Table 1.
Environmental epigenetics and epigenetic inheritance in domestic farm animals
| Environmental epigenetics and domestic farm animals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bovine | Context | Ref. |
| Mammary gland-specific hypomethylation of Hpa II sites flanking the bovine alpha S1-casein gene. | Epigenetic regulation of lactation. | [24] |
| DNA-remethylation around a STAT5-binding enhancer in the alphaS1-casein promoter is associated with abrupt shutdown of alphaS1-casein synthesis during acute mastitis. | Epigenetic regulation of lactation. | [25] |
| Transcriptome profiling of Streptococcus uberis-induced mastitis reveals fundamental differences between immune gene expression in the mammary gland and in a primary cell culture model. | Epigenetic regulation of lactation. | [26] |
| Conservation of methylation reprogramming in mammalian development: aberrant reprogramming in cloned embryos. | Epigenetic changes with assisted reproductive technologies | [36] |
| DNA methylation events associated with the suppression of milk protein gene expression during involution of the bovine mammary gland. | Epigenetic regulation of lactation. | [27] |
| Effect of maternal lactation during pregnancy | Epigenetic regulation of lactation. | [28] |
| Large offspring syndrome in cattle and sheep. | Epigenetic changes with assisted reproductive technologies | [33] |
| The production of unusually large offspring following embryo manipulation: Concepts and challenges. | Epigenetic changes with assisted reproductive technologies | [34] |
| Postnatal characteristics of calves produced by nuclear transfer cloning. | Epigenetic changes with assisted reproductive technologies | [35] |
| Epigenetic contribution to individual variation in response to lipopolysaccharide in bovine dermal fibroblasts. | Epigenetic role in immunity | [39] |
| Occurrence, absorption and metabolism of short chain fatty acids in the digestive tract of mammals. | Epigenetic changes with regulation of nutrition | [29] |
| Butyrate induces profound changes in gene expression related to multiple signal pathways in bovine kidney epithelial cells. | Epigenetic changes with regulation of nutrition | [30] |
| Transcriptome Characterization by RNA-seq Unravels the Mechanisms of Butyrate-Induced Epigenomic Regulation in Bovine Cells. | Epigenetic changes with regulation of nutrition | [31] |
| In vitro produced and cloned embryos: Effects on pregnancy, parturition and offspring. | Epigenetic changes with assisted reproductive technologies | [32] |
| Porcine | ||
| Sulforaphane causes a major epigenetic repression of myostatin in porcine satellite cells. | Histone deacetylase inhibitor affects myostatin in vitro | [41] |
| Maternal dietary protein affects transcriptional regulation of myostatin gene distinctively at weaning and finishing stages in skeletal muscle of Meishan pigs. | Maternal diet affects offspring epigenetics | [43] |
| HOX10 mRNA expression and promoter DNA methylation in female pig offspring after in utero estradiol-17beta exposure. | Maternal steroid exposure affects offspring epigenetics | [48] |
| Investigations on transgenerational epigenetic response down the male line in F2 pigs. | Paternal diet has transgenerational epigenetic effect | [49] |
| Dietary Sulforaphane, a Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor for Cancer Prevention | Epigenetic changes with regulation of nutrition | [40] |
| Neonatal estradiol exposure alters uterine morphology and endometrial transcriptional activity in prepubertal gilts. | Steroid exposure affects epigenetics | [47] |
| Maternal dietary protein restriction and excess affects offspring gene expression and methylation of non-SMC subunits of condensin I in liver and skeletal muscle. | Maternal diet affects offspring epigenetics | [44] |
| Diet, methyl donors and DNA methylation: interactions between dietary folate, methionine and choline. | Epigenetic changes with regulation of nutrition | [45] |
| Ovine | ||
| Periconceptional nutrition and the early programming of a life of obesity or adversity. | Maternal diet affects offspring epigenetics | [50] |
| The effect of maternal under-nutrition before muscle differentiation on the muscle fiber development of the newborn lamb. | Maternal diet affects offspring epigenetics | [51] |
| Effect of maternal dietary restriction during pregnancy on lamb carcass characteristics and muscle fiber composition. | Maternal diet affects offspring epigenetics | [52] |
| Gallus | ||
| Comparison of the Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiles between Fast-Growing and Slow-Growing Broilers. | Differences in epigenetics between breeds | [55] |
| Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor is regulated by microRNA-133 during skeletal myogenesis. | Epigenetic effects during muscle development | [58] |
| Transgenerational epigenetic effects on innate immunity in broilers: An underestimated field to be explored? | Review on role of epigenetics in innate immunity | [59] |
| DNMT gene expression and methylome in Marek's disease resistant and susceptible chickens prior to and following infection by MDV. | Epigenetic role in immunity | [54] |
| Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance study in domestic farm animals | ||
| Porcine | ||
| Investigations on transgenerational epigenetic response down the male line in F2 pigs. | Paternal diet has transgenerational epigenetic effect | [49] |