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Within-pair differences of DNA methylation levels between monozygotic twins are different between male and female pairs

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Title
Within-pair differences of DNA methylation levels between monozygotic twins are different between male and female pairs
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BMC Medical Genomics, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12920-016-0217-2
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Mikio Watanabe, Chika Honda, The Osaka Twin Research Group, Yoshinori Iwatani, Shiro Yorifuji, Hiroyasu Iso, Kei Kamide, Jun Hatazawa, Shinji Kihara, Norio Sakai, Hiroko Watanabe, Kiyoko Makimoto, Mikio Watanabe, Chika Honda, Yoshinori Iwatani

Abstract

DNA methylation levels will be important for detection of epigenetic effects. However, there are few reports showing sex-related differences in the sensitivity to DNA methylation. To evaluate their sex-related individual differences in the sensitivity to methylation rigorously, we performed a systematic analysis of DNA methylation in monozygotic twins, an optimal model to evaluate them because the genetic backgrounds are the same. We examined 30 male and 43 female older monozygotic twin pairs recruited from the registry established by the Center for Twin Research, Osaka University. Their methylation levels were determined using the Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip Kit (Illumina), which interrogated 485577 highly informative CpG sites at the single-nucleotide resolution, and the median methylation level was calculated for each of the 25657 CpG islands. Within-pair differences of methylation levels (WPDMs) were greater in male pairs than female pairs for 86.0 % of autosomal CpG islands, but were higher in female pairs than male pairs for 76.7 % of X chromosomal CpG islands. Mean WPDMs of CpG islands in each autosomal chromosome were significantly higher in male pairs than in female whereas that in X chromosome was significantly higher in female pairs than in male. Multiple comparison indicated that WPDMs in three autosomal and two X-chromosomal CpG islands were significantly greater in male pairs, whereas those in 22 X-chromosomal CpG islands were significantly greater in female pairs. Sex-related differences were present in the WPDMs of CpG islands in individuals with the same genetic background. These differences may be associated with the sexual influences in susceptibility of some diseases.

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United States 2 6%
Japan 1 3%
Unknown 32 91%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 14%
Student > Master 5 14%
Professor 4 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 9%
Other 6 17%
Unknown 6 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 34%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 9%
Environmental Science 1 3%
Unspecified 1 3%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 8 23%
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