General Information of the Drug (ID: ferrodrug0405)
Name
ALZ003
Drug Type
Small molecule
Full List of Ferroptosis Target Related to This Drug
Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (GPX4)
In total 1 item(s) under this Target
Experiment 1 Reporting the Ferroptosis-centered Drug Act on This Target [1]
Target for Ferroptosis Suppressor
Responsed Disease Glioblastoma ICD-11: 2A00
Responsed Regulator Androgen receptor (AR) Suppressor
Pathway Response Fatty acid metabolism hsa01212
Apoptosis hsa04210
Ubiquitin mediated proteolysis hsa04120
Cell Process Cell ferroptosis
Cell apoptosis
Cell proliferation
In Vitro Model U-87MG cells Glioblastoma Homo sapiens CVCL_GP63
A-172 cells Glioblastoma Homo sapiens CVCL_0131
In Vivo Model
NOD-SCID male mice (8-week-old) were purchased from BioLASCO Taiwan Co., Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan). For glioblastoma and TMZ-resistant glioblastoma transplantation, luciferase-expressed U87MG cells (2 x 105) and U87MG-R cells (2 x 105) were injected into the cortex, respectively, at the depth of 3 mm using stereotactic guidance and microprocessor single syringe (Harvard Apparatus, Holliston, MA, USA). After 10 days of transplantation, TMZ (15 mg/kg) and ALZ003 were orally and intravenously administrated three times per week, respectively.

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Response regulation ALZ003 targeting AR for degradation strongly exhibits the therapeutic effect on glioblastoma, including TMZ-resistant tumor,in vitroandin vivo. Particularly, GPX4 was positively regulated by AR, and overexpression of AR also prevented lipid peroxidation.
References
Ref 1 AR ubiquitination induced by the curcumin analog suppresses growth of temozolomide-resistant glioblastoma through disrupting GPX4-Mediated redox homeostasis. Redox Biol. 2020 Feb;30:101413. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2019.101413. Epub 2019 Dec 26.