Duocarmycin analogues target aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 in lung cancer cells

Tanja Wirth, Kianga Schmuck, Lutz F. Tietze, Stephan A. Sieber

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Abstract

Reacquiring the target: A proteomic profiling approach has been used to show that aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 may be an additional or alternative target of duocarmycin. Selective inhibition of this enzyme in lung cancer cells explains the antitumor activity of duocarmycin analogues (see scheme).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2874-2877
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition in English
Volume51
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Mar 2012

Keywords

  • antitumor agents
  • cancer
  • duocarmycin
  • natural products
  • proteomics

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