Rose Schrott, Susan K Murphy, Jennifer L Modliszewski, Dillon E King, Bendu Hill, Nilda Itchon-Ramos, Douglas Raburn, Thomas Price, Edward D Levin, Ryan Vandrey, David L Corcoran, Scott H Kollins, John T Mitchell
{"title":"Refraining from use diminishes cannabis-associated epigenetic changes in human sperm.","authors":"Rose Schrott, Susan K Murphy, Jennifer L Modliszewski, Dillon E King, Bendu Hill, Nilda Itchon-Ramos, Douglas Raburn, Thomas Price, Edward D Levin, Ryan Vandrey, David L Corcoran, Scott H Kollins, John T Mitchell","doi":"10.1093/eep/dvab009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cannabis use alters sperm DNA methylation, but the potential reversibility of these changes is unknown. Semen samples from cannabis users and non-user controls were collected at baseline and again following a 77-day period of cannabis abstinence (one spermatogenic cycle). Users and controls did not significantly differ by demographics or semen analyses. Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing identified 163 CpG sites with significantly different DNA methylation in sperm between groups (<i>P</i> < 2.94 × 10<sup>-9</sup>). Genes associated with altered CpG sites were enriched with those involved in development, including cardiogenesis and neurodevelopment. Many of the differences in sperm DNA methylation between groups were diminished after cannabis abstinence. These results indicate that sustained cannabis abstinence significantly reduces the number of sperm showing cannabis-associated alterations at genes important for early development.</p>","PeriodicalId":4,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Energy Materials","volume":" ","pages":"dvab009"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5000,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/64/20/dvab009.PMC8455898.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACS Applied Energy Materials","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eep/dvab009","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2021/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Cannabis use alters sperm DNA methylation, but the potential reversibility of these changes is unknown. Semen samples from cannabis users and non-user controls were collected at baseline and again following a 77-day period of cannabis abstinence (one spermatogenic cycle). Users and controls did not significantly differ by demographics or semen analyses. Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing identified 163 CpG sites with significantly different DNA methylation in sperm between groups (P < 2.94 × 10-9). Genes associated with altered CpG sites were enriched with those involved in development, including cardiogenesis and neurodevelopment. Many of the differences in sperm DNA methylation between groups were diminished after cannabis abstinence. These results indicate that sustained cannabis abstinence significantly reduces the number of sperm showing cannabis-associated alterations at genes important for early development.
期刊介绍:
ACS Applied Energy Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrate knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important energy applications.