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Intermittent High Glucose Elevates Nuclear Localization of EZH2 to Cause H3K27me3-Dependent Repression of KLF2 Leading to Endothelial Inflammation
Epigenetic mechanisms have emerged as one of the key pathways promoting diabetes-associated complications. Herein, we explored the role of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) and its product histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) in high glucose-mediated endothelial inflammation. To examine th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8534226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34685528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells10102548 |
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author | Thakar, Sumukh Katakia, Yash T Ramakrishnan, Shyam Kumar Pandya Thakkar, Niyati Majumder, Syamantak |
author_facet | Thakar, Sumukh Katakia, Yash T Ramakrishnan, Shyam Kumar Pandya Thakkar, Niyati Majumder, Syamantak |
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description | Epigenetic mechanisms have emerged as one of the key pathways promoting diabetes-associated complications. Herein, we explored the role of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) and its product histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) in high glucose-mediated endothelial inflammation. To examine this, we treated cultured primary endothelial cells (EC) with different treatment conditions—namely, constant or intermittent or transient high glucose. Intermittent high glucose maximally induced endothelial inflammation by upregulating transcript and/or protein-level expression of ICAM1 and P-selectin and downregulating eNOS, KLF2, and KLF4 protein levels. We next investigated the underlining epigenetic mechanisms responsible for intermittent hyperglycemia-dependent endothelial inflammation. Compared with other high glucose treatment groups, intermittent high glucose-exposed EC exhibited an increased level of H3K27me3 caused by reduction in EZH2 threonine 367 phosphorylation and nuclear retention of EZH2. Intermittent high glucose also promoted polycomb repressive complex-2 (PRC2) assembly and EZH2′s recruitment to histone H3. Abrupt enrichment of H3K27me3 on KLF2 and KLF4 gene promoters caused repression of these genes, further supporting endothelial inflammation. In contrast, reducing H3K27me3 through small molecule and/or siRNA-mediated inhibition of EZH2 rescued KLF2 level and inhibited endothelial inflammation in intermittent high glucose-challenged cultured EC and isolated rat aorta. These findings indicate that abrupt chromatin modifications cause high glucose-dependent inflammatory switch of EC. |
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spelling | pubmed-85342262021-10-23 Intermittent High Glucose Elevates Nuclear Localization of EZH2 to Cause H3K27me3-Dependent Repression of KLF2 Leading to Endothelial Inflammation Thakar, Sumukh Katakia, Yash T Ramakrishnan, Shyam Kumar Pandya Thakkar, Niyati Majumder, Syamantak Cells Article Epigenetic mechanisms have emerged as one of the key pathways promoting diabetes-associated complications. Herein, we explored the role of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) and its product histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) in high glucose-mediated endothelial inflammation. To examine this, we treated cultured primary endothelial cells (EC) with different treatment conditions—namely, constant or intermittent or transient high glucose. Intermittent high glucose maximally induced endothelial inflammation by upregulating transcript and/or protein-level expression of ICAM1 and P-selectin and downregulating eNOS, KLF2, and KLF4 protein levels. We next investigated the underlining epigenetic mechanisms responsible for intermittent hyperglycemia-dependent endothelial inflammation. Compared with other high glucose treatment groups, intermittent high glucose-exposed EC exhibited an increased level of H3K27me3 caused by reduction in EZH2 threonine 367 phosphorylation and nuclear retention of EZH2. Intermittent high glucose also promoted polycomb repressive complex-2 (PRC2) assembly and EZH2′s recruitment to histone H3. Abrupt enrichment of H3K27me3 on KLF2 and KLF4 gene promoters caused repression of these genes, further supporting endothelial inflammation. In contrast, reducing H3K27me3 through small molecule and/or siRNA-mediated inhibition of EZH2 rescued KLF2 level and inhibited endothelial inflammation in intermittent high glucose-challenged cultured EC and isolated rat aorta. These findings indicate that abrupt chromatin modifications cause high glucose-dependent inflammatory switch of EC. MDPI 2021-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8534226/ /pubmed/34685528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells10102548 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Thakar, Sumukh Katakia, Yash T Ramakrishnan, Shyam Kumar Pandya Thakkar, Niyati Majumder, Syamantak Intermittent High Glucose Elevates Nuclear Localization of EZH2 to Cause H3K27me3-Dependent Repression of KLF2 Leading to Endothelial Inflammation |
title | Intermittent High Glucose Elevates Nuclear Localization of EZH2 to Cause H3K27me3-Dependent Repression of KLF2 Leading to Endothelial Inflammation |
title_full | Intermittent High Glucose Elevates Nuclear Localization of EZH2 to Cause H3K27me3-Dependent Repression of KLF2 Leading to Endothelial Inflammation |
title_fullStr | Intermittent High Glucose Elevates Nuclear Localization of EZH2 to Cause H3K27me3-Dependent Repression of KLF2 Leading to Endothelial Inflammation |
title_full_unstemmed | Intermittent High Glucose Elevates Nuclear Localization of EZH2 to Cause H3K27me3-Dependent Repression of KLF2 Leading to Endothelial Inflammation |
title_short | Intermittent High Glucose Elevates Nuclear Localization of EZH2 to Cause H3K27me3-Dependent Repression of KLF2 Leading to Endothelial Inflammation |
title_sort | intermittent high glucose elevates nuclear localization of ezh2 to cause h3k27me3-dependent repression of klf2 leading to endothelial inflammation |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8534226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34685528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells10102548 |
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