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- Title
Maternal High Estradiol Exposure is Associated with Elevated Thyroxine and Pax8 in Mouse Offspring.
- Authors
Lv, Ping-Ping; Tian, Shen; Feng, Chun; Li, Jing-Yi; Yu, Dan-Qin; Jin, Li; Shen, Yan; Yu, Tian-Tian; Meng, Ye; Ding, Guo-Lian; Jin, Min; Chen, Xi-Jing; Sheng, Jian-Zhong; Zhang, Dan; Huang, He-Feng
- Abstract
Our previous studies have shown that maternal high estradiol (E2) environment increased the risk of thyroid dysfunction in offspring. However, the mechanism involved remains unexplored. To evaluate the thyroid function of offspring after high E2 exposure and to explore the underlying mechanism, we established a high E2 mouse model of early pregnancy, and detected thyroid hormones of their offspring. In thyroids of offspring, the expressions of Tg, Nis, Tpo, Pax8, and Titf1 and CpG island methylation status of Pax8 and genes involved in methylation were analyzed. We found that thyroxine (T4) and FT4 levels of offspring were obviously increased in the high-E2 group, especially in females. In both 3- and 8-week-old offspring of the high-E2 group, Pax8 was significantly up-regulated in thyroid glands, accompanied by the abnormal CpG island methylation status in the promoter region. Furthermore, Dnmt3a and Mbd1 were obviously down-regulated in thyroids of the high E2 group. Besides, the disturbance of thyroid function in females was more severe than that in males, implying that the effects were related to gender. In summary, our study indicated that maternal high E2 exposure disturbed the thyroid function of offspring through the dysregulation and abnormal DNA methylation of Pax8.
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2016, p36805
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/srep36805