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. 2024 May;30(4):2325-2336.
doi: 10.1111/odi.14725. Epub 2023 Sep 24.

DNA methyltransferase 3A induces the occurrence of oral submucous fibrosis by promoting the methylation of the von Hippel-Lindau

Huifang Kuang  1   2 , Liyan Yang  1   2 , Zhixin Li  1   2 , Jinrong Wang  1   2 , Kaiyue Zheng  1   2 , Jie Mei  1   2 , Honglan Sun  1   2 , Yuqi Huang  1   2 , Chao Yang  3   4 , Wen Luo  1   2
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DNA methyltransferase 3A induces the occurrence of oral submucous fibrosis by promoting the methylation of the von Hippel-Lindau

Huifang Kuang et al. Oral Dis. 2024 May.

Abstract

Background: Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is associated with malignant disorders. DNA methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A) is a DNA methylesterase reported to be upregulated in multiple organs and shown to inhibit fibrosis. However, the detailed effect of DNMT3A on OSF remains unclear.

Methods: To mimic OSF in vitro, oral fibroblasts were exposed to arecoline and molecular biological experiments were performed to detect the function of DNMT3A in OSF.

Results: We found that von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) was downregulated and highly methylated in OSF. Arecoline remarkably increased the viability, invasiveness, and migration of oral fibroblasts, but upregulation of VHL partially reversed these effects. DNMT3A induces DNA hypermethylation in the VHL promoter, and VHL markedly inhibits the level of tenascin-C (TNC) by inducing the ubiquitination of TNC. TNC reversed the inhibitory effect of VHL upregulation on the differentiation of oral fibroblasts into myofibroblasts.

Conclusion: DNMT3A induces OSF by promoting methylation of the VHL promoter. Hence, our study provides novel insights into the discovery of novel strategies that can be employed against OSF.

Keywords: DNA methyltransferase 3A; methylation; tenascin‐C; von Hippel–Lindau.

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