Paternal obesity induces changes in sperm chromatin accessibility and has a mild effect on offspring metabolic health

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作者
Tahiri, Iasim [1 ]
Llana, Sergio R. [1 ]
Fos-Domenech, Julia [1 ]
Mila-Guash, Maria [1 ]
Toledo, Miriam [1 ]
Haddad-Tovolli, Roberta [1 ]
Claret, Marc [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Obri, Arnaud [1 ]
机构
[1] Inst Invest Biomed August Pi i Sunyer, Neuronal Control Metab Lab, Barcelona, Spain
[2] CIBER Diabet & Enfermedades Metab Asociadas CIBERD, Barcelona, Spain
[3] Univ Barcelona, Sch Med, Barcelona, Spain
关键词
Paternal obesity; Sperm epigenetic; Metabolic health; Epigenetic inheritance; HIGH-FAT DIET; INHERITANCE; SPERMATOZOA; PROFILE;
D O I
10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34043
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The increasing global burden of metabolic disorders including obesity and diabetes necessitates a comprehensive understanding of their etiology, which not only encompasses genetic and environmental factors but also parental influence. Recent evidence has unveiled paternal obesity as a contributing factor to offspring's metabolic health via sperm epigenetic modifications. In this study, we investigated the impact of a Western diet-induced obesity in C57BL/6 male mice on sperm chromatin accessibility and the subsequent metabolic health of their progeny. Utilizing Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin with sequencing, we discovered 450 regions with differential accessibility in sperm from obese fathers, implicating key developmental and metabolic pathways. Contrary to expectations, these epigenetic alterations in sperm were not predictive of long-term metabolic disorders in offspring, who exhibited only mild transient metabolic changes early in life. Both male and female F1 progeny showed no enduring predisposition to obesity or diabetes. These results underscore the biological resilience of offspring to paternal epigenetic inheritance, suggesting a complex interplay between inherited epigenetic modifications and the offspring's own developmental compensatory mechanisms. This study calls for further research into the biological processes that confer this resilience, which could inform interventional strategies to combat the heritability of metabolic diseases.
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