A DHODH inhibitor increases p53 synthesis and enhances tumor cell killing by p53 degradation blockage

Activation of the tumor suppressor p53 is a promising approach in cancer therapy. Here, the authors discover a series of small molecule dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) inhibitors that increase p53 synthesis and reduce tumor growth in synergy with the common mdm2 inhibitor nutlin3.

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Main Authors: Marcus J. G. W. Ladds, Ingeborg M. M. van Leeuwen, Catherine J. Drummond, Su Chu, Alan R. Healy, Gergana Popova, Andrés Pastor Fernández, Tanzina Mollick, Suhas Darekar, Saikiran K. Sedimbi, Marta Nekulova, Marijke C. C. Sachweh, Johanna Campbell, Maureen Higgins, Chloe Tuck, Mihaela Popa, Mireia Mayoral Safont, Pascal Gelebart, Zinayida Fandalyuk, Alastair M. Thompson, Richard Svensson, Anna-Lena Gustavsson, Lars Johansson, Katarina Färnegårdh, Ulrika Yngve, Aljona Saleh, Martin Haraldsson, Agathe C. A. D’Hollander, Marcela Franco, Yan Zhao, Maria Håkansson, Björn Walse, Karin Larsson, Emma M. Peat, Vicent Pelechano, John Lunec, Borivoj Vojtesek, Mar Carmena, William C. Earnshaw, Anna R. McCarthy, Nicholas J. Westwood, Marie Arsenian-Henriksson, David P. Lane, Ravi Bhatia, Emmet McCormack, Sonia Laín
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c70bab1df6ec4076bb2c93aa455abeeb
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