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MITOCHONDRIAL TARGETED STIMULATORS OF APOPTOSIS
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, (2013/09/26)
Pro-apoptotic compounds having a tripartite structure: [in-line-formulae]A-L-B[/in-line-formulae] are disclosed. In these compounds A is an IBM mimetic moiety; L is a linker and B is a moiety that binds to a protein on the outer mitochondrial membrane. The compounds are useful for inducing cell apoptosis and therefore treating cancer. An example of such a compound is
Dimeric small molecule potentiators of apoptosis
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Page/Page column 27; 29, (2008/06/13)
Caspase activity and apoptosis are promoted using active, dimeric Smac peptide mimetics of the general formula M1-M2, wherein moieties M1 and M2 are monomeric Smac mimetics and L is a covalent linker. Target cancerous or inflammatory cells are contacted with an effective amount of an active, dimeric Smac mimetic, and a resultant increase in apoptosis of the target cells is detected. The contacting step may be effected by administering to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the dimeric mimetic, wherein the individual may be subject to concurrent or antecedent radiation or chemotherapy for treatment of a neoproliferative pathology.
