TY - JOUR T1 - DNA methylome variation in a perinatal nurse-visitation program that reduces child maltreatment: a 27-year follow-up JF - Transl Psychiatry Y1 - 2018 A1 - O'Donnell, K. J. A1 - Chen, L. A1 - MacIsaac, J. L. A1 - McEwen, L. M. A1 - Nguyen, T. A1 - Beckmann, K. A1 - Zhu, Y. A1 - Chen, L. M. A1 - Brooks-Gunn, J. A1 - Goldman, D. A1 - Grigorenko, E. L. A1 - Leckman, J. F. A1 - Diorio, J. A1 - Karnani, N. A1 - Olds, D. L. A1 - Holbrook, J. D. A1 - Kobor, M. S. A1 - Meaney, M. J. KW - *DNA Methylation KW - *House Calls KW - *Maternal-Child Nursing KW - *Perinatal Care KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Canada KW - Child Abuse/*prevention & control/psychology KW - Female KW - Follow-Up Studies KW - Humans KW - Mental Disorders/*genetics KW - Multifactorial Inheritance KW - Nurse-Patient Relations KW - Pregnancy KW - Prospective Studies KW - Risk Factors KW - Young Adult AB - This study reveals the influence of child maltreatment on DNA methylation across the genome and provides the first evidence that a psychosocial intervention program, the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), which targets mothers at risk for abusive parenting, associates with variation in the DNA methylome in adult offspring. The 188 participants were born to women randomly assigned to control (n = 99) or nurse-visited intervention groups (n = 89) and provided blood samples and a diagnostic interview at age 27 years. Interindividual variation in the blood DNA methylome was described using principal components (PC) scores derived from principal component analysis and showed that the NFP program (PC10: p = 0.029) and a history of abuse/neglect (PC1: p = 0.029, PC2: p = 0.009) significantly associated with DNA methylome variation at 27 years of age independent of gender, ancestry, cellular heterogeneity, and a polygenic risk index for major psychiatric disorders. The magnitude of the association between child maltreatment and DNA methylation was reduced when accounting for lifestyle factors, including smoking. These findings reflect the sustained impact of both childhood adversity as well as intervention programs that target such adversity on the epigenome but highlight the need for prospective longitudinal studies of DNA methylome variation in the context of early intervention programs. VL - 8 SN - 2158-3188 N1 - 2158-3188
O'Donnell, Kieran J
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3935-1014
Chen, Li
MacIsaac, Julia L
McEwen, Lisa M
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0500-9173
Nguyen, Thao
Beckmann, Katherine
Zhu, Yuecai
Chen, Lawrence Ming
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
Goldman, David
Grigorenko, Elena L
Leckman, James F
Diorio, Josie
Karnani, Neerja
Olds, David L
Holbrook, Joanna D
Kobor, Michael S
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4140-1743
Meaney, Michael J
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
United States
Transl Psychiatry. 2018 Jan 10;8(1):15. doi: 10.1038/s41398-017-0063-9. U2 - PMC5802588 JO - Translational psychiatryTranslational psychiatry ER -