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Published on: June 24, 2010
Development of Chemical Probes for Functional Analysis of Anticancer Saponin OSW-1
1Department of Biotechnology and Life Science Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-28-16, Nakacho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
Abstract:
Chemical probe-based approaches have proven powerful in recent years in the target identification studies of natural products. OSW-1 is a saponin class of natural products with highly potent and selective cytotoxicity against various cancer cell lines. Understanding its mechanism of action is important for the development of anticancer drugs with potentially novel target pathways. This account reviews recent progress in the development of OSW-1 derived probes for exploring the mechanism of its action. The key to the probe development is a judicious choice of functionalization sites and a selective functionalization strategy. The types of probes include fluorescent probes for cellular imaging analysis and affinity probes for target identification analysis.
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