Review Article

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors in Cell Pluripotency, Differentiation, and Reprogramming

Table 1

Functions of HDAC inhibitors in stem cell self-renewal or differentiation and somatic cell reprogramming to pluripotency.

NameChemical structureSelf-renewalDifferentiationReprogrammingReferences

Apicidin18154.fig.001+[67]
m-Carboxycinnamic acid bishydroxamide (CBHA)18154.fig.002+[68]
Chlamydocin18154.fig.003↑ HSCs [69]
Entinostat (MS-275)18154.fig.004↑ Neuronal
Oligodentrocytic
+[70]
[67]
M34418154.fig.005↑ Neuronal
Oligodendrocyte
[70]
Oxamflatin18154.fig.006+[71]
Scriptaid18154.fig.007+[72]
Sodium butyrate (NaBu)18154.fig.008↑ hESC
↑ mESC
Adipogenic, chondrogenic neurogenic
↑ Osteogenic
↑ Ductal
↑ Pancreatic and hepatic
+[52]
[52] [73]
[73]
[74]
[6062] [67, 75, 76]
Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA)18154.fig.009↑ Neuronal
Oligodendrocyte
[70]
+[71]
Trichostatin A (TSA)18154.fig.0010 ↑ mESC
↑ ECCs (P19)
↑ Neurosphere cells
[51]
[54]
[55]
↑ ESCs
↑ NSCs
Ductal
Cardiomyocytic
↑ ECCs (F9)
↑ Myocardial
[49, 50]
[77]
[74]
[78]
[54]
[58]
+ [67, 7981]
Valproic acid (VPA)18154.fig.0011 ↑ ECCs (P19) [54]
Adipogenic, chondrogenic neurogenic
↑ Osteogenic
↑ Ductal
↑ ECCs (F9)
Astrocyte, oligodendrocyte
↑ Neuronal
[73]
[73]
[74]
[54]
[65]
[63, 66, 82]
+[81, 83]

Embryonic Stem Cells (ESCs), embryonic carcinoma Cells (ECCs), hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs), and neural stem cells (NSCs).