Furamidine is also a selective and cell-permeable protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) inhibitor with an IC50 of 9.4 μM. Furamidine is selective for PRMT1 over PRMT5, PRMT6, and PRMT4 (CARM1) (IC50s of 166 μM, 283 μM, and >400 μM, respectively). Furamidine (DB75) is abisbenzamidine derivative and an antiparasite agent. Furamidine is a potent, reversible and competitive tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP-1) inhibitor. Inhibition of TDP-1 by Furamidine is effective both with single- and double-stranded DNA substrates but is slightly stronger with the duplex DNA.
Neocarzinostatin is an effective DNA-damaging, anti-tumor antibiotic. It recognizes double-stranded DNA bulge and induces DNA double strand breaks (DSBs). Neocarzinostatin leads to apoptosis. Neocarzinostatin has potential for EpCAM-positive cancer treatment.
Tyrocidine complex is a mixture of cyclic decapeptides originally isolated from B. brevis. It is active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. It forms a complex with single- and double-stranded DNA to inhibit RNA synthesis.
Prexasertib dimesylate (LY2606368 dimesylate) is a highly selective ATP-competitive second-generation inhibitor of checkpoint kinase 1 (CHK1). With a K i of 0.9 nM and an IC 50 of <1 nM, Prexasertib dimesylate effectively inhibits CHK2 (IC 50 = 8 nM) and RSK1 (IC 50 = 9 nM). Its mechanism of action involves inducing double-stranded DNA breakage and replication catastrophe, ultimately leading to apoptosis. Moreover, Prexasertib dimesylate demonstrates potent anti-tumor activity.
Prexasertib is a potent and selective Chk1 Chk2 inhibitor. Prexasertib increases the effectiveness of conventional therapy in B- T- cell progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. LY2606368 causes replication catastrophe and antitumor effects through CHK1-d
CBP-93872 is a G2 checkpoint inhibitor. CBP-93872 specifically abrogates the DNA double-stranded break (DSB)-induced G2 checkpoint through inhibiting maintenance. CBP-93872 is an inhibitor of maintenance of the DSB-specific G2 checkpoint and thus might be a strong candidate as the basis for a drug that specifically sensitizes p53-mutated cancer cells to DSB-inducing DNA damage therapy.