10006426  RITA

NSC 652287; 2,5-bis(5-hydroxymethyl-2-thienyl) Furan (CAS 213261-59-7)

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HDM-2 (human double minute-2; MDM-2 in mouse) is a key negative regulator of p53 that binds to and targets p53 for proteasomal degradation. Overexpression of HDM-2 in some tumors leads to inactivation of p53 thereby allowing tumor cells to escape p53-induced apoptosis.1 RITA (reactivation of p53 and induction of tumor cell apoptosis) is a small molecule inhibitor of p53-HDM-2 interaction that can reactivate the tumor suppressor function of wild-type p53.2 It binds to p53 with an apparent Kd of 1.5 nM and prevents interaction with HDM-2 resulting in p53 stabilization, accumulation and activation.2 RITA potently inhibits the growth of a variety of cancer cell lines in the sub-micromolar range, inducing both DNA-protein and DNA-DNA cross links in human renal cancer cells.3 RITA reduced tumor size by 90% at a dose of 10 mg/kg in SCID mice bearing HCT116 tumors, and caused complete regression of A-498 tumor cell xenografts in nude mice at a dose of 45 mg/kg.2,4
1  Chène, P. Inhibiting the p53-MDM2 interaction: An important target for cancer therapy. Nature Cancer 3 102-109 (2003).
2  Issaeva, N., Bozko, P., Enge, M., et al. Small molecule RITA binds to p53, blocks p53-HDM-2 interaction and activities p53 function in tumors. Nature Med 10(12) 1321-1328 (2004).
3  Nieves-Neira, W., Rivera, M.I., Kohlhagen, G., et al. DNA protein cross-links produced by NSC 652287, a novel thiophene derivate active against human renal cancer cells. Mol Pharmacol 56 478-484 (1999).
4  Rivera, M.I., Stinson, S.F., Vistica, D.T., et al. Selective toxicity of the tricyclic thiophene NSC 652287 in renal carcinoma cell lines. Differential accumulation and metabolism. Biochem Pharmacol 57 1283-1295 (1999).


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