Maternal caffeine consumption during pregnancy and offspring cord blood DNA methylation: an epigenome-wide association study meta-analysis

Background: Prenatal caffeine exposure may influence offspring health via DNA methylation, but no large studies have tested this. Materials & methods: Epigenome-wide association studies and differentially methylated regions in cord blood (450k or EPIC Illumina arrays) were meta-analyzed acro...

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Autores: Schellhas, Laura, Monasso, Giulietta S., Felix, Janine Frédérique, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., Huang, Peiyuan, Fernández-Barrés, Sílvia, Vrijheid, Martine, Pesce, Giancarlo, Annesi-Maesano, Isabella, Page, Christian M., Brantsaeter, Anne Lise, Bekkhus, Mona, Håberg, Siri E., London, Stephanie J., Munafò, Marcus R., Zuccolo, Luisa, Sharp, Gemma C.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/60518
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60518
http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/epi-2023-0263
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DNA methylation
PACE consortium
Caffeine
Epigenetics
Offspring health
Pregnancy
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Sumario:Background: Prenatal caffeine exposure may influence offspring health via DNA methylation, but no large studies have tested this. Materials & methods: Epigenome-wide association studies and differentially methylated regions in cord blood (450k or EPIC Illumina arrays) were meta-analyzed across six European cohorts (n = 3725). Differential methylation related to self-reported caffeine intake (mg/day) from coffee, tea and cola was compared with assess whether caffeine is driving effects. Results: One CpG site (cg19370043, PRRX1) was associated with caffeine and another (cg14591243, STAG1) with cola intake. A total of 12-22 differentially methylated regions were detected with limited overlap across caffeinated beverages. Conclusion: We found little evidence to support an intrauterine effect of caffeine on offspring DNA methylation. Statistical power limitations may have impacted our findings.