Association of maternal prenatal smoking GFI1-locus and cardio-metabolic phenotypes in 18,212 adults
Parmar, P., Lowry, E., Cugliari, G., Suderman, M., Wilson, R., Karhunen, V., . . . Sebert, S. (2018). Association of maternal prenatal smoking GFI1-locus and cardio-metabolic phenotypes in 18,212 adults. EBioMedicine, 38, 206-216. doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.10.066
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Background: DNA methylation at the GFI1-locus has been repeatedly associated with exposure to smoking from
the foetal period onwards. We explored whether DNA methylation may be a mechanism that links exposure to
maternal prenatal smoking with offspring's adult cardio-metabolic health.
Methods: We meta-analysed the association between DNA methylation at GFI1-locus with maternal prenatal
smoking, adult own smoking, and cardio-metabolic phenotypes in 22 population-based studies from Europe,
Australia, and USA (n = 18,212). DNA methylation at the GFI1-locus was measured in whole-blood. Multivariable regression models were fitted to examine its association with exposure to prenatal and own adult smoking.
DNA methylation levels were analysed in relation to body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), fasting
glucose (FG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL—C), triglycerides (TG), diastolic, and systolic blood pressure (BP).
Findings: Lower DNA methylation at three out of eight GFI1-CpGs was associated with exposure to maternal prenatal smoking, whereas, all eight CpGs were associated with adult own smoking. Lower DNA methylation at
cg14179389, the strongest maternal prenatal smoking locus, was associated with increased WC and BP when adjusted for sex, age, and adult smoking with Bonferroni-corrected P b 0·012. In contrast, lower DNA methylation
at cg09935388, the strongest adult own smoking locus, was associated with decreased BMI, WC, and BP (adjusted
1 × 10−7 b P b 0.01). Similarly, lower DNA methylation at cg12876356, cg18316974, cg09662411, and
cg18146737 was associated with decreased BMI and WC (5 × 10−8 b P b 0.001). Lower DNA methylation at all
the CpGs was consistently associated with higher TG levels.
Interpretation: Epigenetic changes at the GFI1 were linked to smoking exposure in-utero/in-adulthood and robustly associated with cardio-metabolic risk factors.
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