PMID- 29305263 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180222 LR - 20180222 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 495 IP - 4 DP - 2018 Jan 22 TI - S-adenosylmethionine reduces the inhibitory effect of Abeta on BDNF expression through decreasing methylation level of BDNF exon Ⅳ in rats. PG - 2609-2615 LID - S0006-291X(17)32578-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.12.166 [doi] AB - The structure of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene is complex, which is composed of eight non-coding exons and one coding exon, each of them has its own unique promoter. Multiple BDNF transcripts have distinct functional properties and epigenetic modulation of BDNF gene transcription is implicated in the neurological disorders. In the present study, rat models with amyloid-beta (Abeta) intrahippocampal injection and PC12 cells were used to explore the role of DNA methylation in the promoters of BDNF exon Ⅳ and exon Ⅵ in BDNF suppression caused by Abeta. We found that Abeta inhibited BDNF expression accompanying with hypermethylation in BDNF exon Ⅳ promoter, meanwhile, S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), primary methyl donor, reversed the low BDNF expression through demethylation in BDNF exon Ⅳ promoter. No methylation change was observed in BDNF exon Ⅵ promoter. The alteration of DNA methylation caused by Abeta or SAM was mediated by DNA methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A). These data suggest that methylation change in BDNF exon Ⅳ is involved in the regulation of BDNF expression by Abeta or SAM, and further support the view of specific epigenetic modifications of a certain BDNF gene transcript. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Cao, Dandan AU - Cao D AD - Department of Pathology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. FAU - Cui, Jing AU - Cui J AD - Department of Pathology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. FAU - Cao, Dandan AU - Cao D AD - Department of Pathology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. FAU - Guo, Chenjia AU - Guo C AD - Department of Pathology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. FAU - Min, Guowen AU - Min G AD - Department of Pathology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. FAU - Liu, Min AU - Liu M AD - Department of Pathology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. FAU - Li, Liang AU - Li L AD - Department of Pathology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. Electronic address: liliang8698@yeah.net. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180102 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 7LP2MPO46S (S-Adenosylmethionine) SB - IM MH - Amyloid beta-Peptides/genetics/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*genetics/*metabolism MH - DNA Methylation/genetics MH - Exons/*genetics MH - Gene Expression Regulation/genetics MH - Hippocampus/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - S-Adenosylmethionine/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Amyloid-beta OT - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - DNA methylation OT - Rat OT - S-adenosylmethionine EDAT- 2018/01/07 06:00 MHDA- 2018/02/23 06:00 CRDT- 2018/01/07 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/12/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/01/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/02/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/01/07 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(17)32578-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.12.166 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Jan 22;495(4):2609-2615. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.12.166. Epub 2018 Jan 2.