Complications of diabetes: an unsolicited epigenetic memory
Narasimman Gurusamy ,
Vijayakumar Sukumaran,
Adel Alhazzani,
Abdullah S Shatoor,
Kenichi Watanabe,
Mikiyasu Shirai
Narasimman Gurusamy
Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha - 61441, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.. Email: gurunaras@gmail.com
Vijayakumar Sukumaran
Department of Cardiac Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan.
Adel Alhazzani
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, 61421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abdullah S Shatoor
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, 61421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kenichi Watanabe
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Akihaku, Niigata City, 956-8603, Japan.
Mikiyasu Shirai
Department of Cardiac Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan.
Gurusamy, N., Sukumaran, V., Alhazzani, A., Shatoor, A., Watanabe, K., Shirai, M.
2015.
Complications of diabetes: an unsolicited epigenetic memory.
Diabesity 1(1): 3-6.
DOI:10.15562/diabesity.2015.6
Diabetes is a multifactorial disease, characterized by hyperglycemia and insulin resistance. Diabetic microvascular end points such as retinopathy, cardiomyopathy and nephropathy; and macrovascular complications such as myocardial infarction and strokes, causing premature death in diabetic populations. Despite strong familial clustering is associated with diabetes, the essential role of epigenetic component in the development of diabetes and its complications is inevitable. Several clinical trials and experimental animal studies show the persistence of diabetic vascular complications even after the normalization of glucose in diabetic patients, indicating the role of epigenetic or metabolic memory. Although previous researches on diabetes implicated the role of reactive oxygen species in the pathogenesis and development of diabetic complications, lifestyle factors including diet and exercise and environmental factors are strongly associated in inducing epigenetic changes related to diabetic risk.
