Targeting glioblastoma with HDAC inhibitors: insights into hydroxamic acid-based therapeutic strategies.

ABSTRACT: Epigenetic modifications play crucial roles in glioblastoma growth and aggressiveness, with key regulators including histone deacetylases (HDACs), histone acetyltransferases (HATs), and methyltransferases. Targeting these epigenetic alterations has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy, utilizing DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) inhibitors, HDAC inhibitors (HDACis), and miRNA-based therapies. HDACis, whose effect on p53, p21, Bax, and Bcl-2, have gained significant interest because of their ability to restore the expression of tumor suppressor genes, thereby inducing apoptosis and overcoming therapeutic resistance. Our study demonstrated that a novel hydroxamic acid analogue, compound 3B, effectively inhibited glioma cell (C6) proliferation and exhibited potent anticancer activity. Compo

SUBMITTER: Pai P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12776992 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature