DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

Bonnie R. Joubert; Janine F. Felix; Paul Yousefi; Kelly M. Bakulski; Allan C. Just; Carrie Breton; Sarah E. Reese; Christina A. Markunas; Rebecca C. Richmond; Chengjian Xu; Leanne K. Kupers; Sam S. Oh; Cathrine Hoyo; Olena Gruzieva; Cilla Soderhal; Lucas A. Salas; Nour Baiz; Hongmei Zhang; Johanna Lepeule; Carlos Ruiz; Symen Ligthart; Tianyuan Wang; Jack A. Taylor; Liesbeth Duijts; Gemma C. Sharp; Soesma A. Jankipersadsing; Roy M. Nilsen; Ahmad Vaez; M. Daniele Fallin; Donglei Hu; Augusto A. Litonjua; Bernard F. Fuemmeler; Karen Huen; Juha Kere; Inger Kull; Monica Cheng Munthe-Kaas; Ulrike Gehring; Mariona Bustamante; Marie Jose Saurel-Coubizolles; Bilal M. Quraishi; Jie Ren; Jorg Tost; Juan R. Gonzalez; Marjolein J. Peters; Siri E. Haberg; Zongli Xu; Joyce B. van Meurs; Tom R. Gaunt; Marjan Kerkhof; Eva Corpeleijn; Andrew P. Feinberg; Celeste Eng; Andrea A. Baccarelli; Sara E. Benjamin Neelon; Asa Bradman; Simon Kebede Merid; Anna Bergstrom; Zdenko Herceg; Hector Hernandez-Vargas; Bert Brunekreef; Mariona Pinart; Barbara Heude; Susan Ewart; Jin Yao; Nathanael Lemonnier; Oscar H. Franco; Michael C. Wu; Albert Hofman; Wendy McArdle; Pieter Van der Vlies; Fahimeh Falahi; Matthew W. Gillman; Lisa F. Barcellos; Ashish Kumar; Magnus Wickman; Stefano Guerra; Marie-Aline Charles; John Holloway; Charles Auffray; Henning W. Tiemeier; George Davey Smith; Dirkje Postma; Marie-France Hivert; Brenda Eskenazi; Martine Vrijheid; Hasan Arshad; Josep M. Anto; Abbas Dehghan; Wilfried Karmaus; Isabella Annesi-Maesano; Jordi Sunyer; Akram Ghantous; Goran Pershagen; Nina Hollands; Susan K. Murphy; Dawn L. DeMeo; Esteban G. Burchard; Christine Ladd-Acosta; Harold Snieder; Wenche Nystad; Gerard H. Koppelman; Caroline L. Relton; Vincent W. V. Jaddoe; Allen Wilcox; Erik Melen; Stephanie J. London

doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.02.019

DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

Bonnie R. Joubert, Janine F. Felix, Paul Yousefi, Kelly M. Bakulski, Allan C. Just, Carrie Breton, Sarah E. Reese, Christina A. Markunas, Rebecca C. Richmond, Chengjian Xu, Leanne K. Kupers, Sam S. Oh, Cathrine Hoyo, Olena Gruzieva, Cilla Soderhal, Lucas A. Salas, Nour Baiz, Hongmei Zhang, Johanna Lepeule, Carlos RuizSymen Ligthart, Tianyuan Wang, Jack A. Taylor, Liesbeth Duijts, Gemma C. Sharp, Soesma A. Jankipersadsing, Roy M. Nilsen, Ahmad Vaez, M. Daniele Fallin, Donglei Hu, Augusto A. Litonjua, Bernard F. Fuemmeler, Karen Huen, Juha Kere, Inger Kull, Monica Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Ulrike Gehring, Mariona Bustamante, Marie Jose Saurel-Coubizolles, Bilal M. Quraishi, Jie Ren, Jorg Tost, Juan R. Gonzalez, Marjolein J. Peters, Siri E. Haberg, Zongli Xu, Joyce B. van Meurs, Tom R. Gaunt, Marjan Kerkhof, Eva Corpeleijn, Andrew P. Feinberg, Celeste Eng, Andrea A. Baccarelli, Sara E. Benjamin Neelon, Asa Bradman, Simon Kebede Merid, Anna Bergstrom, Zdenko Herceg, Hector Hernandez-Vargas, Bert Brunekreef, Mariona Pinart, Barbara Heude, Susan Ewart, Jin Yao, Nathanael Lemonnier, Oscar H. Franco, Michael C. Wu, Albert Hofman, Wendy McArdle, Pieter Van der Vlies, Fahimeh Falahi, Matthew W. Gillman, Lisa F. Barcellos, Ashish Kumar, Magnus Wickman, Stefano Guerra, Marie-Aline Charles, John Holloway, Charles Auffray, Henning W. Tiemeier, George Davey Smith, Dirkje Postma, Marie-France Hivert, Brenda Eskenazi, Martine Vrijheid, Hasan Arshad, Josep M. Anto, Abbas Dehghan, Wilfried Karmaus, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Jordi Sunyer, Akram Ghantous, Goran Pershagen, Nina Hollands, Susan K. Murphy, Dawn L. DeMeo, Esteban G. Burchard, Christine Ladd-Acosta, Harold Snieder, Wenche Nystad, Gerard H. Koppelman, Caroline L. Relton, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Allen Wilcox, Erik Melen, Stephanie J. London^*

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Abstract

Epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, represent a potential mechanism for environmental impacts on human disease. Maternal smoking in pregnancy remains an important public health problem that impacts child health in a myriad of ways and has potential lifelong consequences. The mechanisms are largely unknown, but epigenetics most likely plays a role. We formed the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) consortium and meta-analyzed, across 13 cohorts (n = 6,685), the association between maternal smoking in pregnancy and newborn blood DNA methylation at over 450,000 CpG sites (CpGs) by using the Illumina 450K BeadChip. Over 6,000 CpGs were differentially methylated in relation to maternal smoking at genome-wide statistical significance (false discovery rate, 5%), including 2,965 CpGs corresponding to 2,017 genes not previously related to smoking and methylation in either newborns or adults. Several genes are relevant to diseases that can be caused by maternal smoking (e.g., orofacial clefts and asthma) or adult smoking (e.g., certain cancers). A number of differentially methylated CpGs were associated with gene expression. We observed enrichment in pathways and processes critical to development. In older children (5 cohorts, n = 3,187), 100% of CpGs gave at least nominal levels of significance, far more than expected by chance (p value <2.2 x 10(-16)). Results were robust to different normalization methods used across studies and cell type adjustment. In this large scale meta-analysis of methylation data, we identified numerous loci involved in response to maternal smoking in pregnancy with persistence into later childhood and provide insights into mechanisms underlying effects of this important exposure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	680-696
Number of pages	17
Journal	American Journal of Human Genetics
Volume	98
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.02.019
Publication status	Published - 7-Apr-2016

Keywords

HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR REPRESSOR
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
LYMPH-NODE METASTASIS
LUNG-FUNCTION DECLINE
CIGARETTE-SMOKING
NEUROPILIN-2 EXPRESSION
BREAST-CANCER
IN-UTERO
POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY
PRENATAL EXPOSURE

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Joubert, B. R., Felix, J. F., Yousefi, P., Bakulski, K. M., Just, A. C., Breton, C., Reese, S. E., Markunas, C. A., Richmond, R. C., Xu, C., Kupers, L. K., Oh, S. S., Hoyo, C., Gruzieva, O., Soderhal, C., Salas, L. A., Baiz, N., Zhang, H., Lepeule, J., ... London, S. J. (2016). DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis. American Journal of Human Genetics, 98(4), 680-696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.02.019

Joubert, Bonnie R. ; Felix, Janine F. ; Yousefi, Paul ; Bakulski, Kelly M. ; Just, Allan C. ; Breton, Carrie ; Reese, Sarah E. ; Markunas, Christina A. ; Richmond, Rebecca C. ; Xu, Chengjian ; Kupers, Leanne K. ; Oh, Sam S. ; Hoyo, Cathrine ; Gruzieva, Olena ; Soderhal, Cilla ; Salas, Lucas A. ; Baiz, Nour ; Zhang, Hongmei ; Lepeule, Johanna ; Ruiz, Carlos ; Ligthart, Symen ; Wang, Tianyuan ; Taylor, Jack A. ; Duijts, Liesbeth ; Sharp, Gemma C. ; Jankipersadsing, Soesma A. ; Nilsen, Roy M. ; Vaez, Ahmad ; Fallin, M. Daniele ; Hu, Donglei ; Litonjua, Augusto A. ; Fuemmeler, Bernard F. ; Huen, Karen ; Kere, Juha ; Kull, Inger ; Munthe-Kaas, Monica Cheng ; Gehring, Ulrike ; Bustamante, Mariona ; Saurel-Coubizolles, Marie Jose ; Quraishi, Bilal M. ; Ren, Jie ; Tost, Jorg ; Gonzalez, Juan R. ; Peters, Marjolein J. ; Haberg, Siri E. ; Xu, Zongli ; van Meurs, Joyce B. ; Gaunt, Tom R. ; Kerkhof, Marjan ; Corpeleijn, Eva ; Feinberg, Andrew P. ; Eng, Celeste ; Baccarelli, Andrea A. ; Neelon, Sara E. Benjamin ; Bradman, Asa ; Merid, Simon Kebede ; Bergstrom, Anna ; Herceg, Zdenko ; Hernandez-Vargas, Hector ; Brunekreef, Bert ; Pinart, Mariona ; Heude, Barbara ; Ewart, Susan ; Yao, Jin ; Lemonnier, Nathanael ; Franco, Oscar H. ; Wu, Michael C. ; Hofman, Albert ; McArdle, Wendy ; Van der Vlies, Pieter ; Falahi, Fahimeh ; Gillman, Matthew W. ; Barcellos, Lisa F. ; Kumar, Ashish ; Wickman, Magnus ; Guerra, Stefano ; Charles, Marie-Aline ; Holloway, John ; Auffray, Charles ; Tiemeier, Henning W. ; Smith, George Davey ; Postma, Dirkje ; Hivert, Marie-France ; Eskenazi, Brenda ; Vrijheid, Martine ; Arshad, Hasan ; Anto, Josep M. ; Dehghan, Abbas ; Karmaus, Wilfried ; Annesi-Maesano, Isabella ; Sunyer, Jordi ; Ghantous, Akram ; Pershagen, Goran ; Hollands, Nina ; Murphy, Susan K. ; DeMeo, Dawn L. ; Burchard, Esteban G. ; Ladd-Acosta, Christine ; Snieder, Harold ; Nystad, Wenche ; Koppelman, Gerard H. ; Relton, Caroline L. ; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V. ; Wilcox, Allen ; Melen, Erik ; London, Stephanie J. / DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy : Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis. In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 2016 ; Vol. 98, No. 4. pp. 680-696.

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