TunR1 is an antibiotic and derivative of tunicamycin .1It is active againstB. subtilis(MIC = 0.3 μg ml) and increases the efficacy of the β-lactam antibiotics oxacillin , methicillin , and penicillin G againstB. subtiliswhen used at a concentration of 0.4 μg ml. TunR1 (5 μg ml) is cytotoxic to MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells and non-cancerous CHO cells. Unlike tunicamycin, TunR1 does not inhibit glycosylation in a protein N-glycosylation assay. 1.Price, N.P., Hartman, T.M., Li, J., et al.Modified tunicamycins with reduced eukaryotic toxicity that enhance the antibacterial activity of β-lactamsJ. Antibiot. (Tokyo)70(11)1070-1077(2017)
NR-160 is an inhibitor of histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6; IC50= 0.03 μM).1It is selective for HDAC6 over HDAC1, -2, -3, -4, and -8 (IC50s = 5.18, 2.26, 8.48, 55.4, and 14.7 μM, respectively). NR-160 is cytotoxic against a panel of seven cancer cell lines (IC50s = 22.5-51.8 μM). It enhances cytotoxicity induced by bortezomib in HL-60 cells, as well as cytotoxicity induced by epirubicin or daunorubicin in CCRF-HSB-2 T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.