Targeting histone deacetylases with natural and synthetic agents: an emerging anticancer strategy

AK Singh, A Bishayee, AK Pandey - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cancer initiation and progression are the result of genetic and/or epigenetic alterations.
Acetylation-mediated histone/non-histone protein modification plays an important role in the …

HDAC family: What are the cancer relevant targets?

O Witt, HE Deubzer, T Milde, I Oehme - Cancer letters, 2009 - Elsevier
Histone deacetylases comprise a family of 18 genes, which are grouped into classes I–IV
based on their homology to their respective yeast orthologues. Classes I, II, and IV consist of …

HDAC8: a multifaceted target for therapeutic interventions

A Chakrabarti, I Oehme, O Witt, G Oliveira… - Trends in …, 2015 - cell.com
Histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8) is a class I histone deacetylase implicated as a therapeutic
target in various diseases, including cancer, X-linked intellectual disability, and parasitic …

HDACs, histone deacetylation and gene transcription: from molecular biology to cancer therapeutics

P Gallinari, SD Marco, P Jones, M Pallaoro… - Cell research, 2007 - nature.com
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) and histone acetyl transferases (HATs) are two
counteracting enzyme families whose enzymatic activity controls the acetylation state of …

Determination of the class and isoform selectivity of small-molecule histone deacetylase inhibitors

N Khan, M Jeffers, S Kumar, C Hackett… - Biochemical …, 2008 - portlandpress.com
The human HDAC (histone deacetylase) family, a well-validated anticancer target, plays a
key role in the control of gene expression through regulation of transcription. While HDACs …

Pathological role of HDAC8: cancer and beyond

JY Kim, H Cho, J Yoo, GW Kim, YH Jeon, SW Lee… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8) is a class I HDAC that catalyzes the deacetylation of histone
and non-histone proteins. As one of the best-characterized isoforms, numerous studies have …

A novel histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8)-specific inhibitor PCI-34051 induces apoptosis in T-cell lymphomas

S Balasubramanian, J Ramos, W Luo, M Sirisawad… - Leukemia, 2008 - nature.com
We have developed a potent, histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8)-specific inhibitor PCI-34051
with> 200-fold selectivity over the other HDAC isoforms. PCI-34051 induces caspase …

Histone deacetylase 8 in neuroblastoma tumorigenesis

I Oehme, HE Deubzer, D Wegener, D Pickert… - Clinical Cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Purpose: The effects of pan–histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors on cancer cells have
shown that HDACs are involved in fundamental tumor biological processes such as cell …

Deacetylase-independent function of HDAC3 in transcription and metabolism requires nuclear receptor corepressor

Z Sun, D Feng, B Fang, SE Mullican, SH You, HW Lim… - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are believed to regulate gene transcription by catalyzing
deacetylation reactions. HDAC3 depletion in mouse liver upregulates lipogenic genes and …

Isoform-specific histone deacetylase inhibitors: the next step?

S Balasubramanian, E Verner, JJ Buggy - Cancer letters, 2009 - Elsevier
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) have emerged as attractive drug targets, particularly for
neoplastic indications. This large family is divided into four classes, of which three consist of …