期刊
FASEB JOURNAL
卷 19, 期 7, 页码 1166-+出版社
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-3425fje
关键词
valproic acid; HDAC; trichostatin A; Xenopus laevis; Danio rerio; spina bifida
资金
- NIEHS NIH HHS [R21ES11710] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01MH64761] Funding Source: Medline
Chemically induced birth defects are an important public health and human problem. Here we use Xenopus and zebrafish as models to investigate the mechanism of action of a well-known teratogen, valproic acid (VPA). VPA is a drug used in treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder but causes spina bifida if taken during pregnancy. VPA has several biochemical activities, including inhibition of histone deacetylases (HDACs). To investigate the mechanism of action of VPA, we compared its effects in Xenopus and zebrafish embryos with those of known HDAC inhibitors and noninhibitory VPA analogs. We found that VPA and other HDAC inhibitors cause very similar and characteristic developmental defects whereas VPA analogs with poor inhibitory activity in vivo have little teratogenic effect. Unbiased microarray analysis revealed that the effects of VPA and trichostatin A (TSA), a structurally unrelated HDAC inhibitor, are strikingly concordant. The concordance is apparent both by en masse correlation of fold-changes and by detailed similarity of dose-response profiles of individual genes. Together, the results demonstrate that the teratogenic effects of VPA are very likely mediated specifically by inhibition of HDACs.
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