Table 3 Analysis of mRNA Expression of DMR-Associated Genes

From: Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiling Reveals Epigenetic Changes in the Rat Nucleus Accumbens Associated With Cross-Generational Effects of Adolescent THC Exposure

Gene

THC-associated expression change

% of VEH mean (THC)

±SEM (THC)

P -value c

DMR state

DMR location

Dlg4 a

Upregulated

113

0.045

0.044

NA

NA

Dlgap2 a

Upregulated

115

0.038

0.015

Hyper

Gene body; intron

Kcna5 a

Upregulated

121

0.06

0.017

Hyper

Promoter region; exon

Begain a

Upregulated

113

0.049

0.044

Hyper

Gene body; exon

Grin2a a

Downregulated

76

0.086

0.049

Hypo

Gene body; exon

Dlgap3 a

NS

112

0.06

0.136

Hyper

Gene body; exon

Scn5a a

NS

85

0.069

0.136

Hypo

Gene body; intron

Grik5 a

NS

108

0.037

0.179

Hypo

Gene body; intron

Kcnj10 a

NS

106

0.027

0.208

Hypo

Gene body; exon

Shank1 a

NS

94

0.058

0.522

Hyper

Gene body; exon

Mta1 b

NS

121

0.042

0.057

Hyper

Gene body; intron

Cdh15 b

NS

110

0.039

0.164

Hyper

Gene body; exon

Ntrk2 b

NS

105

0.028

0.338

Hypo

Gene body; intron

  1. Abbreviations: DMR, differentially methylated region; NS, non-significant; NA, not applicable; THC, tetrahydrocannabinol; VEH, control vehicle.
  2. aGene is part of the Dlg4 interaction network shown in Figure 5.
  3. bGene is overlapped by top DMR shown in Table 1.
  4. cWelch two-sample t-test.