Journal article
DNA methylation associated with healthy aging of elderly twins
GeroScience, Vol.40(5-6), pp.469-484
12/2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/104982
PMCID: PMC6294724
PMID: 30136078
Abstract
Variation in healthy aging and lifespan is ascribed more to various non-genetic factors than to inherited genetic determinants, and a major goal in aging research is to reveal the epigenetic basis of aging. One approach to this goal is to find genomic sites or regions where DNA methylation correlates with biological age. Using health data from 134 elderly twins, we calculated a frailty index as a quantitative indicator of biological age, and by applying the Infinium HumanMethylation450K BeadChip technology to their leukocyte DNA samples, we obtained quantitative DNA methylation data on genome-wide CpG sites. We analyzed the health and epigenome data by taking two independent associative approaches: the parametric regression-based approach and a non-parametric machine learning approach followed by GO ontology analysis. Our results indicate that DNA methylation at CpG sites in the promoter region of
PCDHGA3
is associated with biological age.
PCDHGA3
belongs to clustered protocadherin genes, which are all located in a single locus on chromosome 5 in human. Previous studies of the clustered protocadherin genes showed that (1) DNA methylation is associated with age or age-related phenotypes; (2) DNA methylation can modulate gene expression; (3) dysregulated gene expression is associated with various pathologies; and (4) DNA methylation patterns at this locus are associated with adverse lifetime experiences. All these observations suggest that DNA methylation at the clustered protocadherin genes, including
PCDHGA3
, is a key mediator of healthy aging.
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- Title
- DNA methylation associated with healthy aging of elderly twins
- Creators
- Sangkyu Kim - New Orleans, LA 70112 USAJennifer Wyckoff - New Orleans, LA 70112 USAAnne-T Morris - Virginia Commonwealth University, Mid-Atlantic Twin Registry, Richmond, VA USAAnnemarie Succop - Seattle, WA USAAlly Avery - Seattle, WA USAGlen E Duncan - Seattle, WA USAS. Michal Jazwinski - New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
- Publication Details
- GeroScience, Vol.40(5-6), pp.469-484
- Academic Unit
- Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Department of
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Grant note
- P20GM103629; P20GM103629 / ;
- Identifiers
- 99900546882701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article