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DNA methylation signatures of chronic alcohol dependence in purified CD3+ T-cells of patients undergoing alcohol treatment.

ABSTRACT: Several studies have shown an association of alcohol dependence with DNA methylation (DNAm), suggesting that environmentally-induced changes on epigenomic variation may play an important role in alcohol dependence. In the present study, we analysed genome-wide DNAm profiles of purified CD3+ T-cells from pre- and post-treatment alcohol dependent patients, as well as closely matched healthy controls. We identified 59 differentially methylated CpG sites comparing patients prior to treatment with healthy controls and were able to confirm 8 of those sites in additional analyses for differentially methylated regions. Comparing patients before and after a 3-week alcohol treatment program we revealed another unique set of 48 differentially methylated CpG sites. Additionally, we found that the mean global DNAm was significantly lower in patients prior to treatment compared to controls, but reverted back to levels similar to controls after treatment. We validated top-ranked hits derived from the epigenome-wide analysis by pyrosequencing and further replicated two of them in an independent cohort and confirmed differential DNAm of HECW2 and SRPK3 in whole blood. This study is the first to show widespread DNAm variation in a disease-relevant blood cell type and implicates HECW2 and SRPK3 DNAm as promising blood-based candidates to follow up in future studies.

SUBMITTER: Bruckmann C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5529570 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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DNA methylation signatures of chronic alcohol dependence in purified CD3<sup>+</sup> T-cells of patients undergoing alcohol treatment.

Brückmann Christof C Islam Sumaiya A SA MacIsaac Julia L JL Morin Alexander M AM Karle Kathrin N KN Di Santo Adriana A Wüst Richard R Lang Immanuel I Batra Anil A Kobor Michael S MS Nieratschker Vanessa V

Scientific reports 20170726 1

Several studies have shown an association of alcohol dependence with DNA methylation (DNAm), suggesting that environmentally-induced changes on epigenomic variation may play an important role in alcohol dependence. In the present study, we analysed genome-wide DNAm profiles of purified CD3<sup>+</sup> T-cells from pre- and post-treatment alcohol dependent patients, as well as closely matched healthy controls. We identified 59 differentially methylated CpG sites comparing patients prior to treatm ...[more]

PMID: 28747766

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DNA methylation signatures of chronic alcohol dependence in purified CD3+ T-cells of patients undergoing alcohol treatment.

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DNA methylation signatures of chronic alcohol dependence in purified CD3<sup>+</sup> T-cells of patients undergoing alcohol treatment.

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