Transcriptome-wide analysis suggests that temporal changes in the relative contributions of hyperplasia, hypertrophy and apoptosis underlie liver growth in pregnant mice

Biology of Reproduction
Leonie R PriceGraham C Burdge

Abstract

Maternal liver undergoes structural and metabolic changes during pregnancy to meet the demands of the developing fetus. In rodents, this involves increased liver weight, but the mechanism remains unclear. To address this, we analyzed the histology, gene expression, and DNA methylation of livers of nonpregnant and pregnant C57/BL6 mice. Gestational liver growth in pregnant mice was accompanied by increased hepatocyte area and lower cell density (days 14 and 18). Expression of cell proliferation markers was increased on days 14 and 18. A total of 115 genes were differentially expressed on day 14 and 123 genes on day 18 (79 on both days). Pathway analysis indicated that pregnancy involves progressive increase in cell proliferation and decreased apoptosis. This was confirmed using archived data from the FVB wild-type mouse liver transcriptome. Four differentially DNA methylated and two differentially DNA hydroxymethylated regions identified on days 14 and 18 by methylome-wide analysis, but were not associated with altered gene expression. Long interspersed nuclear element-1 hypomethylation on days 14 and 18 was accompanied by increased ten-eleven translocase-2 and decreased DNA methyltransferase 3a and 3b expression. These findings...Continue Reading

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