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Table 2 In vitro activity and in silico data of the main HDAC6 specific inhibitors

From: HDAC6 as a target for neurodegenerative diseases: what makes it different from the other HDACs?

Tubacin

 

Inhibition of HDAC isoforms

 

Class I

Class II

Class IV

 

HDAC1

HDAC2

HDAC3

HDAC8

HDAC4

HDAC5

HDAC7

HDAC9

HDAC6

HDAC10

HDAC11

IC 50 (nM)

1400 [40]

6270 [40]

1270 [40]

1270 [40]

17300 [40]

3350 [40]

9700 [40]

4310 [40]

4 [40]

-

3790 [40]

995 [62]

-

-

6100 [62]

-

-

-

-

28 [62]

-

-

In silico data

Homology modeling, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations highlight differences between HDAC1, HDAC6 and HDAC8 [37]

In vitro

Model

Outcomes

Observed in

AD

Decrease of tau phosphorylation with no disruption of HDAC6-tau interaction [32]

Human embryonic kidney cells (HEK) and HEK cells stably expressing tau (HEK-tau) [32]

PD

Block of the centrosomal recruitment of parkin [63]

HEK-293T and SH-SY5Y cells [63]

Block of the formation of aggresome-like bodies and interference with autophagy [64]

Rat pheochromocytoma cell line (PC12) and SH-SY5Ys [64]

HD

Neuroprotection [65]

Mouse striatal cells derived from WT htt mice and from HdhQ109 knock-in mice, HEK-293 cells, Cos7 cells, primary cortical neurons [65]

ND and Co

Disruption of autophagic degradation of aggregated huntingtin [66]

Neuro2a [66]

Neuroprotection against oxidative stress [67]

LNCaP, Du145, PC3 HFS and LAPC4 cells [67]

 

Improvement of mitochondrial movement [68]

Rat hippocampal neurons [68]

Mercaptoacetamide derivative

 

Inhibition of HDAC isoforms

 

Class I

Class II

Class IV

 

HDAC1

HDAC2

HDAC3

HDAC8

HDAC4

HDAC5

HDAC7

HDAC9

HDAC6

HDAC10

HDAC11

IC 50 (nM)

3220 [69]

7380 [69]

-

-

-

-

-

-

95 [69]

10700 [69]

-

In vitro

Model

Outcomes

Observed in

ND and Co

Neuroprotection against oxidative stress [69]

Rat cortical neurons [69]

Tubastatin A

 

Inhibition of HDAC isoforms

 

Class I

Class II

Class IV

 

HDAC1

HDAC2

HDAC3

HDAC8

HDAC4

HDAC5

HDAC7

HDAC9

HDAC6

HDAC10

HDAC11

IC 50 (nM)

16400 [40]

>30000 [40]

>30000 [40]

8540 [40]

>30000 [40]

>30000 [40]

>30000 [40]

>30000 [40]

15 [40]

>30000 [40]

>30000 [40]

In silico data

Homology modeling and molecular docking highlight differences between HDAC1 and HDAC6 [40]

In vitro

Model

Outcomes

Observed in

ND and Co

Neuroprotection against oxidative stress [40]

Rat primary cortical neurons [40]

M344

 

Inhibition of HDAC isoforms

 

Class I

Class II

Class IV

 

HDAC1

HDAC2

HDAC3

HDAC8

HDAC4

HDAC5

HDAC7

HDAC9

HDAC6

HDAC10

HDAC11

IC 50 (nM)

249 [70]

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

88[70]

-

-

In vitro

Model

Outcomes

Observed in

AD

Effect on Aβ pathology [71]

Human neuroblastoma cells; rat hippocampal neurons, primary astrocytes, cerebral cortices and midbrain [71]

WT-161

In vitro

Model

Outcomes

Observed in

Myeloma cells

Increased acetylated α-tubulin (K40) over total acetylated lysine at 2 μM

Human MM1.S cells

In vivo

Model

Outcomes

Observed in

Co

Increased acetylated α-tubulin (K40) [52]

Area CA1 of hippocampus from mice treated with WT-161 at 25 mg/kg i.p. during 10 days [52]

  

Did not improve cognition [52]

Memory test in mice treated with WT-161 at 25 mg/kg i.p. during 10 days [52]

  1. AD: Alzheimer’s disease; ND: neurodegeneration (disesase not specified); Co: cognition.