Pifithrin-α enhancing anticancer effect of topotecan on p53-expressing cancer cells was written by Guo, Jianli;Tang, Qin;Wang, Qingling;Sun, Wenhui;Pu, Zhongji;Wang, Jingyun;Bao, Yongming. And the article was included in European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2019.COA of Formula: C16H19BrN2OS The following contents are mentioned in the article:
P53 is generally known as an effective anti-cancer mol., but it is lost or mutated in more than 50% of human tumors. It is still a controversial issue whether the activity of p53 really benefits for treating cancers, we wondered what would happen if the endogenous p53 was inhibited before treated with topotecan (TPT) on p53 pos. tumor cells. In this study, pifithrin-α (PFTα), a p53 inhibitor, was used 2 h before treated with TPT on three kinds of cancer cell lines including MCF7, BGC823 and HepG2 cells. The IC50s of TPT for MCF7, BGC823 and HepG2 cells after 10μΜ PFTα pretreated, was 4.8 to 14.4 folds lower than the effect of TPT alone. It was demonstrated that PFTα decreases the p-p53 levels and p-p53 activity, not affects p53 expression in p53 pos. tumor cells. PFTα enhanced anticancer effect of TPT on cells was found mainly by two ways. Firstly, it increased the TPT accumulation in cells and nucleus and promoted the inhibition of TPT on activity of Topo I, and induced more DNA damage. Secondly, PFTα decreased formation of p53/mdm2 complex responsible for p53 degradation by inhibiting the protein expression of mdm2, so p53 degradation was decreased in cytoplasm and p53 accumulation was increased in nucleus, which induced more cells undergo apoptosis. So, the crosstalk between p53 and TPT played a pivotal role for enhancing anticancer effects of PFTα and TPT on p53 pos. cancer cells. This study involved multiple reactions and reactants, such as 2-(2-Imino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzothiazol-3-yl)-1-p-tolylethanone Hydrobromide (cas: 63208-82-2COA of Formula: C16H19BrN2OS).
2-(2-Imino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzothiazol-3-yl)-1-p-tolylethanone Hydrobromide (cas: 63208-82-2) belongs to thiazole derivatives. The thiazole ring has been identified as a central feature of numerous natural products, perhaps the most famous example of which is epothilone. The nitrogen in thiazole is sp2 hybridized and the lone pair of electrons localized on the nitrogen is less reactive due to increased aromatic character and decreased basicity. It is protonated and alkylated/acylated at nitrogen forming hydrochloride and quaternary thiazolium salt.COA of Formula: C16H19BrN2OS
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