IMR Press / FBL / Volume 28 / Issue 9 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2809194
Open Access Review
Epigenetic Mechanisms in Vascular Inflammation: Modulation of Endothelial Adhesion Molecules and Endothelium-Leukocyte Adhesion
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1 Institute of Clinical Physiology (IFC), National Research Council (CNR), 73100 Lecce, Italy
2 Department of Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy
3 Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DISTEBA), University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
*Correspondence: nadia.calabriso@ifc.cnr.it (Nadia Calabriso); maria.carluccio@ifc.cnr.it (Maria Annunziata Carluccio)
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2023, 28(9), 194; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2809194
Submitted: 30 May 2023 | Revised: 12 July 2023 | Accepted: 24 July 2023 | Published: 6 September 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

The endothelium, an essential component of the vascular system, plays a critical role in the inflammatory response. Under pro-inflammatory stimuli, endothelial cells undergo activation and dysfunction, leading to the release of inflammatory mediators and upregulation of cell adhesion molecules. These changes facilitate the adhesion, rolling, and transmigration of leukocytes into the subendothelial space. Emerging evidence suggests that epigenetic mechanisms, including nucleic acid methylation, post-translational histone modifications, and non-coding RNA, contribute significantly to the regulation of vascular inflammation and expression of cell adhesion molecules. Understanding the epigenetic molecular signatures that govern these processes may provide new insights into the development of therapeutic strategies to combat vascular inflammation and associated diseases. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge on the epigenetic mechanisms involved in modulating the intricate processes underlying vascular inflammation, with a specific focus on the expression of endothelial adhesion molecules and endothelium-leukocyte adhesion.

Keywords
cell adhesion molecules
VCAM-1
ICAM-1
E-selectin
NF-κB
lncRNAs
miRNAs
DNA methylation
RNA methylation
histone modifications
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