The Effect of Vitamin D on the Epigenome (Folami Ideraabdullah)

In this episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we caught up with Folami Ideraabdullah from the University of Chapel Hill to talk about her work on the environmental modulation of the epigenome during development. The lab of Folami Ideraabdullah focuses on studying how environmental factors modulate the epigenome. In particular the team investigates how Vitamin D levels influence epigenetic processes and, hence, the susceptibility for diseases like adipositas. Folami Ideraabdullah started with a genome-wide screen of DNA Methylation patterns that are observed after Vitamin D depletion. This work was then followed up by investigating the impact of Vitamin D depletion on mouse sperm DNA methylation.   References Xue, J., Schoenrock, S. A., Valdar, W., Tarantino, L. M., & Ideraabdullah, F. Y. (2016). Maternal vitamin D depletion alters DNA methylation at imprinted loci in multiple generations. Clinical Epigenetics, 8(1), 107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-016-0276-4 Xue, J., Gharaibeh, R. Z., Pietryk, E. W., Brouwer, C., Tarantino, L. M., Valdar, W., & Ideraabdullah, F. Y. (2018). Impact of vitamin D depletion during development on mouse sperm DNA methylation. Epigenetics, 13(9), 959–974. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2018.1526027 Xue, J., Hutchins, E. K., Elnagheeb, M., Li, Y., Valdar, W., McRitchie, S., Sumner, S., & Ideraabdullah, F. Y. (2020). Maternal Liver Metabolic Response to Chronic Vitamin D Deficiency Is Determined by Mouse Strain Genetic Background. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4(8), nzaa106. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa106   Related Episodes Nutriepigenetics: The Effects of Diet on Behavior (Monica Dus) Epigenetic Influence on Memory Formation and Inheritance (Isabelle Mansuy) Epigenetic Origins Of Heterogeneity And Disease (Andrew Pospisilik)   Contact Active Motif on Twitter Epigenetics Podcast on Twitter Active Motif on LinkedIn Active Motif on Facebook Email: [email protected]