期刊
MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
卷 48, 期 3, 页码 533-543出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-013-8441-7
关键词
Histone deacetylase; Epigenetics; Chromatin; Brain tumor stem cell; Medulloblastoma; Brain cancer
资金
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) [303703/2009-1, 484185/2012-8]
- Rafael Koff Acordi Research Fund, Children's Cancer Institute (ICI-RS)
- National Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT-TM)
- South American Office for Anticancer Drug Development
- CNPq
Increasing evidence suggests that alterations in epigenetic mechanisms regulating chromatin state play a role in the pathogenesis of medulloblastoma (MB), the most common malignant brain tumor of childhood. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, which increase chromatin relaxation, have been shown to display anticancer activities. Here we show that the HDAC inhibitor sodium butyrate (NaB) markedly increases cell death and reduces colony formation in human MB cell lines. In addition, NaB increased the mRNA expression of Gria2, a neuronal differentiation marker, in D283 and DAOY cells and reduced the number of neurospheres in D283 cell cultures. Finally, NaB reduced the viability of D283 cells when combined with etoposide. These data show that NaB displays pronounced inhibitory effects on the survival of human MB cells and suggest that NaB might potentiate the effects of etoposide. In addition, our study suggests that HDAC inhibition might promote the neuronal differentiation of MB cells and provides the first evidence that an HDAC inhibitor might suppress the expansion or survival of MB cancer stem cells.
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