TY - JOUR A2 - Matthias, Patrick AU - Li, Yongqing AU - Alam, Hasan B. PY - 2011 DA - 2011/02/15 TI - Modulation of Acetylation: Creating a Pro-survival and Anti-Inflammatory Phenotype in Lethal Hemorrhagic and Septic Shock SP - 523481 VL - 2011 AB - Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play a key role in homeostasis of protein acetylation in histone and nonhistone proteins and in regulating fundamental cellular activities. In this paper we review and discuss intriguing recent developments in the use of histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) to combat some critical conditions in an animal model of hemorrhagic and septic shock. HDACIs have neuroprotective, cardioprotective, renal-protective, and anti-inflammatory properties; survival improvements have been significantly shown in these models. We discuss the targets and mechanisms underlying these effects of HDACIs and comment on the potential new clinical applications for these agents in the future. This paper highlights the emerging roles of HDACIs as acetylation modulators in models of hemorrhagic and septic shock and explains some contradictions encountered in previous studies. SN - 2314-6133 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/523481 DO - 10.1155/2011/523481 JF - Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -