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In Situ Monitoring of Transiently Formed Molecular Chaperone Assemblies in Bacteria, Yeast, and Human Cells
Published on: September 2, 2019
Prunustatin A, a novel GRP78 molecular chaperone down-regulator isolated from Streptomyces violaceoniger
Yukiko Umeda1, Shuhei Chijiwa, Kazuo Furihata
1Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
Abstract:
In the course of our screening program for regulators of a molecular chaperone GRP78 expression, we isolated a novel inhibitor of GRP78 expression, designated as prunustatin A, from Streptomyces violaceoniger 4521-SVS3. The structure of prunustatin A was determined by a series of NMR analyses to be an oxidized type of the neoantimycin family. Prunustatin A inhibited the expression of GRP78 induced by 2-deoxyglucose in human fibrosarcoma HT1080 cells accompanied by global cell death without showing cytotoxicity under normal nutrient condition.
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