Human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs), which are characterized by self-renewal capacity and the ability of multilineage differentiation, have gained increased attention in regenerative medicine recently. Histone acetylation modulator proteins (HAMPs) a protein family that mediates modification identification histone participates various critical cellular processes. Here, we comprehensively surv...

Smad family proteins are essential intracellular mediators that regulate transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) ligand signaling. In response to diverse stimuli, Smad7 is rapidly expressed and acts as a cytoplasmic inhibitor that selectively interferes with signals elicited from TGF-β family receptors. In addition, earlier works have indicated that retrovirally transduced Smad7 induces long-lasti...

Central nervous system (CNS) trauma can result in tissue disruption, neuronal and axonal degeneration, and neurological dysfunction. The limited spontaneous CNS repair in adulthood and aging is often insufficient to overcome disability. Several investigations have demonstrated that targeting HDAC activity can protect neurons and glia and improve outcomes in CNS injury and disease models. Howeve...

Hai-Shu Lin, Roland Baron & Philippe Clement-Lacroix† †Author for correspondence ProSkelia, A Galapagos Company, 102 Route de Noisy, Romainville 93230, France Tel.: +33 149 424 728; Fax: +33 149 424 655; [email protected] Evaluation of: Huber LC, Brock M, Hemmatazad H et al.: Histone deacetylase/acetylase activity in total synovial tissue derived from rheumatoid arthritis and ost...

Histone deacetylases (HDACs) regulate gene expression by inducing conformational changes in chromatin. Ever since the discovery of a naturally occurring HDAC inhibitor, trichostatin A (TSA) stimulated the recent development of suberoylanilide (SAHA, Zolinza®), HDAC has become an important molecular target for drug development. This has created the need to develop specific in vivo radioligands t...

Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors such as vorinostat (suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid), valproic acid, romidepsin (FK-228), and LBH589 comprise a relatively new class of potent anticancer agents. This study provides evidence for the potential of vorinostat to cause acquisition of multidrug resistance protein-independent resistance in HCT116 colon tumor cells. This acquired resistance is mod...

Cigarette smoke is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a chronic inflammatory disease of the airway. The increased expression of inflammatory proteins results from enhanced gene transcription, as these mediators are induced in a cell-specific manner. Changes in transcription depend on chromatin remodeling and the relative activities of histone acetyl-transferases (H...

High activity of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is associated with poor prognosis in pre-B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), suggesting that inhibiting mTOR might be clinically useful. However, emerging data indicate that mTOR inhibitors are most effective when combined with other target agents. One strategy is to combine with histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, since B-...

BACKGROUND Recent work has demonstrated the importance of chromatin remodeling, especially histone acetylation, in the control of gene expression in the heart. In cell culture models of cardiac hypertrophy, pharmacological suppression of histone deacetylases (HDACs) can either blunt or amplify cell growth. Thus, HDAC inhibitors hold promise as potential therapeutic agents in hypertrophic heart ...

(Shaked etal., PLoS ONE 2008). To further investigate this finding, several different approaches have been taken. First, the expression of HDAC-regulated candidate genes responsible for controlling neurogenesis has been examined through quantitative realtime RT-PCR. TSA-based inhibition of HDAC activity resulted in upregulation of Bmp2, Stat1, Stat3, Ngn1 and Ngn2 in neural precursors from both...