PMID- 21151616 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110404 LR - 20211203 IS - 1110-7251 (Electronic) IS - 1110-7243 (Print) IS - 1110-7243 (Linking) VI - 2011 DP - 2011 TI - Roles and targets of class I and IIa histone deacetylases in cardiac hypertrophy. PG - 928326 LID - 10.1155/2011/928326 [doi] LID - 928326 AB - Cardiac hypertrophy occurs in association with heart diseases and ultimately results in cardiac dysfunction and heart failure. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are post-translational modifying enzymes that can deacetylate histones and non-histone proteins. Research with HDAC inhibitors has provided evidence that the class I HDACs are pro-hypertrophic. Among the class I HDACs, HDAC2 is activated by hypertrophic stresses in association with the induction of heat shock protein 70. Activated HDAC2 triggers hypertrophy by inhibiting the signal cascades of either Kruppel like factor 4 (KLF4) or inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase f (Inpp5f). Thus, modulators of HDAC2 enzymes, such as selective HDAC inhibitors, are considered to be an important target for heart diseases, especially for preventing cardiac hypertrophy. In contrast, class IIa HDACs have been shown to repress cardiac hypertrophy by inhibiting cardiac-specific transcription factors such as myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2), GATA4, and NFAT in the heart. Studies of class IIa HDACs have shown that the underlying mechanism is regulated by nucleo-cytoplasm shuttling in response to a variety of stress signals. In this review, we focus on the class I and IIa HDACs that play critical roles in mediating cardiac hypertrophy and discuss the non-histone targets of HDACs in heart disease. FAU - Kee, Hae Jin AU - Kee HJ AD - Medical Research Center for Gene Regulation, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 501-746, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kook, Hyun AU - Kook H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20101129 PL - United States TA - J Biomed Biotechnol JT - Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology JID - 101135740 RN - 0 (Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (KLF4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Klf4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Kruppel-Like Factor 4) RN - EC 3.5.1.98 (Histone Deacetylases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cardiomegaly/*drug therapy/*enzymology MH - Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Histone Deacetylases/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Kruppel-Like Factor 4 MH - Mice MH - Molecular Targeted Therapy/methods PMC - PMC2997602 EDAT- 2010/12/15 06:00 MHDA- 2011/04/05 06:00 PMCR- 2010/11/29 CRDT- 2010/12/15 06:00 PHST- 2010/07/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/10/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/12/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/12/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/04/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/11/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2011/928326 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biomed Biotechnol. 2011;2011:928326. doi: 10.1155/2011/928326. Epub 2010 Nov 29.