Radiation-induced cardiovascular disease: an overlooked role for DNA methylation?
| Autor: | Magy Sallam, Mohammed Abderrafi Benotmane, Sarah Baatout, Pieter-Jan Guns, An Aerts |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Epigenetics, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 59-80 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1559-2294 1559-2308 15592294 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15592294.2021.1873628 |
| Popis: | Radiotherapy in cancer treatment involves the use of ionizing radiation for cancer cell killing. Although radiotherapy has shown significant improvements on cancer recurrence and mortality, several radiation-induced adverse effects have been documented. Of these adverse effects, radiation-induced cardiovascular disease (CVD) is particularly prominent among patients receiving mediastinal radiotherapy, such as breast cancer and Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients. A number of mechanisms of radiation-induced CVD pathogenesis have been proposed such as endothelial inflammatory activation, premature endothelial senescence, increased ROS and mitochondrial dysfunction. However, current research seems to point to a so-far unexamined and potentially novel involvement of epigenetics in radiation-induced CVD pathogenesis. Firstly, epigenetic mechanisms have been implicated in CVD pathophysiology. In addition, several studies have shown that ionizing radiation can cause epigenetic modifications, especially DNA methylation alterations. As a result, this review aims to provide a summary of the current literature linking DNA methylation to radiation-induced CVD and thereby explore DNA methylation as a possible contributor to radiation-induced CVD pathogenesis. |
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