Therapeutic potential of HDAC inhibitors in the treatment of cardiac diseases: A short review

Curr Drug Targets. 2022 Oct 3. doi: 10.2174/1389450123666221003094908. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTProtein acetylation is a reversible central mechanism to control gene expression and cell signaling events. Current evidence suggests that pharmacological inhibitors for protein deacetylation have already been used in various disease conditions. Accumulating reports showed that several compounds that enhance histone acetylation in cells are in both the preclinical and clinical development stages targeting non-communicable diseases, which include cancerous and non-cancerous especially cardiovascular complications. These compounds are, in general, enzyme inhibitors and target a family of enzymes- called histone deacetylases (HDACs). Since HDAC inhibitors have shown to be helpful in preclinical models of cardiac complications, further research on developing novel compounds with high efficacy and low toxicity may be essential for treating cardiovascular diseases. In this review, we have highlighted the roles of HDAC and its inhibitors in cardiac complications.PMID:36200209 | DOI:10.2174/1389450123666221003094908
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