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Characterization of MLKL-mediated Plasma Membrane Rupture in Necroptosis
Published on: August 7, 2018
Structure-activity relationship study of a novel necroptosis inhibitor, necrostatin-7
Weihong Zheng1, Alexei Degterev, Emily Hsu
1State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Product Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
Abstract:
Necroptosis is a regulated caspase-independent cell death mechanism characterized by morphological features resembling non-regulated necrosis. Necrotatin-7 (Nec-7), a novel potent small-molecule inhibitor of necroptosis, is structurally distinct from previously described necrostatins (Nec-1, Nec-3, Nec-4 and Nec-5). Here, we describe a series of structural modifications and the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of the Nec-7 series for inhibiting necroptosis.
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