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A Cell-Based High-Throughput Screen Identifies Tyrphostin AG 879 as an Inhibitor of Animal Cell Phospholipid and Fatty Acid Biosynthesis

A Cell-Based High-Throughput Screen Identifies Tyrphostin AG 879 as an Inhibitor of Animal Cell Phospholipid and Fatty Acid Biosynthesis

Raphael A Zoeller, Kathleen Geoghegan-Barek

Biochem Biophys Rep. 2019 Mar 6;18:100621.

PMID: 30899803

Abstract:

Inhibition of animal cell phospholipid biosynthesis has been proposed for anticancer and antiviral therapies. Using CHO-K1 derived cell lines, we have developed and used a cell-based high-throughput procedure to screen a 1280 compound, small molecule library for inhibitors of phospholipid biosynthesis. We identified tyrphostin AG 879 (AG879), which inhibited phospholipid biosynthesis by 85-90% at a concentration of 10 μM, displaying an IC50 of 1-3 μM. The synthesis of all phospholipid head group classes was heavily affected. Fatty acid biosynthesis was also dramatically inhibited (90%). AG879 inhibited phospholipid biosynthesis in all additional cell lines tested, including MDCK, HUH7, Vero, and HeLa cell lines. In CHO cells, AG879 was cytostatic; cells survived for at least four days during exposure and were able to divide following its removal. AG879 is an inhibitor of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) and inhibitors of signaling pathways known to be activated by RTK's also inhibited phospholipid biosynthesis. We speculate that inhibition of RTK by AG879 results in an inhibition of fatty acid biosynthesis with a resulting decrease in phospholipid biosynthesis and that AG879's effect on fatty acid synthesis and/or phospholipid biosynthesis may contribute to its known capacity as an effective antiviral/anticancer agent.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP148741304-B	Tyrphostin AG 879		148741-30-4	Price

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