Effects of histone acetylation on superoxide dismutase 1 gene expression in the pathogenesis of senile cataract.

ABSTRACT: Histone acetylation plays key roles in gene expression, but its effects on superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) expression in senile cataract remains unknown. To address this problem, the study was to investigate the influence of histone acetylation on SOD1 expression and its effects in the pathogenesis of senile cataract. Senile cataract was classified into three types-nuclear cataract (NC), cortical cataract (CC), and posterior subcapsular cataract (SC)-using the Lens Opacities Classification System III. In senile cataracts, SOD1 expression decreased significantly. Both H3 and H4 were deacetylated at -600 bp of the SOD1 promoter of cataract lenses, and hypoacetylated at -1500, -1200, and -900 bp. In hypoacetylated histones, the hypoacetylation pattern differed among the cataracts. In vitro, ana

SUBMITTER: Rong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5050424 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature