Aclarubicin

Aclarubicin
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administration		 IV
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  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
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ECHA InfoCard 100.055.277 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
Formula C42H53NO15
Molar mass 811.86 g/mol
3D model (JSmol)
Melting point 151 to 153 °C (304 to 307 °F) (decomposes)
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Aclarubicin (INN) or aclacinomycin A[1] is an anthracycline drug[2] that is used in the treatment of cancer. Soil bacteria Streptomyces galilaeus can produce aclarubicin. It can induce histone eviction from chromatin upon intercalation.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ CID 451415 from PubChem
  2. ↑ Jensen PB, Jensen PS, Demant EJ, et al. (October 1991). "Antagonistic effect of aclarubicin on daunorubicin-induced cytotoxicity in human small cell lung cancer cells: relationship to DNA integrity and topoisomerase II". Cancer Res. 51 (19): 5093–9. PMID 1655244.
  3. ↑ Pang B, Qiao X, Janssen L, Velds A, Groothuis T, Kerkhoven R, Nieuwland M, Ovaa H, Rottenberg S, van Tellingen O, Janssen J, Huijgens P, Zwart W, Neefjes J (2013). "Drug-induced histone eviction from open chromatin contributes to the chemotherapeutic effects of doxorubicin". Nature Communications. 4: 1908. doi:10.1038/ncomms2921. PMC 3674280. PMID 23715267.
  4. ↑ Pang B, de Jong J, Qiao X, Wessels LF, Neefjes J (2015). "Chemical profiling of the genome with anti-cancer drugs defines target specificities". Nature Chemical Biology. 11 (7): 472. doi:10.1038/nchembio.1811. PMID 25961671.


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