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Feil, D.* ; Abrishamcar, S.* ; Christensen, G.M.* ; Vanker, A.* ; Koen, N.* ; Kilanowski, A. ; Hoffman, N.* ; Wedderburn, C.J.* ; Donald, K.A.* ; Kobor, M.S.* ; Zar, H.J.* ; Stein, D.J.* ; Hüls, A.*

DNA methylation as a potential mediator of the association between indoor air pollution and neurodevelopmental delay in a South African birth cohort.

Clin. Epigenet. 15:31 (2023)

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BACKGROUND: Exposure to indoor air pollution during pregnancy has been linked to neurodevelopmental delay in toddlers. Epigenetic modification, particularly DNA methylation (DNAm), may explain this link. In this study, we employed three high-dimensional mediation analysis methods (HIMA, DACT, and gHMA) followed by causal mediation analysis to identify differentially methylated CpG sites and genes that mediate the association between indoor air pollution and neurodevelopmental delay. Analyses were performed using data from 142 mother to child pairs from a South African birth cohort, the Drakenstein Child Health Study. DNAm from cord blood was measured using the Infinium MethylationEPIC and HumanMethylation450 arrays. Neurodevelopment was assessed at age 2 years using the Bayley Scores of Infant and Toddler Development, 3rd edition across four domains (cognitive development, general adaptive behavior, language, and motor function). Particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 μm or less (PM₁₀) was measured inside participants' homes during the second trimester of pregnancy. RESULTS: A total of 29 CpG sites and 4 genes (GOPC, RP11-74K11.1, DYRK1A, RNMT) were identified as significant mediators of the association between PM₁₀ and cognitive neurodevelopment. The estimated proportion mediated (95%-confidence interval) ranged from 0.29 [0.01, 0.86] for cg00694520 to 0.54 [0.11, 1.56] for cg05023582. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that DNAm may mediate the association between prenatal PM₁₀ exposure and cognitive neurodevelopment. DYRK1A and several genes that our CpG sites mapped to, including CNKSR1, IPO13, IFNGR1, LONP2, and CDH1, are associated with biological pathways implicated in cognitive neurodevelopment and three of our identified CpG sites (cg23560546 [DAPL1], cg22572779 [C6orf218], cg15000966 [NT5C]) have been previously associated with fetal brain development. These findings are novel and add to the limited literature investigating the relationship between indoor air pollution, DNAm, and neurodevelopment, particularly in low- and middle-income country settings and non-white populations.

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Publication type Article: Journal article

Document type Scientific Article

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Keywords Cord Blood ; Epigenetics ; Neurodevelopment ; Newborn Dna Methylation ; Particulate Matter; Class-i Molecules; Particulate Matter; Exposure; Trajectories; Gene; Expression; Discovery; Infants; Package; Illness

ISSN (print) / ISBN 1868-7075

e-ISSN 1868-7083

Journal Clinical Epigenetics

Quellenangaben Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Article Number: 31

Publisher Springer

Publishing Place Berlin : Heidelberg

Non-patent literature Publications

Reviewing status Peer reviewed

Institute(s) Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)