder Cancer/EPICURO study. Methods: We determined LINE-1 methylation levels by pyrosequencing. Individual data included demographics, smoking status, nutrient intake, toenail concentrations of 12 trace elements, xenobiotic metabolism gene variants, and 515 polymorphisms among 24 genes in the one-carbon metabolism pathway. To assess the association between LINE-1 methylation levels (percentage of methylated cytosines) and potential determinants, we estimated beta coefficients (βs) by robust linear regression. Results: Women had lower levels of LINE-1 methylation than men (β = -0.7, p = 0.02). Persons who smoked blond tobacco showed lower methylation than nonsmokers (β = -0.7, p = 0.03). Arsenic toenail concentration was inversely associated with LINE-1 methylation (β = -3.6, p = 0.003). By contrast, iron (β = 0.002, p = 0.009) and nickel (β = 0.02, p = 0.004) were positively associated with LINE-1 methylation. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNMT3A (rs7581217- per allele, β = 0.3, p = 0.002), TCN2 (rs9606756-GG, β = 1.9, p = 0.008; rs4820887-AA, β = 4.0, p = 4.8 × 10-7; rs9621049-TT, β = 4.2, p = 4.7 × 10-9), AS3MT (rs7085104-GG, β = 0.7, p = 0.001), SLC19A1 (rs914238, TC vs. TT: β = 0.5 and CC vs. TT: β = -0.3, global p = 0.0007) and MTHFS (rs1380642, CT vs. CC: β = 0.3 and TT vs. CC; β = -0.8, global p = 0.05) were associated with LINE-1 methylation. Conclusions: We identified several characteristics, environmental factors, and common genetic variants that predicted DNA methylation among study participants.
AB - Background: Altered DNA methylation has been associated with various diseases. Objective: We evaluated the association between levels of methylation in leukocyte DNA at long interspersed nuclear element 1 (LINE-1) and genetic and non-genetic characteristics of 892 control participants from the Spanish Bladder Cancer/EPICURO study. Methods: We determined LINE-1 methylation levels by pyrosequencing. Individual data included demographics, smoking status, nutrient intake, toenail concentrations of 12 trace elements, xenobiotic metabolism gene variants, and 515 polymorphisms among 24 genes in the one-carbon metabolism pathway. To assess the association between LINE-1 methylation levels (percentage of methylated cytosines) and potential determinants, we estimated beta coefficients (βs) by robust linear regression. Results: Women had lower levels of LINE-1 methylation than men (β = -0.7, p = 0.02). Persons who smoked blond tobacco showed lower methylation than nonsmokers (β = -0.7, p = 0.03). Arsenic toenail concentration was inversely associated with LINE-1 methylation (β = -3.6, p = 0.003). By contrast, iron (β = 0.002, p = 0.009) and nickel (β = 0.02, p = 0.004) were positively associated with LINE-1 methylation. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNMT3A (rs7581217- per allele, β = 0.3, p = 0.002), TCN2 (rs9606756-GG, β = 1.9, p = 0.008; rs4820887-AA, β = 4.0, p = 4.8 × 10-7; rs9621049-TT, β = 4.2, p = 4.7 × 10-9), AS3MT (rs7085104-GG, β = 0.7, p = 0.001), SLC19A1 (rs914238, TC vs. TT: β = 0.5 and CC vs. TT: β = -0.3, global p = 0.0007) and MTHFS (rs1380642, CT vs. CC: β = 0.3 and TT vs. CC; β = -0.8, global p = 0.05) were associated with LINE-1 methylation. Conclusions: We identified several characteristics, environmental factors, and common genetic variants that predicted DNA methylation among study participants.
KW - DNA methylation
KW - Epigenetics
KW - LINE-1
KW - One-carbon metabolism gene variants
KW - Smoking
KW - Trace elements
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U2 - 10.1289/ehp.1206068
DO - 10.1289/ehp.1206068
M3 - Article
C2 - 23552396
AN - SCOPUS:84878430885
SN - 0091-6765
VL - 121
SP - 650
EP - 656
JO - Environmental health perspectives
JF - Environmental health perspectives
IS - 6
ER -