The antileishmanial activity of isoforms 6- and 8-selective histone deacetylase inhibitors

Quaovi Sodji, Vishal Patil, Surendra Jain, James R. Kornacki, Milan Mrksich, Babu L. Tekwani*, Adegboyega K. Oyelere

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Abstract

Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) pleiotropy is largely due to their nonselective inhibition of various cellular HDAC isoforms. Connecting inhibition of a specific isoform to biological responses and/or phenotypes is essential toward deconvoluting HDACi pleiotropy. The contribution of classes I and II HDACs to the antileishmanial activity of HDACi was investigated using the amastigote and promastigote forms of Leishmania donovani. We observed that the antileishmanial activities of HDACi are largely due to the inhibition of HDAC6-like activity. This observation could facilitate the development of HDACi as antileishmanial agents.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4826-4830
Number of pages5
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume24
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 15 2014

Funding

This work was financially supported by NIH Grant R01CA131217 (A.K.O.) and US Department of Defense CDMPR Grant No. W81XWH-09-2-0093 (B.L.T. & S.K.J.). Q.H.S. is a recipient of the GAANN predoctoral fellowship from the Georgia Tech Center for Drug Design, Development and Delivery and a dissertation fellowship from the Southern Regional Education Board.

Keywords

  • 3-Hydroxypyridin-2-thione
  • Histone deacetylase inhibitors
  • Leishmania donovani
  • Trichostatin A
  • Tubastatin A

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Drug Discovery
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Organic Chemistry

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