Histones play a critical role in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression, and developmental events. Histone acetylation / deacetylation alters chromosome structure and affects transcription factor access to DNA. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to class I of the histone deacetylase/acuc/apha family. It has histone deacetylase activity and represses transcription when tethered to a promoter.[3]
HDAC8 has been linked to number of disease states notably to acute myeloid leukemia and is related to actin cytoskeleton in smooth muscle cells. siRNA targeting HDAC8 showed anticancer effects.[6] Inhibition of HDAC8 induced apoptosis has been observed in T cell lymphomas.[7] In addition the HDAC8 enzyme has been implicated in the pathogenesis of neuroblastoma.[8] Therefore, there has been interest in developing HDAC8 selective inhibitors.[9][10]
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Waltregny D, North B, Van Mellaert F, et al. (2005). "Screening of histone deacetylases (HDAC) expression in human prostate cancer reveals distinct class I HDAC profiles between epithelial and stromal cells". European Journal of Histochemistry. 48 (3): 273–90. PMID15590418.
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