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SUBMITTER: Barrott JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3815696 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barrott Jared J JJ Hughes Philip F PF Osada Takuya T Yang Xiao-Yi XY Hartman Zachary C ZC Loiselle David R DR Spector Neil L NL Neckers Len L Rajaram Narasimhan N Hu Fangyao F Ramanujam Nimmi N Vaidyanathan Ganesan G Zalutsky Michael R MR Lyerly H Kim HK Haystead Timothy A TA
Chemistry & biology 20130912 9
Inhibitors of heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90) have demonstrated an unusual selectivity for tumor cells despite its ubiquitous expression. This phenomenon has remained unexplained, but could be influenced by ectopically expressed Hsp90 in tumors. In this work, we synthesized Hsp90 inhibitors that can carry optical or radioiodinated probes via a polyethyleneglycol tether. We show that these tethered inhibitors selectively recognize cells expressing ectopic Hsp90 and become internalized. The internal ...[more]