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SUBMITTER: Shen T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5489648 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shen Tao T Shang Chaowei C Zhou Hongyu H Luo Yan Y Barzegar Mansoureh M Odaka Yoshinobu Y Wu Yang Y Huang Shile S
Genes & cancer 20170301 3-4
Ciclopirox olamine (CPX), an off-patent fungicide, has recently been identified as a novel anticancer agent. However, the molecular mechanism underlying its anticancer action remains to be elucidated. Here we show that CPX inhibits cell proliferation in part by downregulating the protein level of Cdc25A in tumor cells. Our studies revealed that CPX did not significantly reduce Cdc25A mRNA level or Cdc25A protein synthesis, but remarkably promoted Cdc25A protein degradation. This resulted in inhi ...[more]