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Learn about HDAC and SIRT enzymes, their role in cellular processes, and the importance of finding HDAC inhibitors for cancer treatment. Discover Creative BioMart's HDAC/SIRT screening services, benefits, and procedures. Contact information and a reference are provided.
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are enzymes removing acetyl groups from lysine residues on histone tails, restoring the positive charge of the histone tail lysine residue. HDACs are involved in important biological procedures, including cell differentiation, proliferation, apoptosis, and senescence. Site-specific histone deacetylation could result in a more tightly compacted, heterochromatin conformation, thus repressing eukaryotic gene transcription. Class I, II, and IV belong to the classic HDAC enzymes, whereas class III comprises sirtuin (SIRT) enzymes that require the cofactor NAD+ for their activity. Aberrant HDAC enzyme expression is observed in various diseases and therefore HDAC has been proved to be novel epigenetic targets for the treatment of cancer. It has become one of the most important research fields to find small molecules that function as HDAC enzyme inhibitors with promising anti-tumor efficacy in vitro and in vivo, especially during the coming area of epigenetics. Quite a few HDAC inhibitors have come into the market as anti-cancer drugs, and dozens more are in the process of clinical trials.
Procedure of Histone Deacetylase/SIRT Screening at Creative BioMart HDAC/SIRT assay method at Creative BioMart precludes radioactivity, extraction, and chromatography aspects of other assays. There only needs two simple steps on a microtiter plate to evaluate HDAC activity. An HDAC fluorometric substrate is first incubated with purified HDAC enzyme. Subsequently, the deacetylation catalyzed by HDAC make the resulting product become sensitive to subsequent treatment with the developer, releasing a fluorophore that can be easily measured on a fluorescence reader.
Benefits of Histone Deacetylase/SIRT Screening Services at Creative BioMart