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Table 3 Role of HDACis in Cancer

From: The application of histone deacetylases inhibitors in glioblastoma

pathway

genes/signalings

tumours affected

representative drug

apoptosis

mutant p53 ↓ [96, 97]

TNBC and pancreatic cancer

SAHA, NaB , VPA and TSA

proapoptotic proteins of Bcl-2 family, such as Bim, Bmf, Bax, Bak and Bik ↑

antiapoptotic proteins of Bcl-2 family, such as Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, Bcl-w and Mcl-1 ↓ [93]

melanoma

SBHA

XIAP ↓ [98, 99]

Mesothelioma and leukemia

LBH589 and LAQ824

TBP2 ↑-Trx ↓-ASK1 signaling ↑ [100]

prostate cancer

SAHA

ROS ↑ [101]

CLL

MS-275

TRAIL-DR5 ↑

FASL-FAS (Apo-1 or CD95) ↑

TNF-TNFR-1 ↑ [102, 103]

leukaemia, breast cancer

VPA, SAHA and TSA

human RAD23 homolog B (HR23B) ↑ [104]

U2OS cells

SAHA

erbB2 (Her-2) ↓ [105, 106]

breast cancer

TSA and LAQ824

cell death

NF-κβ ↑ [107]

AKT-mTOR signaling ↓ [94]

Prostate Cancer

glioblastoma

SAHA

SAHA

cell arrest

CDKN1A (encoding p21 WAF1/CIP1)↑ [108,109,110]

CML-BC cells, colon cancer and bladder carcinoma

LAQ824, SAHA and Butyrate

p27 ↑ [111]

leukemia and breast cancer

SAHA and TSA

GADD45 α and GADD45 β ↑ [112]

colon carcinoma

TSA and Butyrate

TGF-βRII ↑ - c-MYC ↓ [113]

Ewing's sarcoma (EWS) and neuroblastoma

MS-275

angiogenesis

HIF-1a ↓ [114]

VEGF ↓ [115]

Lewis lung carcinoma

HepG2 cell

FK228

TSA

DNA repair

Ku86 ↓

Ku70 ↓ [116]

melanoma cells

sodium butyrate (NaB)

RAD51 ↓

BRCA1&2 ↓ [117]

human squamous carcinoma cells (SQ-20B)

TSA

immunity

MHC class I genes ↑

tumor antigens ↑

PD-1 ligands ↑ [118]

melanoma

LBH589, MS-275 and MGCD0103

Treg cells ↓ [119]

renal and prostate cancer

entinostat

  1. ‘↑’ or ‘↓’, represent the up-regulated or down-regulated trend of gene expression, respectively.