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SUBMITTER: Stromyer ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7224591 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stromyer Michael L ML Southerland Marie R MR Satyal Uttam U Sikder Rahmat K RK Weader David J DJ Baughman Jessi A JA Youngs Wiley J WJ Abbosh Philip H PH
European journal of medicinal chemistry 20191031
Imidazolium salts have shown great promise as anticancer materials. A new imidazolium salt (TPP1), with a triphenylphosphonium substituent, has been synthesized and evaluated for in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity against bladder cancer. TPP1 was determined to have a GI<sub>50</sub> ranging from 200 to 250 μM over a period of 1 h and the ability to effectively inhibit bladder cancer. TPP1 induces apoptosis, and it appears to act as a direct mitochondrial toxin. TPP1 was applied intravesically to ...[more]