Review Article

Emerging Role of Histone Acetyltransferase in Stem Cells and Cancer

Table 2

Involvement of HAT in normal development.

HATOrganismImpact on developmentRef

CBPNull miceNeural tube closure and embryonic vascular and cardiac defects[35]

CBPMice harbouring point mutation or deletion of the HAT domainSeveral defects in memory and synaptic plasticity[37, 38]

CBPNull miceRubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RTS) multilineage[8]

p300Heterozygous miceEmbryonic lethality[35]

p300Mice harbouring point mutationDefects in the hematopoiesis (B-cell deficiency, megakaryocytosis, and thrombocytosis)[39]

GCN5Mice harbouring a point mutations abrogating GN5 HAT activityCranial neural tube closure defects and exencephaly[41]

GCN5Null miceEarly embryonic lethality[40]
Knockdown zebrafishCardiac, fin, and limb defects[45]

pCAFNull miceNormal phenotype in the embryo[42, 44]
Defects in learning abilities and short-term and long-term memory in adult[44]
Knockdown zebrafishCardiac, fin, and limb defects[45]

ATAT-1Null miceViable, without morphological defects; loss of α-tubulin acetylation in sperm flagella; dentate gyrus distortion[46]