Table 1 The crucial genes associated with central nervous system development are hypermethylated in F1-GDM sperm and have a tendency to be downregulated (logFC <0) in the F2-GDM hippocampus.

From: Intrauterine hyperglycemia impairs memory across two generations

Symbol

RRBS of Sperm (F1-GDM vs. Ctrl)

Microarray of Hip (F2-GDM vs. Ctrl)

Start

End

mean Methy Ctrl

mean Methy F1-GDM

Element

logFC

adj. P value

Tubb2b

34127486

34127641

16.03%

81.88%

CDS

−3.0865

0.001

Htr7

35969594

35969756

7.22%

73.70%

CDS 3′-UTR

−1.7638

0.249

Dlgap1

70516618

70516771

6.80%

86.87%

CDS

−1.2927

0.186

Tanc1

59843298

59843455

65.81%

81.41%

CDS

−1.1135

0.026

Zeb2

44988693

44988893

14.49%

85.39%

CDS

−0.7887

0.645

Wnt5a

28518390

28522909

26.62%

76.36%

CDS Intron

−0.5713

0.211

Hoxb3

96345925

96346054

7.08%

28.65%

CDS

−0.4266

0.644

Nfix

84784452

84784657

27.85%

45.75%

Intron

−0.2088

0.678

Nfix

84704134

84704384

38.83%

64.20%

Intron

−0.2088

0.678

Akap7

25251588

25251727

25.82%

77.69%

Intron

−0.2014

0.529

Camk2b

6010025

6010230

49.49%

89.20%

Intron

−0.1977

0.253

  1. RRBS reduced representation bisulfite sequencing, Hip hippocampus, F1-GDM the first filial of gestational diabetes mellitus, F2-GDM the second filial of gestational diabetes mellitus, Ctrl control group.