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ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY TOOLS & SERVICESDinophysistoxin-1 is a marine toxin produced by dinoflagellates that is known to accumulate in shellfish and cause diarrheic shellfish poisoning.1 It inhibits serine/threonine protein phosphatases 1 (PP1) and PP2A (IC50 = 0.104 nM) and has been shown to promote cancer cell growth in tumor cell lines and animal models.2,3
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1. Experimental basis for the high oral toxicity of dinophysistoxin 1: A comparative study of DSP. Toxins (Basel) 6(1), 211-228 (2014).
2. PP2A inhibition assay using recombinant enzyme for rapid detection of okadaic acid and its analogs in shellfish. Toxins (Basel) 2(1), 195-204 (2010).
3. Mechanisms of action of okadaic acid class tumor promoters on mouse skin. Environ. Health Perspect. 93, 211-214 (1991).