DMH2 is an antagonist of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type I receptor. It acts by decreasing growth and inducing cell death of lung cancer cell lines.
Mitolactol is an alkylating antineoplastic toxic to bone marrow; utilized in breast cancer, also in combination with other drugs. Mitolactol is able to cross bloodbrain barrier, consequently could control certain brain tumors.
Incadronate Disodium is a bone resorption inhibitor. Incadronate disodium inhibits macrophage migration to site of inflammation in vivo and proliferation and causes apoptosis in cancer cells in vitro.
p-SCN-Bn-HOPO is an excellent bifunctional chelating agent for (89)Zr ImmunoPET, with low background, good tumor-organ contrast, and importantly, very low bone uptake for BT474 breast cancer imaging.
Neuromedin U (NMU) is a neuropeptide first demonstrated to drive smooth muscle contraction.1Translated as a 174 amino acid propeptide, NMU is cleaved to different lengths in different animals. It has diverse receptor-mediated rolesin vivo, as it regulates feeding, vasoconstriction, nociception, and bone remodeling and contributes to obesity, cancer and septic shock.2,2NMU-25 is the active form of NMU in humans. It binds with high affinity to receptors on human left ventricle and coronary artery (KDs = 0.26 and 0.11 nM, respectively), eliciting endothelium-independent vasoconstriction.3NMU-25 also suppresses glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in human islets, and this effect is lost in NMU R165W mutants, resulting in early-onset obesity.4 1.Mitchell, J.D., Maguire, J.J., and Davenport, A.P.Emerging pharmacology and physiology of neuromedin U and the structurally related peptide neuromedin SBritish Journal of Pharmacology15887-103(2009) 2.Greenwood, H.C., Bloom, S.R., and Murphy, K.G.Peptides and their potential role in the treatment of diabetes and obesityRev.Diabet.Stud.8(3)355-368(2011) 3.Mitchell, J.D., Maguire, J.J., Kuc, R.E., et al.Expression and vasoconstrictor function of anorexigenic peptides neuromedin U-25 and S in the human cardiovascular systemCardiovascular Research81353-361(2009) 4.Alfa, R.W., Park, S., Skelly, K.R., et al.Suppression of insulin production and secretion by a decretin hormoneCell Metabolism21(2)323-333(2015)