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. 2020 Oct 1;1866(10):165836.
doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2020.165836. Epub 2020 May 12.

Acetylation in cardiovascular diseases: Molecular mechanisms and clinical implications

Mingjie Yang  1 , Yingmei Zhang  2 , Jun Ren  3
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Acetylation in cardiovascular diseases: Molecular mechanisms and clinical implications

Mingjie Yang et al. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. .
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Abstract

Acetylation belongs to a class of post-translational modification (PTM) processes that epigenetically regulate gene expression and gene transcriptional activity. Reversible histone acetylation on lysine residues governs the interactions between DNA and histones to mediate chromatin remodeling and gene transcription. Non-histone protein acetylation complicates cellular function whereas acetylation of key mitochondrial enzymes regulates bioenergetic metabolism. Acetylation and deacetylation of functional proteins are essential to the delicated homeostatic regulation of embryonic development, postnatal maturation, cardiomyocyte differentiation, cardiac remodeling and onset of various cardiovascular diseases including obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiometabolic diseases, ischemia-reperfusion injury, cardiac remodeling, hypertension, and arrhythmias. Histone acetyltransferase (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs) are essential enzymes mainly responsible for the regulation of lysine acetylation levels, thus providing possible drugable targets for therapeutic interventions in the management of cardiovascular diseases.

Keywords: Acetylation; Cardiac remodeling; Contractile function; Post-translational modifications; SIRT family.

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