Abstract:Objective To explore the role of histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) in modulating the neuron death during Parkinson's disease (PD) via methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) / suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) axis.Methods SH-SY5Y cells were divided into: control, MPP+, MPP+ + HDAC2 inhibitor, MPP+ + HDAC2 inhbitor + sh-NC and MPP+ + HDAC2 inhibitor + sh-METTL3 group, and the alterations in cell death, cell vibility, HDAC2, METTL3, SOCS3 and the lacylation of Lsy in histone 3 (H3K18la) were compared; oe-NC and oe-METTL3 group, and the differences in SOCS3, m6A-modified SOCS3, METTL3 and the enrichment of METTL3 in SOCS3 between the two groups were compared.Results Compared to control group, MPP+ group showed the enhancement of cell death and HDAC2, the decline in METTL3, H3K18la, SOCS3, cell viability and enrichment of H3K18la in METTL3 (P < 0.05). Compared to MPP+ group, MPP+ + HDAC2 inhibitor group displayed the decreases of cell death, and the increases of METTL3, H3K18la, SOCS3, cell viability and enrichment of H3K18la in METTL3 (P < 0.05). There were no significant changes in cell death, METTL3, SOCS3 and cell viability between MPP+ + HDAC2 inhibitor and MPP+ + HDAC2 inhbitor + sh-NC group (P > 0.05). Compared to MPP+ + HDAC2 inhbitor + sh-NC group, MPP+ + HDAC2 inhibitor + sh-METTL3 group showed the elevation of cell death, and the reduction of METTL3, SOCS3 and cell viability (P < 0.05). Compared to oe-NC group, oe-METTL3 group developed the rise in METTL3, SOCS3, SOCS3 stability, m6A-modified SOCS3 and enrichment of METTL3 in SOCS3 (P < 0.05).Conclusion In PD, HDAC2 inhibited METTL3 via inducing the de-lactylation of METTL3, which led to the decrease of m6A-modified SOCS3 and SOCS3 expression. Downregulation of SOCS3 contributed to the occurrence of PD.