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Isoform-specific characterization of class I histone deacetylases and their therapeutic modulation in pulmonary hypertension

Authors
Chelladurai, P., Dabral, S., Basineni, S.R., Chen, C.N., Schmoranzer, M., Bender, N., Feld, C., Nötzold, R.R., Dobreva, G., Wilhelm, J., Jungblut, B., Zhao, L., Bauer, U.M., Seeger, W., Pullamsetti, S.S.
ID
ZDB-PUB-200801-4
Date
2020
Source
Scientific Reports   10: 12864 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Dobreva, Gergana, Jungblut, Benno
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Depsipeptides/chemistry
  • Depsipeptides/pharmacology
  • Depsipeptides/therapeutic use
  • Histone Deacetylases/chemistry
  • Histone Deacetylases/pharmacology
  • Histone Deacetylases/therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary/drug therapy*
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Isoenzymes
  • Rats
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Transcriptome/drug effects
  • Vorinostat/chemistry
  • Vorinostat/pharmacology
  • Vorinostat/therapeutic use
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
32733053 Full text @ Sci. Rep.
Abstract
Pharmacological modulation of class I histone deacetylases (HDAC) has been evaluated as a therapeutic strategy for pulmonary hypertension (PH) in experimental models of PH. However, information of their expression, regulation and transcriptional targets in human PH and the therapeutic potential of isoform-selective enzyme modulation are lacking. Comprehensive analysis of expression and regulation of class I HDACs (HDAC1, HDAC2, HDAC3 and HDAC8) was performed in cardiopulmonary tissues and adventitial fibroblasts isolated from pulmonary arteries (PAAF) of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) patients and healthy donors. Cellular functions and transcriptional targets of HDAC enzymes were investigated. Therapeutic effects of pan-HDAC (Vorinostat), class-selective (VPA) and isoform-selective (CAY10398, Romidepsin, PCI34051) HDAC inhibitors were evaluated ex vivo (IPAH-PAAF, IPAH-PASMC) and in vivo (rat chronic hypoxia-induced PH and zebrafish angiogenesis). Our screening identifies dysregulation of class I HDAC isoforms in IPAH. Particularly, HDAC1 and HDAC8 were consistently increased in IPAH-PAs and IPAH-PAAFs, whereas HDAC2 and HDAC8 showed predominant localization with ACTA2-expressing cells in extensively remodeled IPAH-PAs. Hypoxia not only significantly modulated protein levels of deacetylase (HDAC8), but also significantly caused dynamic changes in the global histone lysine acetylation levels (H3K4ac, H3K9/K14ac and H3K27ac). Importantly, isoform-specific RNA-interference revealed that HDAC isoforms regulate distinct subset of transcriptome in IPAH-PAAFs. Reduced transcript levels of KLF2 in IPAH-PAAFs was augmented by HDAC8 siRNA and HDAC inhibitors, which also attenuated IPAH-associated hyperproliferation and apoptosis-resistance ex vivo, and mitigated chronic hypoxia-induced established PH in vivo, at variable degree. Class I HDAC isoforms are significantly dysregulated in human PAH. Isoform-selective HDAC inhibition is a viable approach to circumvent off-target effects.
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