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Immunosuppression by Discodermolide
Author(s) -
LONGLEY ROSS E.,
GUNASEKERA SARATH P.,
FAHERTY DENISE,
MCLANE JOHN,
DUMONT FRANCIS
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb17145.x
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , chemistry , computational biology , medicine , biology , immunology
In summary, discodermolide, a novel, marine-derived compound, is a potent in vitro and in vivo immunosuppressive agent. Discodermolide blocks cellular proliferation in lymphoid and nonlymphoid cells. This blocking action is not due to cytotoxicity. Blockage of cell proliferation by discodermolide appears to occur at the G2/M interface of the cell cycle, similar to that observed with other types of antiproliferative drugs (i.e., doxorubicin). The cell cycle block appears to be reversible, as cells recover normal cycling patterns within 48 h after removal of the compound. Additional work with this compound is targeted towards determining the exact nature of discodermolide's mitotic block and is currently under way.