ArticleEndocrinology2018
Transgenerational Effects of Bisphenol A on Gene Expression and DNA Methylation of Imprinted Genes in Brain.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Transgenerational epigenetic effects from male exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds: a systematic review on research in mammals.Clinical epigenetics · 2020Pooled it
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- Developmental Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors and Persistent Pollutants Heightens Addiction Risk via Toxicological Mechanisms.Biomolecules & therapeutics · 2026Review
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- Environmental Xenobiotics and Epigenetic Modifications: Implications for Human Health and Disease.Journal of xenobiotics · 2025Review
- Ancestral bisphenol A exposure led to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and sex-specific alterations in proline and bile metabolism pathways in the liver.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2025Article
- Type 2 diabetes impacts DNA methylation in human sperm.Clinical epigenetics · 2025Article
- IMPACT OF REAL-LIFE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES ON REPRODUCTION: Impact of developmental exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals on pituitary gland reproductive function.Reproduction (Cambridge, England) · 2024Review
- Mini-Puberty, Physiological and Disordered: Consequences, and Potential for Therapeutic Replacement.Endocrine reviews · 2024Review
- Integrative transcriptomic profiling uncovers immune and functional responses to bisphenol a across multiple tissues in male mice.Animal cells and systems · 2024Article
- The PCOS-NAFLD Multidisease Phenotype Occurred in Medaka Fish Four Generations after the Removal of Bisphenol A Exposure.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Intergenerational Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorder.Biology · 2023Review
- Ancestral BPA exposure caused defects in the liver of medaka for four generations.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Impact of a bisphenol A, F, and S mixture and maternal care on the brain transcriptome of rat dams and pups.Neurotoxicology · 2022Article
- Beyond Genes: Germline Disruption in the Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Role of epigenetic transgenerational inheritance in generational toxicology.Environmental epigenetics · 2022Review
- Genetic, epigenetic and enviromental influencing factors on the regulation of precocious and delayed puberty.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Influence of BPA exposure, measured in saliva, on childhood weight.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Thyroid hormone elicits intergenerational epigenetic effects on adult social behavior and fetal brain expression of autism susceptibility genes.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a ubiquitous man-made endocrine disrupting compound (EDC). Developmental exposure to BPA changes behavioral and reproductive phenotypes, and these effects can last for generations. We exposed embryos to BPA, producing two lineages: controls and BPA exposed. In the third filial generation (F3), brain tissues containing the preoptic area, the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and the anterior hypothalamus were collected. RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and subsequent data analyses revealed 50 differentially regulated genes in the brains of F3 juveniles from BPA vs control lineages. BPA exposure can lead to loss of imprinting, and one of the two imprinted genes in our data set, maternally expressed gene 3 (Meg3), has been associated with EDCs and neurobehavioral phenotypes. We used quantitative polymerase chain reaction to examine the two imprinted genes in our data set, Meg3 and microRNA-containing gene Mirg (residing in the same loci). Confirming the RNA-seq, Meg3 messenger RNA was higher in F3 brains from the BPA lineage than in control brains. This was true in brains from mice produced with two different BPA paradigms. Next, we used pyrosequencing to probe differentially methylated regions of Meg3. We found transgenerational effects of BPA on imprinted genes in brain. Given these results, and data on Meg3 methylation in humans, we suggest this gene may be a biomarker indicative of early life environmental perturbation.
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