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Karger Publishers, Lifestyle Genomics, 1(11), p. 16-18, 2018

DOI: 10.1159/000487336

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Does Dietary Provision of Guanidinoacetic Acid Induce Global DNA Hypomethylation in Healthy Men and Women?

Journal article published in 2018 by Sergej M. Ostojic ORCID, Marija Mojsin, Patrik Drid ORCID, Milan Vranes
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

<b><i>Background/Aims:</i></b> Guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) is an experimental dietary additive and has been reported to induce methyl depletion when provided by the diet. However, no study evaluated whether supplemental GAA affects DNA methylation, a critical epigenetic process for genome regulation. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> In this open-label, repeated-measure interventional trial, we evaluated the impact of 12 weeks of GAA supplementation on global DNA methylation in 14 healthy participants (8 women and 6 men, age 22.2 ± 2.3 years, body mass index 24.8 ± 5.7). <b><i>Results:</i></b> Dietary provision of GAA had no effect on global DNA methylation, with 5-methylcytosine (m<sup>5</sup>C) nonsignificantly increased by 13.4% at postadministration when averaged across participants (95% confidence interval –5.5 to 32.3; <i>p</i> = 0.26). Notable DNA hypomethylation (corresponding to a 5% drop in m<sup>5</sup>C) was found in 3 of 14 participants at follow-up. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> Global DNA methylation seems to be unaltered by dietary provision of 3 g of GAA per day for 12 weeks in healthy men and women.