期刊
CLINICAL EPIGENETICS
卷 2, 期 -, 页码 55-61出版社
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s13148-011-0021-y
关键词
Vitamin D; Epigenetics; Cancer
资金
- Medical Scientific Fund of the Mayor of the City of Vienna (Medizinisch-Wissenschaftlicher Fonds des Burgermeisters der Bundeshauptstadt Wien)
The bioactive vitamin D (VD) metabolite, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 regulates essential pathways of cellular metabolism and differentiation via its nuclear receptor (VDR). Molecular mechanisms which are known to play key roles in aging and cancer are mediated by complex processes involving epigenetic mechanisms contributing to efficiency of VD-activating CYP27A1 and CYP27B1 or inactivating CYP24 enzymes as well as VDR which binds to specific genomic sequences (VD response elements or VDREs). Activity of VDR can be modulated epigenetically by histone acetylation. It co-operates with other nuclear receptors which are influenced by histone acetyl transferases (HATs) as well as several types of histone deacetylases (HDACs). HDAC inhibitors (HDACi) and/or demethylating drugs may contribute to normalization of VD metabolism. Studies link VD signaling through the VDR directly to distinct molecular mechanisms of both HAT activity and the sirtuin class of HDACs (SIRT1) as well as the forkhead transcription factors thus contributing to elucidate complex epigenetic mechanisms for cancer preventive actions of VD.
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