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Title: | Atherosclerosis and flow: roles of epigenetic modulation in vascular endothelium | Authors: | Ding-Yu Lee Jeng-Jiann Chiu |
Keywords: | LAMINAR SHEAR-STRESS;KRUPPEL-LIKE FACTOR-2;HIGH-FAT DIET;HISTONE DEACETYLASES;DNA METHYLATION;DISTURBED FLOW;INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE;GENE-EXPRESSION;CELL-CYCLE;IN-VITRO | Issue Date: | Aug-2019 | Publisher: | BMC | Journal Volume: | 26 | Journal Issue: | 1 | Source: | JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE | Abstract: | Background Endothelial cell (EC) dysfunctions, including turnover enrichment, gap junction disruption, inflammation, and oxidation, play vital roles in the initiation of vascular disorders and atherosclerosis. Hemodynamic forces, i.e., atherprotective pulsatile (PS) and pro-atherogenic oscillatory shear stress (OS), can activate mechanotransduction to modulate EC function and dysfunction. This review summarizes current studies aiming to elucidate the roles of epigenetic factors, i.e., histone deacetylases (HDACs), non-coding RNAs, and DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), in mechanotransduction to modulate hemodynamics-regulated EC function and dysfunction. Main body of the abstract OS enhances the expression and nuclear accumulation of class I and class II HDACs to induce EC dysfunction, i.e., proliferation, oxidation, and inflammation, whereas PS induces phosphorylation-dependent nuclear export of class II HDACs to inhibit EC dysfunction. PS induces overexpression of the class III HDAC Sirt1 to enhance nitric oxide (NO) production and prevent EC dysfunction. In addition, hemodynamic forces modulate the expression and acetylation of transcription factors, i.e., retinoic acid receptor alpha and kruppel-like factor-2, to transcriptionally regulate the expression of microRNAs (miRs). OS-modulated miRs, which stimulate proliferative, pro-inflammatory, and oxidative signaling, promote EC dysfunction, whereas PS-regulated miRs, which induce anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidative signaling, inhibit EC dysfunction. PS also modulates the expression of long non-coding RNAs to influence EC function. i.e., turnover, aligmant, and migration. On the other hand, OS enhances the expression of DNMT-1 and -3a to induce EC dysfunction, i.e., proliferation, inflammation, and NO repression. Conclusion Overall, epigenetic factors play vital roles in modulating hemodynamic-directed EC dysfunction and vascular disorders, i.e., atherosclerosis. Understanding the detailed mechanisms through which epigenetic factors regulate hemodynamics-directed EC dysfunction and vascular disorders can help us to elucidate the pathogenic mechanisms of atherosclerosis and develop potential therapeutic strategies for atherosclerosis treatment. |
URI: | http://scholars.ntou.edu.tw/handle/123456789/22483 | ISSN: | 1021-7770 | DOI: | 10.1186/s12929-019-0551-8 |
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