Methylation status and mRNA expression of insulin-like growth factors 2/H19 in peripheral blood of term infants smaller than gestational age newborns of diabetic mothers
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2019.07.010
- VernacularTitle:糖尿病母亲分娩的足月小于胎龄儿外周血胰岛素样生长因子2/H19甲基化和mRNA的表达
- Author:
Jizhi XU
1
;
Hua LIU
;
Tieqiang CHEN
Author Information
1. 长沙市妇幼保健院儿科 410000
- Keywords:
Gestational diabetes mellitus;
Small for gestational age;
DNA methylation;
Epigenetics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2019;34(7):517-520
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the promoter methylation status,mRNA expression and clinical significance of insulin-like growth factors 2 (IGF2)/H19 genes in term infants smaller than gestational age (SGA) infants whose mothers had gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Methods The clinical data of 20 full-term infants whose mothers had GDM (group 1),23 cases of full-term SGA infants whose mothers did not have GDM (group 2) and 21 full-term health infants whose mothers did not have any diseases during pregnancy(group 3) were collected,and all infants were delivered in Changsha Hospital for Maternal and Child Health Care between January 2015 and January 2018.The promoter methylation levels of IGF2/H19 gene from peripheral blood of 3 groups were detected by the method of Bisulfite sequencing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (BSP),and IGF2/H19 mRNA was detected by real-time transcription RT-PCR method.Results The promoter methylation rates of IGF2/H19 in peripheral blood of infants were (22.51 ±5.29)％,(28.94 ±2.51)％ in group 1,(27.84 ±4.63)％,(34.58 ±6.97)％ in group 2,(37.47 ±7.84) ％,and (40.26 ±5.33) ％ in group 3.The promoter methylation rate of IGF2 and H19 in group 1 were significantly lower than those in group 2 and group 3,and the differences were statistically significant(all P ＜ 0.05).The relative expression of IGF2/H19 mRNA in peripheral blood of group 3 (1.04 ±0.12,1.01 ±0.13) were significantly higher than those in the group 1,and the differences were statistically significant (all P ＜ 0.05),and there were no significant differences in relative expression of IGF2/H19 between the group 1 and the group 2 (1.30 ±0.10,1.29 ±0.11) (all P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions The abnormal promoter methylation status and mRNA expression levels of IGF2/H19 gene methylation frequency and mRNA abnormalities may occur in infants less than gestational age infants if exposed to hyperglycemia during pregnancy,which may be one of the causes of intrauterine growth retardation and may affect its later growth and development.
