PMID- 27216537 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170217 LR - 20181113 IS - 1573-4978 (Electronic) IS - 0301-4851 (Print) IS - 0301-4851 (Linking) VI - 43 IP - 7 DP - 2016 Jul TI - Effects of prenatal Poly I:C exposure on global histone deacetylase (HDAC) and DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) activity in the mouse brain. PG - 711-7 LID - 10.1007/s11033-016-4006-y [doi] AB - The aim of our study was to investigate the brain-specific epigenetic effects on global enzymatic histone deacetylase (HDAC) and DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) activity after prenatal exposure to maternal immune challenge by polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid (Poly I:C) at gestational day (GD) 17 in C57BL/6JRccHsd mouse offspring. Pregnant mice were randomly divided into 2 groups, receiving either 5 mg/kg Poly I:C or phosphate buffered saline (PBS) intravenously at GD 17. Subsequently, the effects on whole brain enzymatic HDAC and DNMT activity and the protein levels of various HDAC isoforms were assessed in the offspring. Overall, a significant sex x treatment interaction effect was observed after prenatal exposure to maternal immune challenge by Poly I:C, indicative of increased global HDAC activity particularly in female offspring from mothers injected with Poly I:C when compared to controls. Results on the levels of specific HDAC isoforms suggested that neither differences in the levels of HDAC1, HDAC2, HDAC3, HDAC4 or HDAC6 could explain the increased global HDAC activity observed in female Poly I:C offspring. In conclusion, we show that Poly I:C administration to pregnant mice alters global brain HDAC, but not DNMT activity in adult offspring, whereas it is still unclear which specific HDAC(s) mediate(s) this effect. These results indicate the necessity for further research on the epigenetic effects of Poly I:C. FAU - Pujol Lopez, Yara AU - Pujol Lopez Y AD - School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Universiteitssingel 50, Room 1.148, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands. yarapujol@gmail.com. FAU - Kenis, Gunter AU - Kenis G AD - School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Universiteitssingel 50, Room 1.148, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands. FAU - Stettinger, Waldtraud AU - Stettinger W AD - Psychiatric Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. FAU - Neumeier, Karin AU - Neumeier K AD - Psychiatric Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. FAU - de Jonge, Sylvia AU - de Jonge S AD - Psychiatric Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. FAU - Steinbusch, Harry W M AU - Steinbusch HW AD - School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Universiteitssingel 50, Room 1.148, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands. FAU - Zill, Peter AU - Zill P AD - Psychiatric Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. FAU - van den Hove, Daniel L A AU - van den Hove DL AD - School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Universiteitssingel 50, Room 1.148, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands. AD - Laboratory of Translational Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany. FAU - Myint, Aye M AU - Myint AM AD - School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS), Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Universiteitssingel 50, Room 1.148, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands. AD - Psychiatric Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160523 PL - Netherlands TA - Mol Biol Rep JT - Molecular biology reports JID - 0403234 RN - EC 2.1.1.37 (DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases) RN - EC 3.5.1.98 (Histone Deacetylases) RN - O84C90HH2L (Poly I-C) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain/drug effects/*enzymology/immunology MH - DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Epigenesis, Genetic/drug effects MH - Female MH - Histone Deacetylases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Poly I-C/*pharmacology MH - Pregnancy MH - Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/enzymology/*immunology PMC - PMC4906067 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Epigenetics OT - HDAC OT - Infection OT - Mouse OT - Poly I:C OT - Pregnancy EDAT- 2016/05/25 06:00 MHDA- 2017/02/18 06:00 PMCR- 2016/05/23 CRDT- 2016/05/25 06:00 PHST- 2015/09/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/05/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/05/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/05/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/02/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/05/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s11033-016-4006-y [pii] AID - 4006 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11033-016-4006-y [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Biol Rep. 2016 Jul;43(7):711-7. doi: 10.1007/s11033-016-4006-y. Epub 2016 May 23.