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Unveiling some FDA-approved drugs as inhibitors of the store-operated Ca2+ entry pathway.

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Rahman, Saifur 
Rahman, Taufiq 

Abstract

The store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) pathway is an important route for generating cytosolic Ca2+ signals that regulate a diverse array of biological processes. Abnormal SOCE seem to underlie several diseases that notably include allergy, inflammation and cancer. Therefore, any modulator of this pathway is likely to have significant impact in cell biology under both normal and abnormal conditions. In this study, we screened the FDA-approved drug library for agents that share significant similarity in 3D shape and surface electrostatics with few, hitherto best known inhibitors of SOCE. This has led to the identification of five drugs that showed dose-dependent inhibition of SOCE in cell-based assay, probably through interacting with the Orai1 protein which effectively mediates SOCE. Of these drugs, leflunomide and teriflunomide could suppress SOCE significantly at clinically-relevant doses and this provides for an additional mechanism towards the therapeutic utility of these drugs as immunosuppressants. The other three drugs namely lansoprazole, tolvaptan and roflumilast, were less potent in suppressing SOCE but were more selective and thus they may serve as novel scaffolds for future development of new, more efficacious SOCE inhibitors.

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Anilides, Animals, Biological Assay, Calcium, Calcium Signaling, Cell Nucleus, Drug Approval, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, HEK293 Cells, HeLa Cells, Humans, Ion Channel Gating, Ligands, NFATC Transcription Factors, ORAI1 Protein, Protein Multimerization, Protein Transport, Rats, Stromal Interaction Molecule 1, Thapsigargin, Thiadiazoles, United States, United States Food and Drug Administration, User-Computer Interface

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2045-2322
2045-2322

Volume Title

7

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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The Royal Society (uf110479)