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Deutsch Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg

HDAC inhibitors trigger apoptosis in HPV+ cells by inducing E2F-p73 pathway

Published in Aging and Elder Health Week, September 5th, 2004

HDAC inhibitors trigger apoptosis in HPV+ cells by inducing the E2F-p73 pathway.

"Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors induce an intrinsic type of apoptosis in human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive cells by disrupting the mitochondrial transmembrane potential (DeltaPsim ).

"Loss of DeltaPsim was only detected in E7, but not in E6 oncogene-expressing cells. HDAC inhibition led to a time-dependent degradation of the pocket proteins pRb, p107 and p130, releasing 'free' E2F-1 following initial G1 arrest," investigators in Germany report.

"Inhibition of proteasomal proteolysis, but not of caspase activity, rescued...

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