Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, NO 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 430000, Hubei, China.
Clin Epigenetics. 2020 Nov 26;12(1):183. doi: 10.1186/s13148-020-00981-8.
Keloid, a common dermal fibroproliferative disorder, is benign skin tumors characterized by the aggressive fibroblasts proliferation and excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix. However, common therapeutic approaches of keloid have limited effectiveness, emphasizing the momentousness of developing innovative mechanisms and therapeutic strategies. Epigenetics, representing the potential link of complex interactions between genetics and external risk factors, is currently under intense scrutiny. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that multiple diverse and reversible epigenetic modifications, represented by DNA methylation, histone modification, and non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), play a critical role in gene regulation and downstream fibroblastic function in keloid. Importantly, abnormal epigenetic modification manipulates multiple behaviors of keloid-derived fibroblasts, which served as the main cellular components in keloid skin tissue, including proliferation, migration, apoptosis, and differentiation. Here, we have reviewed and summarized the present available clinical and experimental studies to deeply investigate the expression profiles and clarify the mechanisms of epigenetic modification in the progression of keloid, mainly including DNA methylation, histone modification, and ncRNAs (miRNA, lncRNA, and circRNA). Besides, we also provide the challenges and future perspectives associated with epigenetics modification in keloid. Deciphering the complicated epigenetic modification in keloid is hopeful to bring novel insights into the pathogenesis etiology and diagnostic/therapeutic targets in keloid, laying a foundation for optimal keloid ending.
瘢痕疙瘩是一种常见的皮肤纤维组织增生性疾病,是良性皮肤肿瘤,其特征是成纤维细胞的过度增殖和细胞外基质的过度积累。然而,瘢痕疙瘩的常见治疗方法效果有限,这凸显了开发创新机制和治疗策略的重要性。表观遗传学是遗传和外部风险因素之间复杂相互作用的潜在联系,目前正受到广泛关注。越来越多的证据表明,多种不同的可逆表观遗传修饰,如 DNA 甲基化、组蛋白修饰和非编码 RNA(ncRNA),在基因调控和瘢痕疙瘩成纤维细胞的下游功能中发挥着关键作用。重要的是,异常的表观遗传修饰可以调节瘢痕疙瘩衍生的成纤维细胞的多种行为,这些成纤维细胞是瘢痕疙瘩皮肤组织中的主要细胞成分,包括增殖、迁移、凋亡和分化。在这里,我们综述和总结了目前现有的临床和实验研究,以深入研究表观遗传修饰在瘢痕疙瘩进展中的表达谱和作用机制,主要包括 DNA 甲基化、组蛋白修饰和 ncRNA(miRNA、lncRNA 和 circRNA)。此外,我们还提供了与瘢痕疙瘩表观遗传学修饰相关的挑战和未来展望。解析瘢痕疙瘩中复杂的表观遗传修饰有望为瘢痕疙瘩的发病机制和诊断/治疗靶点提供新的见解,为最佳瘢痕疙瘩治疗奠定基础。