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SUBMITTER: Parajuli B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3988914 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parajuli Bibek B Fishel Melissa L ML Hurley Thomas D TD
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20140110 2
Aldehyde dehydrogenase enzymes irreversibly oxidize aldehydes generated from metabolism of amino acids, fatty acids, food, smoke, additives, and xenobiotic drugs. Cyclophosphamide is one such xenobiotic used in cancer therapies. Upon activation, cyclophosphamide forms an intermediate, aldophosphamide, which can be detoxified to carboxyphosphamide by aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDH), especially ALDH1A1 and ALDH3A1. Consequently, selective inhibition of ALDH3A1 could increase chemosensitivity toward ...[more]