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L-Alanosine is an antibiotic derived from bacterium S. alanosinicus with antineoplastic activity in cells deficient in methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) (mean IC50 = 4.8 μM and 10 μM in T-ALL and CAK-1 cells, respectively).1,2 L-Alanosine inhibits adenylosuccinate synthetase to disrupt de novo purine biosynthesis, inhibiting cellular metabolism in MTAP-deficient tumor cells.3,4,5
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1. Use of alanosine as a methylthioadenosine phosphorylase-
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3. Effects of alanosine on purine and pyrimidine synthesis. Biochem. Pharmacol. 19(9), 1823-1832 (1968).
4. Downregulated MTAP expression in myxofibrosarcoma: A characterization of inactivating mechanisms, tumor suppressive function, and therapeutic relevance. Oncotarget 5(22), 11428-11441 (2014).
5. A phase II multicenter study of L-