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The HDAC inhibitor 4b ameliorates the disease phenotype and transcriptional abnormalities in Huntington's disease transgenic mice

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authors

  • Thomas, Elizabeth
  • Coppola, G.
  • Desplats, P. A.
  • Tang, B.
  • Soragni, E.
  • Burnett, R.
  • Gao, F. Y.
  • Fitzgerald, K. M.
  • Borok, J. F.
  • Herman, D.
  • Geschwind, D. H.
  • Gottesfeld, Joel

publication date

  • October 2008

journal

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  Journal

abstract

  • Transcriptional dysregulation has emerged as a core pathologic feature of Huntington's disease (HD), one of several triplet-repeat disorders characterized by movement deficits and cognitive dysfunction. Although the mechanisms contributing to the gene expression deficits remain unknown, therapeutic strategies have aimed to improve transcriptional output via modulation of chromatin structure. Recent studies have demonstrated therapeutic effects of commercially available histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors in several HD models; however, the therapeutic value of these compounds is limited by their toxic effects. Here, beneficial effects of a novel pimelic diphenylamide HDAC inhibitor, HDACi 4b, in an HD mouse model are reported. Chronic oral administration of HDACi 4b, beginning after the onset of motor deficits, significantly improved motor performance, overall appearance, and body weight of symptomatic R6/2(300Q) transgenic mice. These effects were associated with significant attenuation of gross brain-size decline and striatal atrophy. Microarray studies revealed that HDACi 4b treatment ameliorated, in part, alterations in gene expression caused by the presence of mutant huntingtin protein in the striatum, cortex, and cerebellum of R6/2(300Q) transgenic mice. For selected genes, HDACi 4b treatment reversed histone H3 hypoacetylation observed in the presence of mutant huntingtin, in association with correction of mRNA expression levels. These findings suggest that HDACi 4b, and possibly related HDAC inhibitors, may offer clinical benefit for HD patients and provide a novel set of potential biomarkers for clinical assessment.

subject areas

  • Anilides
  • Animals
  • Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
  • Histone Deacetylases
  • Huntington Disease
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Neuroprotective Agents
  • Phenotype
  • Transcription, Genetic
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Research

keywords

  • chromatin
  • epigenetic
  • neurodegenerative
  • therapeutic
  • trinucleotide
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2563081

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0027-8424

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1073/pnas.0804249105

PubMed ID

  • 18829438
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 15564

end page

  • 15569

volume

  • 105

issue

  • 40

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