In the adult heart, a variety of stresses induce re-expression of a fetal gene program in association with myocyte hypertrophy and heart failure. Here we show that histone deacetylase-2 (Hdac2) regulates expression of many fetal cardiac isoforms. Hdac2 deficiency or chemical histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition prevented the re-expression of fetal genes and attenuated cardiac hypertrophy in hearts exposed to hypertrophic stimuli. Resistance to hypertrophy was associated with increased expression of the gene encoding inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase f (Inpp5f) resulting in constitutive activation of glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (Gsk3beta) via inactivation of thymoma viral proto-oncogene (Akt) and 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (Pdk1). In contrast, Hdac2 transgenic mice had augmented hypertrophy associated with inactivated Gsk3beta. Chemical inhibition of activated Gsk3beta allowed Hdac2-deficient adults to become sensitive to hypertrophic stimulation. These results suggest that Hdac2 is an important molecular target of HDAC inhibitors in the heart and that Hdac2 and Gsk3beta are components of a regulatory pathway providing an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
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Hdac2 regulates the cardiac hypertrophic response by modulating Gsk3 beta activity. Journal Published:
PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov
Journal: Nature medicine
VOLUME: 13
Page Numbers: 324-31
Journal Abbreviation: Nat. Med.
ISSN: 1078-8956
DAY: 18
MONTH: 02
YEAR: 2007
Hdac2 regulates the cardiac hypertrophic response by modulating Gsk3 beta activity. Information
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LANGUAGE: eng
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Hdac2 regulates the cardiac hypertrophic response by modulating Gsk3 beta activity. Keywords Mesh Terms:
KEYWORDS: Signal Transduction
MESH TERMS: physiology
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Substance Name: histone deacetylase-2
Registry Number: EC 3.5.1.-
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AFFILIATION: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, 1156 Basic Research Building II, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Country: United States
AGENCY: United States NHLBI
GRANT: R01 HL071546
ACRONYM: HL
MEDLINETA: Nat Med
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