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SUBMITTER: Raje MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3748591 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 20111115 1
Sphingosine kinase (SphK) has emerged as an attractive target for cancer therapeutics due to its role in cell survival. SphK phosphorylates sphingosine to form sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), which has been implicated in cancer growth and survival. SphK exists as two different isotypes, namely SphK1 and SphK2, which play different roles inside the cell. In this report, we describe SphK inhibitors based on the immunomodulatory drug, FTY720, which is phosphorylated by SphK2 to generate a S1P mimic. ...[more]