An Isochemogenic set of inhibitors to define the therapeutic potential of histone deacetylases in β-cell protection
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Modulation of histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity has been implicated as a potential therapeutic strategy for multiple diseases. However, it has been difficult to dissect the role of individual HDACs due to a lack of selective small-molecule inhibitors. Here, we report the synthesis of a series of highly potent and isoform-selective class I HDAC inhibitors, rationally designed by exploiting minimal structural changes to the clinically experienced HDAC inhibitor CI-994. We used this toolkit of isochemogenic or chemically matched inhibitors to probe the role of class I HDACs in β-cell pathobiology and demonstrate for the first time that selective inhibition of an individual HDAC isoform retains beneficial biological activity and mitigates mechanism-based toxicities. The highly selective HDAC3 inhibitor BRD3308 suppressed pancreatic β-cell apoptosis induced by inflammatory cytokines, as expected, or now glucolipotoxic stress, and increased functional insulin release. In addition, BRD3308 had no effect on human megakaryocyte differentiation, while inhibitors of HDAC1 and 2 were toxic. Our findings demonstrate that the selective inhibition of HDAC3 represents a potential path forward as a therapy to protect pancreatic β-cells from inflammatory cytokines and nutrient overload in diabetes.
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- Authors
- Wagner, F. F., Lundh, M., Kaya, T., McCarren, P., Zhang, Y.-L., Chattopadhyay, S., Gale, J. P., Galbo, T., Fisher, S. L., Meier, B. C., Vetere, A., Richardson, S., Morgan, N. G., Christensen, D. P., Gilbert, T. J., Hooker, J. M., Leroy, M., Walpita, D., Mandrup-Poulsen, T., Wagner, B. K., & Holson, E. B.
- Affiliations
- Broad Institute (US)
- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
- Yale University (US)
- SL Fisher Consulting, LLC, PO Box 3052, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701, United States
- University of Exeter (GB)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Wagner, Bridget K.
- Holson, Edward B.
- ORCID
- Venue
- ACS Chemical Biology
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2015-12-07
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 363-374
- ISSN
- 1554-8929 (ISSN-L)
- 1554-8937
- OpenAlex
- W2285137452
- Cited by
- 86
- References
- 48
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- 2026: 6 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 6
- FWCI
- 3.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ACS Chemical Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
- Royal Devon and Exeter Research Repository (Royal Devon and Exeter) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (1DP2-DK083048-01)
- Stanley Medical Research Institute
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (17-2013-437)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Enzyme function and inhibition
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pancreatic function and diabetes
- Keywords
- histone deacetylase, class I HDAC inhibitors, HDAC3, HDAC1, HDAC2, CI-994, beta-cell protection, beta-cell apoptosis, glucolipotoxicity, inflammatory cytokines, insulin secretion, megakaryopoiesis, diabetes treatment, isoform selectivity
- MeSH terms
- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Cell Line, Histone Deacetylases, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Drug Design, Apoptosis, Cytoprotection, Protein Isoforms, Insulin-Secreting Cells, Rats, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
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