Change of epigenetic control of cystathionine beta-synthase gene expression through dietary vitamin B12 is not recovered by methionine supplementation

Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Uekawa, Atsushi ^a   Katsushima, Keishuke ^a   Ogata, Asumi ^a   Kawata, Tetsunori ^b   Maeda, Nozomi ^b   Kobayashi, Ken Ichi ^a   Maekawa, Akio ^a   Tadokoro, Tadahiro ^a   Yamamoto, Yuji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic control; Methionine cycle; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CPG ISLANDS; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIVER; MALE; METHIONINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

RATTUS;

EID: 61649098616     PISSN: 16616499     EISSN: 16616758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000165374     Document Type: Article

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