title: Epigenetic responses following maternal dietary exposure to physiologically relevant levels of bisphenol A.
abstract: Animal studies have linked perinatal bisphenol A (BPA) exposure to altered DNA methylation, but little attention is given to analyzing multiple physiologically relevant doses. Utilizing the viable yellow agouti (A(vy)) mouse, we examine the effects of developmental exposure through maternal diet to 50 ng BPA/kg (n = 14 litters), 50 μg BPA/kg (n = 9 litters), or 50 mg BPA/kg (n = 13 litters) on global and candidate gene methylation at postnatal day 22. Global methylation analysis reveals hypermethylation in tail tissue of a/a and A(vy)/a offspring across all dose groups compared with controls (n = 11 litters; P < 0.02). Analysis of coat color phenotype replicates previous work showing that the distribution of 50 mg BPA/kg A(vy)/a offspring shifts toward yellow (P = 0.006) by decreasing DNA methylation in the retrotransposon upstream of the Agouti gene (P = 0.03). Maternal exposure to 50 μg or 50 ng BPA/kg, however, results in altered coat color distributions in comparison with control (P = 0.04 and 0.02), but no DNA methylation effects at the Agouti gene are noted. DNA methylation at the CDK5 activator-binding protein (Cabp(IAP)) metastable epiallele shows hypermethylation in the 50 μg BPA/kg offspring, compared with controls (P = 0.02). Comparison of exposed mouse liver BPA levels to human fetal liver BPA levels indicates that the three experimental exposures are physiologically relevant. Thus, perinatal BPA exposure affects offspring phenotype and epigenetic regulation across multiple doses, indicating the need to evaluate dose effects in human clinical and population studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Olivia S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Muna S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nahar
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faulk
authors.forename: Tamara R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Chunyang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Kurunthachalam
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: Caren
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weinhouse
authors.forename: Laura S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Rozek
authors.forename: Dana C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Dolinoy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004032:Diet; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D018811:Maternal Exposure; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010636:Phenols / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000032:analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D000098826:Bisphenol A Compounds
chemical_list: D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D004247:DNA; D010636:Phenols; C006780:bisphenol A; D000098826:Bisphenol A Compounds