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Maternal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increases the risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in the child. Epigenetic alternations may play an essential role in the negative effects of PTSD. This study was aimed to investigate the possible epigenetic alterations of maternal PTSD, which underpins the developmental and behavioral impact. 24 pregnant Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly grouped into PTSD and control groups. Open-field tests (OFTs), elevated pull maze (EPM) assays, gene expression profile chip tests, and methylated DNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (MeDIP-Seq) were performed on the offsprings 30 days after birth. The results showed that PTSD offsprings had lower body weights and OFT scores than control offsprings. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays showed that serotonin receptor (5-HT) and dopamine levels were significantly lower in PTSD offsprings than in control offsprings. In contrast, corticosterone levels were higher in the PTSD group than in the control group. In a comparison of the PTSD group versus the control group, 4,160 significantly differentially methylated loci containing 30,657 CpGs were identified; 2,487 genes, including 13 dysmethylated genes, were validated by gene expression profiling, showing a negative correlation between methylation and gene expression (R = -0.617, P = 0.043). In conclusion, maternal PTSD could delay the physical and behavioral development of offsprings, and the underlying mechanism could contribute to changes in neurotransmitters and gene expression, owing to dysregulation of whole-genome methylation. These findings could support further clinical research on appropriate interventions for maternal PTSD to prevent methylation dysregulation and developmental retardation.
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Deficiências do Desenvolvimento/metabolismo , Epigênese Genética , Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal/metabolismo , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/complicações , Animais , Peso Corporal , Corticosterona/sangue , Metilação de DNA , Deficiências do Desenvolvimento/genética , Deficiências do Desenvolvimento/psicologia , Feminino , Gravidez , Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal/genética , Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal/psicologia , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/genética , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/metabolismo , Transcriptoma , Aumento de PesoRESUMO
The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between chromosomal polymorphisms and male infertility. The patients were diagnosed with azoospermia or oligospermiaby a semen analysis. Chromosomal analysis was performed on peripheral blood lymphocytes obtained from the patients, with standard G-banding and C-banding. Y chromosome microdeletions were detected by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. The parents of 35 polymorphic probands were also subjected to chromosomal analysis, and their detailed reproductive histories were surveyed. The frequency of autosomal polymorphisms did not differ significantly among the infertile patients and fertile control individuals. The frequency of the Yqh-variant increased with the decrease in sperm count; this appeared at a significantly higher frequency in the azoospermia group (57.2 vs 24.3 vs 0%). The results of PCR amplification indicated that 32.14% of the patients with Yqh ± had microdeletions in the Y chromosome. The parents of the probands with the same chromosomal polymorphisms as the probands (among the 35 recalled families) did not show any adverse reproductive history. We observed no significant correlations between autosomal polymorphisms and male infertility. However, we observed a significant increase in the frequency of Yqh- in the azoospermic patients. This may be attributed to Y chromosome microdeletions, although the association between Y chromosome microdeletions and Y chromosome variants remains to be elucidated.
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Povo Asiático/genética , Infertilidade Masculina/genética , Polimorfismo Genético , Transtornos do Cromossomo Sexual no Desenvolvimento Sexual/genética , Azoospermia/genética , Estudos de Casos e Controles , China , Bandeamento Cromossômico , Deleção Cromossômica , Cromossomos Humanos Y/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Infertilidade Masculina/diagnóstico , Infertilidade Masculina/epidemiologia , Cariótipo , Masculino , Oligospermia/genética , Linhagem , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Prevalência , Aberrações dos Cromossomos Sexuais , Transtornos do Cromossomo Sexual no Desenvolvimento Sexual/diagnóstico , Transtornos do Cromossomo Sexual no Desenvolvimento Sexual/epidemiologia , Contagem de EspermatozoidesRESUMO
We aimed to assess parameters reflecting left ventricular function by dual-source computed tomography (DSCT) with echocardiography (ECG) as control. Fifty-eight patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) were recruited from January to June 2011; 29 CHD patients had type II diabetes. All patients were assessed by cardiac DSCT and ECG examination. DSCT and ECG correlated well for ejection fraction (EF) (r = 0.70), end-systolic volume (ESV) (r = 0.87), stroke volume (SV) (r = 0.83), and end-diastolic volume (EDV) (r = 0.90). The mean ESV and EDV values measured by the two methods in CHD patients with type II diabetes were higher than those in non-diabetic patients, whereas the mean EF was lower. DSCT is an accurate and practical method for assessing left ventricular function.