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Growth retardation alters the epigenetic characteristics of hepatic dual specificity phosphatase 5

University Of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

¹Correspondence: University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, P.O. Box 581289, Salt Lake City, UT 84158, USA. E-mail: robert.lane{at}hsc.utah.edu

ABSTRACT

Uteroplacental insufficiency leads to intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and adult onset insulin resistance in both humans and rats. IUGR rat liver is characterized by persistent changes in histone 3 lysine 9 and lysine 14 acetylation, which may induce postnatal changes in gene expression. We hypothesized that it would be possible to identify hepatic genes whose epigenetic characteristics and mRNA levels are altered due to IUGR using chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) coupled with random primed differential display polymerase chain reaction (PCR). One of the isolated sequences identified contained exon 2 of the dual specificity phosphatase-5 gene (DUSP5). IUGR affected hepatic DUSP5 mRNA levels and exon 2 DNA methylation into adulthood in the rat. DUSP5 dephosphorylates Erk1 and Erk2 within the MAPK signaling cascade, which in turn affects serine 612 phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate – 1 (p612 IRS-1). In adult rat liver, IUGR increased Erk1/Erk2 phosphorylation and p612 IRS-1 phosphorylation. Increased serine phosphorylation of hepatic IRS-1 may contribute to the insulin resistance that characterizes these animals. We conclude that intrauterine growth retardation induced by uteroplacental insufficiency 1) affects the hepatic epigenetic characteristics and mRNA of the DUSP-5 and 2) increases hepatic insulin receptor substrate-1 phosphorylation at serine 612 in adult rats.—Fu, Q., McKnight, R. A., Yu, X., Callaway, C. W., Lane, R. H. Growth retardation alters the epigenetic characteristics of hepatic dual specificity phosphatase 5.

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