Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2020, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (20): 3269-3274.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2532

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Autophagy and epigenetic modification in inflammatory bowel disease

Guo Yajing1, Huang Yan2, Shi Yin2   

  1. 1Yueyang Clinical Medical School, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China; 2Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Meridian, Shanghai 200030, China
  • Received:2019-07-08 Revised:2019-07-09 Accepted:2019-09-02 Online:2020-07-18 Published:2020-04-14
  • Contact: Shi Yin, MD, Chief physician, Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Meridian, Shanghai 200030, China
  • About author:Guo Yajing, MD candidate, Yueyang Clinical Medical School, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81674069; National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), No. 2015CB554500

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with intestinal immune, and autophagy is a cell approach to promote immune regulation. Abnormal expression of autophagy-related genes is closely related to intestinal inflammation and immune response. However, the mechanism by which epigenetic modification regulates autophagy in inflammatory bowel disease has not been fully clarified.

OBJECTIVE: To introduce the role of epigenetic modification in autophagy, and to promote a further understanding of inflammatory bowel disease.

METHODS: A computer-based online research of PubMed database was performed with the key words of “inflammatory bowel disease, autophagy, autophagy-related genes, epigenetic modification, DNA methylation, histone modification, chromatin remodeling, miRNA.” The search time was from January 1998 to April 2019. Finally, 61 eligible articles were included in result analysis.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation, histone modification, chromatin remodeling, non-coding RNA can regulate intestinal inflammation, immune and autophagy through susceptibility genes AGL and IRGM, thereby mediating the occurrence and development of inflammatory bowel disease.

Key words: inflammatory bowel disease, autophagy, autophagy-related genes, epigenetic modification, DNA methylation, histone modification, chromatin remodeling, non-code RNA

CLC Number: