Lu, Zirui published the artcileNitazoxanide and related thiazolides induce cell death in cancer cells by targeting the 20S proteasome with novel binding modes, SDS of cas: 55981-09-4, the main research area is nitazoxanide thiazolide preparation proteasome inhibitor antitumor activity; 20S proteasome; Anti-tumor; Nitazoxanide; Thiazolides.
Nitazoxanide and related thiazolides are a novel class of anti-infectious agents against protozoan parasites, bacteria and viruses. In recent years, it is demonstrated that thiazolides can also induce cell cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death in cancer cells. Due to their fast proliferating nature, cancer cells highly depend on the proteasome system to remove aberrant proteins. Many of these aberrant proteins are regulators of cell cycle progression and apoptosis, such as the cyclins, BCL2 family members and nuclear factor of κB (NF-κB). Here, we demonstrate at both mol. and cellular levels that the 20S proteasome is a direct target of NTZ and related thiazolides. By concurrently inhibiting the multiple catalytic subunits of 20S proteasome, NTZ promotes cell cycle arrest and triggers cell death in colon cancer cells, either directly or as a sensitizer to other anti-tumor agents, especially doxorubicin. We further show that the binding mode of NTZ in the β5 subunit of the 20S proteasome is different from that of bortezomib and other existing proteasome inhibitors. These findings provide new insights in the design of novel small mol. proteasome inhibitors as anti-tumor agents suitable for solid tumor treatment in an oral dosing form.
Biochemical Pharmacology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) published new progress about Antitumor agents. 55981-09-4 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, name is 2-((5-Nitrothiazol-2-yl)carbamoyl)phenyl acetate, and the molecular formula is C12H9N3O5S, SDS of cas: 55981-09-4.
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