Targeting epigenetic regulators for cancer therapy: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials

Y Cheng, C He, M Wang, X Ma, F Mo, S Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic alternations concern heritable yet reversible changes in histone or DNA
modifications that regulate gene activity beyond the underlying sequence. Epigenetic …

[HTML][HTML] The world of protein acetylation

A Drazic, LM Myklebust, R Ree, T Arnesen - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2016 - Elsevier
Acetylation is one of the major post-translational protein modifications in the cell, with
manifold effects on the protein level as well as on the metabolome level. The acetyl group …

Histone deacetylases inhibitors in neurodegenerative diseases, neuroprotection and neuronal differentiation

S Shukla, BL Tekwani - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Histone deacetylases (HADC) are the enzymes that remove acetyl group from lysine residue
of histones and non-histone proteins and regulate the process of transcription by binding to …

Lysine acetyltransferases and lysine deacetylases as targets for cardiovascular disease

P Li, J Ge, H Li - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2020 - nature.com
Lysine acetylation is a conserved, reversible, post-translational protein modification
regulated by lysine acetyltransferases (KATs) and lysine deacetylases (KDACs; also known …

Proteomic analysis of lysine acetylation sites in rat tissues reveals organ specificity and subcellular patterns

A Lundby, K Lage, BT Weinert, DB Bekker-Jensen… - Cell reports, 2012 - cell.com
Lysine acetylation is a major posttranslational modification involved in a broad array of
physiological functions. Here, we provide an organ-wide map of lysine acetylation sites from …

Structural biology and regulation of protein import into the nucleus

M Christie, CW Chang, G Róna, KM Smith… - Journal of molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Proteins are translated in the cytoplasm, but many need to access the nucleus to perform
their functions. Understanding how these nuclear proteins are transported through the …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes: Paradigms, puzzles, and potential

A Kazanets, T Shorstova, K Hilmi, M Marques… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cancer constitutes a set of diseases with heterogeneous molecular pathologies. However,
there are a number of universal aberrations common to all cancers, one of these being the …

The many lives of KATs—detectors, integrators and modulators of the cellular environment

BN Sheikh, A Akhtar - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Research over the past three decades has firmly established lysine acetyltransferases
(KATs) as central players in regulating transcription. Recent advances in genomic …

Nucleocytosolic depletion of the energy metabolite acetyl-coenzyme a stimulates autophagy and prolongs lifespan

T Eisenberg, S Schroeder, A Andryushkova, T Pendl… - Cell metabolism, 2014 - cell.com
Healthy aging depends on removal of damaged cellular material that is in part mediated by
autophagy. The nutritional status of cells affects both aging and autophagy through as-yet …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic mechanisms in tumorigenesis, tumor cell heterogeneity and drug resistance

RH Wilting, JH Dannenberg - Drug Resistance Updates, 2012 - Elsevier
Resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapeutics and emerging targeted drugs is a
devastating problem in the treatment of cancer patients. Multiple mechanisms contribute to …