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. 2021 Jun 28;9:699374. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.699374

TABLE 5.

DNA methylation-based drugs for vascular aging-related diseases.

Compounds Nutrients/drugs Functions References
Natural Folic acid S-adenyl methionine generation Park et al., 2012
vitamins B6 and B12 S-adenyl methionine generation Park et al., 2012
Vitamin C TET2 activator DiTroia et al., 2019
Methionine Increase DNA methylation Waterland, 2006
Catechin, epicatechin DNMTs inhibitor Nagai et al., 2004
EGCG DNMTs inhibitor Wong et al., 2011
Resveratrol DNMTs inhibitor Aldawsari et al., 2016
Quercetin DNMTs inhibitor Liu C. M. et al., 2015
Synthetic Azacytidine DNMTs inhibitor Strand et al., 2020
Decitabine DNMTs inhibitor Zhuang et al., 2017
RG108 DNMTs inhibitor Stenzig et al., 2018
Hydralazine DNMTs inhibitor Kao et al., 2011
GLP-1 agonists DNMTs inhibitor and TET2 activator Scisciola et al., 2020
SGLT2 inhibitors Not available Marumo et al., 2015

EGCG, epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate; decitabine, 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine; TET, 10–11 translocations; DNMT, DNA methyltransferases.