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. 2023 Feb 10;49(3):59. doi: 10.3892/or.2023.8496

Table III.

Effects of HDACs on carcinogenesis.

HDAC Cancer types Substrate (histone and non-histone) Cellular processes affected
HDAC1 Lung, gastric, liver, breast, ovarian, prostate, renal, bladder and hematological H4K16 and H3K56 Differentiation, proliferation, metastasis, apoptosis and cell cycle
HDAC2 Medulloblastoma, gastric, pancreatic, colorectal, breast, ovarian, prostate, renal, bladder and hematological H4K16 and H3K56 Differentiation, proliferation, metastasis, apoptosis and cell cycle
HDAC3 Lung, gastric, breast, ovarian, prostate, bladder, melanoma and hematological H3K9, H3K14, H4K5 and H4K12 Differentiation, proliferation, metastasis, apoptosis, cell cycle and inflammation
HDAC4 Hematological (lymphoblastic leukemia) and colorectal tumors Not defined Angiogenesis
HDAC5 Hematological, bladder, renal, breast, medulloblastoma p53 Proliferation, angiogenesis apoptosis and cell cycle
HDAC6 Hematological (lymphoblastic leukemia) α-tubulin, HSP90 and cortactin Inflammation, metastasis, angiogenesis, cell cycle and apoptosis
HDAC7 Hematological (lymphoblastic leukemia) Not defined Angiogenesis and proliferation
HDAC8 Neuroblastoma, melanoma and hematological ERRα Differentiation, apoptosis and cell cycle
HDAC9 Hematological Not defined Proliferation and apoptosis
HDAC10 Cervical tumors and chronic lymphocytic leukemia Not defined Angiogenesis and cell cycle
HDAC11 Lung, mixed lobular and ductal breast carcinoma, mantle cell lymphoma and myeloproliferative neoplasms Not defined Proliferation and survival
SIRT1, SIRT2, SIRT3, SIRT6 and SIRT7 Breast, head and neck, non-small cell lung, colon, prostate, ovarian, gastric, melanoma and hepatocellular H4K16, H3K9, H3K18, H3K56, H4K16, p53, p73, PTEN, FOXO1, FOXO3a, FOXO4, NICD, MEF2, HIF-1α, HIF-2α, TAF(I)68, SREBP-1c, β-catenin, RelA/p65, PCAF, TIP60, p300, SUV39H1, H4K16, H3K56, α-tubulin and ATP-citrate lyase SETD8 Differentiation, proliferation, metastasis, apoptosis, cell cycle and inflammation

H3K/H4K, histone 2/4 lysine; HIF, hypoxia-inducible factor; HDAC, histone deacetylase; MEF2, myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2; NICD, Notch 1 intracellular domain; PCAF, P300/CBP-associated factor; SIRT, sirtuin; SUV39H1, suppressor of variegation 3–9 homolog 1; ERRα, estrogen-related receptor α; FOXO, forkhead box transcription factors; TAF(I)68, TBP-associated factor; SREBP-1c, sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c; SETD8, SET domain-containing protein 8.