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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 61, 1083-1090, Copyright © 1995 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
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YI Kim, JK Christman, JC Fleet, ML Cravo, RN Salomon, D Smith, J Ordovas, J Selhub and JB Mason
Vitamin Bioavailability Laboratory, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Global and gene-specific DNA hypomethylation is considered to be an important early epigenetic event in several human neoplasms. A growing body of evidence has suggested that DNA methylation can be altered by dietary manipulation of methyl group donors. This study investigated whether moderate depletion of folate, a dietary component needed for the synthesis of methyl groups, would cause decreased hepatic and colonic S-adenosylmethionine concentrations, and thereby lead to global and/or protooncogene-specific DNA hypomethylation. Weanling rats were fed an amino acid-defined diet containing either 0 or 8 mg folate/kg diet for 15 or 24 wk. Significantly lower systemic, hepatic and colonic folate concentrations were observed in the moderately folate-depleted rats than in controls at both 15 and 24 wk (P < 0.005). Although hepatic S-adenosylmethionine was significantly lower in the moderately folate-depleted rats than in controls at the two time points (P < 0.03), colonic S-adenosylmethionine concentrations were not significantly different between the two groups at either time point. No significant differences between the folate-depleted and control animals could be detected with regard to global DNA methylation in the liver or colonic mucosa. Furthermore, c-myc protooncogene-specific DNA methylation in the colonic mucosa was not significantly different between these two groups of animals. These results indicate that moderate folate depletion does not cause a significant reduction in global DNA methylation in liver or colonic mucosa or in c-myc-specific colonic mucosal DNA methylation in this rat model.
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