Histone acetylation and deacetylation of DNA-associated proteins have been shown to alter the architecture of chromatin, affecting gene expression and controlling a wide range of biological events. These events are balanced by two sets of cellular enzymes, histone-deacetylases (HDACs) and histone acetyl-transferases (HATs). Pharmacological inhibition of histone-deacetylases (HDACs) using HDAC-inhibitors (HDACis) has been shown to promote dental pulp cell reparative processes with therapeutic implications in various fields including regenerative dentistry. To date, pan-HDACi have generally been used rather than isoform-specific HDACi targeting, despite the fact that HDAC-specific inhibitors have been developed to target HDACs in several tissues. To identify potential therapeutic targets in the tooth, the expression and distribution of HDAC-isoforms need to be analyzed. This chapter focuses on techniques to analyze expression, location, and distribution of individual HDAC-isoforms under mineralizing conditions using both histology and cell biology, along with a description of basic techniques for culturing and mineralization of rodent dental pulp cells.
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Yamauchi, Y., & Duncan, H. F. (2023). Characterization of the Expression and Role of Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation in Dental Pulp Cells. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 2588, pp. 279–293). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2780-8_17
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