Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t8hqh Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-24T13:25:51.982Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Epigenetic inheritance and aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Marion J Lamb
Marion J Lamb*
Affiliation:
Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
*
Marion Lamb, Biology Department, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK.
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Biological gerontology
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , May 1994 , pp. 97 - 105
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1Maynard, Smith J.Models of a dual inheritance system. J Theor Biol 1990; 143: 41–53.Google Scholar
2Cutler, RG. Dysdifferentiative hypothesis of aging: a review. In: Sohal, RS, Birbaum, LS, Cutler, RG eds. Molecular biology of aging: gene stability and gene expression. New York: Raven Press, 1985: 307–40.Google Scholar
3DiBerardino, MA. Genome activation in differentiated somatic cells. In: DiBerardino, MA, Etkin, LD eds. Developmental biology: a comprehensive treatise: Volume 6, Genomic adaptability in somatic cell specialization. New York: Plenum, 1989: 175–98.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
4Borst, P, Greaves, DR.Programmed gene rearrangements altering gene expression. Science 1987; 235: 658–67.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
5Tobler, H, Etter, A, Müller, F.Chromatin diminution in nematode development. Trends Genet 1992; 8: 427–32.Google Scholar
6Brown, SW, Chandra, HS. Chromosome imprinting and the differential regulation of homologous chromosomes. In: Goldstein, L, Prescott, DM eds. Cell biology: a comprehensive treatise: Volume 1, Genetic mechanisms of cells. New York: Academic Press, 1977: 109–89.Google Scholar
7Nagl, W.Endopolyploidy and polyteny in differentiation and evolution. Amsterdam: North Holland, 1978.Google Scholar
8Harley, CB.Telomere loss: mitotic clock or genetic time bomb? Mutat Res 1991; 256: 271–82.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
9Spradling, AC, Karpen, G, Glaser, R, Zhang, P. Evolutionary conservation of developmental mechanisms: DNA elimination in Drosophila. In: Spradling, AC ed. Evolutionary conservation of developmental mechanisms. Wiley-Liss: New York, 1993: 39–53.Google Scholar
10Holliday, R, Pugh, JE.DNA modification mechanisms and gene activity during development. Science 1975; 187: 226–32.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
11Riggs, AD.X-inactivation, differentiation and DNA methylation. Cytogenet Cell Genet 1975; 14: 9–25.Google Scholar
12Haigh, LS, Owens, BB, Hellewell, S, Ingram, VM.DNA methylation in chicken α-globin gene expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1982; 79: 5332–36.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
13Adams, RLP, Burdon, RH.Molecular biology of DNA methylation. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1985.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
14Simpson, VJ, Johnson, TE, Hammen, RF.Caenorhabditis elegans does not contain 5-methylcytosine at any time during development or aging. Nucleic Acids Res 1986; 14: 6711–19.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
15Jablonka, E, Lachmann, M, Lamb, MJ.Evidence, mechanisms and models for the inheritance of acquired characters. J Theor Biol 1992; 158: 245–68.Google Scholar
16Ng, SF.Embryological perspective of sexual somatic development in ciliated protozoa: implications on immortality, sexual reproduction and inheritance of acquired characters. Philos Trans R Soc Lond [Biol] 1990; 329: 287–305.Google Scholar
17Solomon, F.Detailed neurite morphologies of sister neuroblastoma cells are related. Cell 1979; 16: 165–69.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
18Albrecht-Buehler, G.Daughter 3T3 cells: are they mirror images of each other? J Cell Biol 1977; 72: 595–603.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
19Groudine, M, Weintraub, H.Propagation of globin DN Aase I-hypersensitive sites in absence of factors required for induction: a possible mechanism for determination Cell 1982; 30: 131–39.Google Scholar
20Holliday, R.Successes and limitations of molecular biology. J Theor Biol 1988; 132: 253–62.Google Scholar
21Lints, F, Soliman, MH.Growth rate and longevity in Drosophila melanogaster and Tribolium castaneum. Nature 1977; 266: 624–25.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
22Catania, J, Fairweather, DS.Genetic and genomic factors in aging. Rev Clin Gerontol 1991; 1: 99–111.Google Scholar
23Hjelm, KK.Is non-genic inheritance involved in carcinogenesis? A cytotactic model of transformation. J Theor Biol 1986; 119: 89–101.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
24Holliday, R.The inheritance of epigenetic defects. Science 1987; 238: 163–70.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
25Holliday, R.Mutations and epimutations in mammalian cells. Mutat Res 1991; 250: 351–63.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
26Mays-Hoopes, LL.Age-related changes in DNA methylation: do they represent continued developmental changes? Int Rev Cytol 1989; 114: 181–220.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
27Catania, J, Fairweather, DS.DNA methylation and cellular ageing. Mutat Res 1991; 256: 283–93.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
28Wilson, VL, Jones, PA.DNA methylation decreases in aging but not in immortal cells. Science 1983; 220: 1055–57.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
29Holliday, R.Strong effects of 5-azacytidine on the in vitro lifespan of human diploid fibroblasts. Exp Cell Res 1986; 166: 543–52.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
30Fairweather, DS, Fox, M, Margison, GP.The in vitro lifespan of MRC-5 cells is shortened by 5-azacytidine-induced demethylation. Exp Cell Res 1987; 168: 153–59.Google Scholar
31Wilson, VL, Smith, RA, Ma, S, Cutler, RG.Genomic 5-methyldeoxycytidine decreases with age. J Biol Chem 1987; 262: 9948–51.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
32Cattanach, BM.Position effect variegation in the mouse. Genet Res 1974; 23: 291–306.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
33Deol, MS, Truslove, GM, McLaren, A.Genetic activity at the albino locus in Cattanach's insertion in the mouse. J Embryol Exp Morphol 1986; 96: 295–302.Google Scholar
34Wareham, KA, Lyon, MF, Glenister, PH, Williams, ED.Age related reactivation of an X-linked gene. Nature 1987; 327: 725–27.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
35Monk, M.Changes in DNA methylation during mouse embryonic development in relation to X-chromosome activity and imprinting. Philos Trans R Soc Lond [Biol] 1990; 326: 299–312.Google Scholar
36Migeon, BR, Axelman, J, Beggs, AH.Effect of ageing on reactivation of the human X-linked HPRT locus. Nature 1988; 335: 93–96.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
37Holliday, R.X-chromosome reactivation and ageing. Nature 1989; 337: 311.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
38Jablonka, E, Lamb, MJ.The inheritance of acquired epigenetic variations. J Theor Biol 1989; 139: 69–83.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
39Silva, AJ, White, R.Inheritance of allelic blueprints for methylation patterns. Cell 1988; 54: 145–52.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
40Sasaki, H, Hamada, T, Ueda, T, Seki, R, Higashinakagawa, T, Sakaki, Y.Inherited type of allelic methylation variations in a mouse chromosome region where an integrated transgene shows methylation imprinting. Development 1991; 111: 573–81.Google Scholar
41Reik, W. Genome imprinting. In: Grosveld, F, Kollias, G eds. Transgenic animals. London: Academic Press, 1992:99–126.Google Scholar
42Hall, JG.Genomic imprinting: review and relevance to human diseases. Am J Hum Genet 1990; 46: 857–73.Google ScholarPubMed
43Lyon, MF.Epigenetic inheritance in mammals. Trends Genet 1993; 9: 123–28.Google Scholar
44Jablonka, E, Lamb, MJ.Lamarckism and ageing. Gerontology 1990; 36: 323–32.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
45Searle, AG.The influence of maternal age on development of the skeleton of the mouse. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1954; 57: 558–63.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
46Lints, FA. Parental age effects. In: Lints, FA, Soliman, MH eds. Drosophila as a model organism for ageing studies. Glasgow: Blackie, 1988: 176–89.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
47Beardmore, JA, Shami, SA.The Lansing effect and age-mediated changes in genetic parameters. Genetica 1985; 68: 37–46.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
48Beardmore, JA, Lints, FA, Al-Baldawi, ALF.Parental age and heritability of sternopleural chaeta number in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity (Edinburgh) 1975; 34: 71–82.Google Scholar
49Lints, FA, Parisi, P. The variations of heritability as a function of parental age. In: Gedda, L, Parisi, P, Nance, WE eds. Twin research 3. C: Epidemiological and clinical studies. New York: Liss, 1981: 225–30.Google Scholar
50Vogel, F, Motulsky, AG.Human genetics: problems and approaches. Berlin: Springer, 1986.Google Scholar
51Farrer, LA, Cupples, A, Connor, L, Wolf, PA, Growdon, JH.Association of decreased paternal age and late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Arch Neurol 1991; 48: 599–604.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
52Lansing, AI.A nongenic factor in the longevity of rotifers. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1954; 57: 455–64.Google Scholar
53Lints, FA.Genetics and ageing. Basel: Karger, 1978.Google Scholar
54Allen, ND, Norris, ML, Surani, MA.Epigenetic control of transgene expression and imprinting by genotype-specific modifiers. Cell 1990; 61: 853–61.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
55Marinković, D, Bajraktari, I.Parental age-dependent changes as a source of genetic variation in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetica 1988; 77: 113–21.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed