Bile acids are essential for solubilization and transport of dietary lipids, are the major products of cholesterol catabolism, and are physiological ligands for farnesoid X receptor (FXR), a nuclear receptor that regulates genes involved in lipid metabolism.1They are also inherently cytotoxic, as physiological imbalance contributes to increased oxidative stress.2,3Bile acid-controlled signaling pathways are promising novel targets to treat such metabolic diseases as obesity, type II diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerosis.Guggulsterone, derived from resin of the guggul tree, is a competitive antagonist of FXR bothin vitroandin vivo.4Thecisstereoisomer of guggulsterone, (E)-guggulsterone, decreases chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA)-induced FXR activation with an IC50value of 15 μM.5,6By inhibiting CDCA-induced transactivation of FXR, guggulsterone lowers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride levels in rodents fed a high cholesterol diet.4 1.Makishima, M., Okamoto, A.Y., Repa, J.J., et al.Identification of a nuclear receptor for bile acidsScience2841362-1365(1999) 2.Barbier, O., Torra, I.P., Sirvent, A., et al.FXR induces the UGT2B4 enzyme in hepatocytes: A potential mechanism of negative feedback control of FXR activityGastroenterology1241926-1940(2003) 3.Tan, K.P., Yang, M., and Ito, S.Activation of nuclear factor (erythroid-2 like) factor 2 by toxic bile acids provokes adaptive defense responses to enhance cell survival at the emergence of oxidative stressMol. Pharmacol.72(5)1380-1390(2007) 4.Urizar, N.L., Liverman, A.B., Dodds, D.T., et al.A natural product that lowers cholesterol as an anatagonist ligand for FXRScience296(5573)1703-1706(2002) 5.Cui, J., Huang, L., Zhao, A., et al.Guggulsterone is a farnesoid X receptor antagonist in coactivator association assays but acts to enhance transcription of bile salt export pumpThe Journal of Biological Chemisty278(12)10214-10220(2003) 6.Wu, J., Xia, C., Meier, J., et al.The hypolipidemic natural product guggulsterone acts as an antagonist of the bile acid receptorMolecular Endocrinology16(7)1590-1597(2002)
Lysine-specific demethylase inhibitor (1C) (LSD inhibitor (1C)) is an inhibitor of LSD1, a repressive demethylase selective for histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4).1,2LSD inhibitor (1C) inhibits LSD1 activity by 85.9% when used at a concentration of 10 μM.1It increases the level of H3K4 methylation, including H3K4me1 and H3K4me2 but not H3K9me2 levels, in HCT116 human colon carcinoma cells.2LSD inhibitor (1C) also induces re-expression of the Wnt signaling pathway proteins secreted frizzle-related protein 1 (SFRP1), SFRP4, and SFRP5, as well as the transcriptionfactor GATA5, which are aberrantly silenced in HCT116 cells.
Tonantzitlolone is a natural agonist of tprc1 4 5 channels, also acting as a dual pkcα and pkcθ activator, inducing an insulin resistant phenotype by inhibiting irs1 and the pi3k akt pathway, activating the heat shock factor 1 (hsf1) transcriptionfactor driving glucose dependency
APTO-253, also known as LOR-253, LT-253, is a small molecule inhibitor of human metal-regulatory transcriptionfactor 1 (MTF-1) with potential antitumor activity. MTF-1 inhibitor LOR-253 inhibits MTF-1 activity and thereby induces the expression of MTF-1 dependent tumor suppressor factor Kruppel like factor 4 (KLF4). This subsequently leads to the downregulation of cyclin D1, blocking cell cycle progression and proliferation. This agent also causes decreased expression of genes involved in tumor hypoxia and angiogenesis.
APTO-253 isomer is an isomer of APTO-253 with the Fluoro-atom in 6-position. APTO-253 also known as LOR-253, LT-253, is a small molecule inhibitor of human metal-regulatory transcriptionfactor 1 (MTF-1) with potential antitumor activity. MTF-1 inhibitor LOR-253 inhibits MTF-1 activity and thereby induces the expression of MTF-1 dependent tumor suppressor factor Kruppel like factor 4 (KLF4). This subsequently leads to the downregulation of cyclin D1, blocking cell cycle progression and proliferation. This agent also causes decreased expression of genes involved in tumor hypoxia and angiogenesis.