Issue 10, 2009
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Natural Product Reports

Discovery, biological activity, synthesis and potential therapeutic utility of naturally occurring histone deacetylase inhibitors

Tenaya L. Newkirk,ab   Albert A. Bowersab  and  Robert M. Williams*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

b University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado

Abstract

Covering: up to 2009

A number of small-molecule natural products have been shown to inhibit the activity of histone deacetylases (HDACs). These enzymes catalyze the hydrolysis of N-acetyl lysine residues of the histone proteins that package chromosomal DNA and thereby play a vital role in mediating gene expression. HDAC inhibitors (HDACi) are potent cytotoxic agents with significant potential as anticancer therapeutics and it is currently thought that their selective activity on members of specific subclasses of the eighteen known human HDAC isoforms is important to this activity and to moderation of their toxicity. Herein, we discuss both linear and cyclic HDACi, as well as selected synthetically derived analogs.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B817886K
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
04 Apr 2009
First published
03 Aug 2009

Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009,26, 1293-1320

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Discovery, biological activity, synthesis and potential therapeutic utility of naturally occurring histone deacetylase inhibitors

T. L. Newkirk, A. A. Bowers and R. M. Williams, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 1293 DOI: 10.1039/B817886K

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