Amy L Non1, Brittany M Hollister2, Kathryn L Humphreys3, Ainash Childebayeva2, Kyle Esteves4, Charles H Zeanah4, Nathan A Fox5, Charles A Nelson6,7, Stacy S Drury4. 1. Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA. 2. Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. 3. Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. 4. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. 5. Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 6. Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA. 7. Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Differences in DNA methylation have been associated with early life adversity, suggesting that alterations in methylation function as one pathway through which adverse early environments are biologically embedded. This study examined associations between exposure to institutional care, quantified as the proportion of time in institutional care at specified follow-up assessment ages, and DNA methylation status in two stress-related genes: FKBP5 and SLC6A4. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed data from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, which is a prospective study in which children reared in institutional settings were randomly assigned (mean age 22 months) to either newly created foster care or care as usual (to remain in their current placement) and prospectively followed. A group of children from the same geographic area, with no history of institutionalized caregiving, were also recruited. DNA methylation status was determined in DNA extracted from buccal epithelial cells of children at age 12. RESULTS: An inverse association was identified such that more time spent in institutional care was associated with lower DNA methylation at specific CpG sites within both genes. DISCUSSION: These results suggest a lasting impact of early severe social deprivation on methylation patterns in these genes, and contribute to a growing literature linking early adversity and epigenetic variation in children. Am J Phys Anthropol 161:84-93, 2016..
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OBJECTIVES: Differences in DNA methylation have been associated with early life adversity, suggesting that alterations in methylation function as one pathway through which adverse early environments are biologically embedded. This study examined associations between exposure to institutional care, quantified as the proportion of time in institutional care at specified follow-up assessment ages, and DNA methylation status in two stress-related genes: FKBP5 and SLC6A4. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed data from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, which is a prospective study in which children reared in institutional settings were randomly assigned (mean age 22 months) to either newly created foster care or care as usual (to remain in their current placement) and prospectively followed. A group of children from the same geographic area, with no history of institutionalized caregiving, were also recruited. DNA methylation status was determined in DNA extracted from buccal epithelial cells of children at age 12. RESULTS: An inverse association was identified such that more time spent in institutional care was associated with lower DNA methylation at specific CpG sites within both genes. DISCUSSION: These results suggest a lasting impact of early severe social deprivation on methylation patterns in these genes, and contribute to a growing literature linking early adversity and epigenetic variation in children. Am J Phys Anthropol 161:84-93, 2016..
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