Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior.

Ian C G Weaver, Nadia Cervoni, Frances A Champagne, Ana C D'Alessio, Shakti Sharma, Jonathan R Seckl, Sergiy Dymov, Moshe Szyf, Michael J Meaney

August 2004 Nat Neurosci

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Abstract Synopsis

  • Maternal behaviors like licking, grooming, and arched-back nursing in rats influence the epigenetic state of the offspring's glucocorticoid receptor gene in the hippocampus, affecting DNA methylation and histone modifications.
  • These epigenetic changes develop early in life, can be reversed with crossfostering, persist into adulthood, and are linked to altered stress responses regulated by the HPA axis.
  • Experimentally blocking histone deacetylation removes these differences, indicating that the maternal behaviors induce epigenomic modifications that impact gene expression and stress regulation, which are potentially reversible.]