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In cell lines from multiple solid tumor lineages, combination treatment with ACY-241 and paclitaxel enhances inhibition of proliferation and increases cell death relative to either single agent alone. Combination treatment with ACY-241 and paclitaxel also results in more frequent occurrence of mitotic cells with abnormal multipolar spindles and aberrant mitoses, and is associated with increased frequency of abnormal multipolar mitotic spindle formation, induction of aneuploidy, and increased cell death. In A2780 ovarian cancer cells, 24 hour treatment with 300 nM ACY-241 results in increased hyperacetylation of α-tubulin, consistent with inhibition of the tubulin deacetylase HDAC6. Low exposures of ACY-241 result in selective inhibition of HDAC6, while higher exposures lead to inhibition of Class I HDAC isozymes[1].
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