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Romidepsin (Istodax, NSC 630176, FR901228, FK228, depsipeptide): a natural product recently approved for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

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VanderMolen, Karen M, McCulloch, William, Pearce, Cedric J, Oberlies, Nicholas H·2011·The Journal of Antibiotics

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Romidepsin (Istodax), a selective inhibitor of histone deacetylases (HDACs), was approved for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in November 2009 by the US Food and Drug Administration. This unique natural product was discovered from cultures of Chromobacterium violaceum, a Gram-negative bacterium isolated from a Japanese soil sample. This bicyclic compound acts as a prodrug, its disulfide bridge being reduced by glutathione on uptake into the cell, allowing the free thiol groups to interact with Zn ions in the active site of class I and II HDAC enzymes. Due to the synthetic complexity of the compound, as well as the low yield from the producing organism, analogs are sought to create synthetically accessible alternatives. As a T-cell lymphoma drug, romidepsin offers a valuable new treatment for diseases with few effective therapies.

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  • Various KDAC inhibitors have been approved by the FDA, such as vorinostat and romidepsin, but there are currently no approved KAT inhibitors.

    “Various KDAC inhibitors [19] have been approved by the FDA such as vorinostat [20] (commonly known as SAHA) and romidepsin [21], but there are currently no approved KAT inhibitors [22–24].”

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  1. [17]Note that the structures of romidepsin (1) and its reduced counterpart (2) were published incorrectly in the review by Grant et al. 58

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Authors
VanderMolen, K. M., McCulloch, W., Pearce, C. J., & Oberlies, N. H.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro (US)
  • Mycosynthetix (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Oberlies, Nicholas H
Venue
The Journal of Antibiotics
Published
2011-05-18
Volume
64
Issue
8
Pages
525-531
ISSN
  • 0021-8820 (ISSN-L)
  • 1881-1469
OpenAlex
W2082633436
Cited by
333
References
78
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Journal of Antibiotics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Celgene
  • National Institutes of Health (CA125066)
  • National Cancer Institute (CA-125066, P01CA125066)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research
Keywords
romidepsin, depsipeptides, histone deacetylase inhibitors, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, Chromobacterium violaceum, natural product drug discovery, glutathione reduction, drug analogues
MeSH terms
Antineoplastic Agents, Biological Products, Chromobacterium, Clinical Trials as Topic, Histone Deacetylases, Humans, Japan, Models, Molecular, Soil Microbiology, United States, United States Food and Drug Administration, Molecular Structure, Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous, Drug Approval, Depsipeptides

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