MS-073 (CP-162398) is a P-glycoprotein inhibitor (P-gp). The in vitro resistance to vincristine (VCR) was almost completely reversed in VCR-resistant P388 cells, and the resistance of VCR, adriamycin (ADM), etoposide, and actinomycin D in ADM-resistant hu
Milbemycin A4 oxime is a derivative of milbemycin A4 and a component of milbemycin oxime , compounds that both have insecticidal and nematocidal activity. Milbemycin A4 oxime (0.05 mg kg) reduces the number of microfilariae of the heartworm D. immitis in naturally infested dogs. It inhibits the growth of clinical isolates of C. glabrata with MIC80 values ranging from 16 to greater than 32 μg ml. Milbemycin A4 oxime (2.5 μg ml) blocks efflux of fluconazole from a clinical isolate of C. glabrata, but not from a strain lacking the efflux pumps CgCDR1 and PDH1, and reduces the MICs of fluconazole and 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide in wild-type C. glabrata. It enhances adriamycin-induced inhibition of cell growth, as well as increases the intracellular accumulation of adriamycin and the P-glycoprotein substrate rhodamine 123 , in adriamycin-resistant, but not -sensitive, MCF-7 breast cancer cells in a concentration-dependent manner.
Sialic acids, commonly present as terminal carbohydrates on glycoconjugates, are essential for a variety of cellular functions including cell adhesion and signal recognition, as well as the formation and progression of tumors. 3-Deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-2-nonulosonic acid is a deaminated sialic acid that was first identified at the nonreducing ends of oligosialyl chains in rainbow trout egg glycoprotein.[1] It is thought to be a precursor for the biosynthesis of other members of the sialic acid family.[2] 3-Deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-2-nonulosonic acid can be used to analyze nonulosonic acid residues in polysialoglycoproteins.[1]
Defensin HNP-3 is a peptide secreted by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) that has antimicrobial properties. It induces lysis of mammalian cells when used at a concentration of 25 μg mL. It also inhibits growth of E. faecalis (ED50 = 100 nM) and clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa (MIC90 = 4 μM). HNP-3 binds to recombinant HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (gp120) and human CD4 (Kds = 52.8 and 34.9 nM, respectively). It also binds to recombinant, immobilized human surfactant protein D (SP-D; Kd = 55.7 nM) and inhibits focus formation in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells infected with influenza A virus (IAV).