Protein Information

Name PP2A
Synonyms PP2A; PP2A subunit B prime; PR53; PTPA; Phosphotyrosyl phosphatase activator; Serine/threonine protein phosphatase 2A regulatory subunit B'; PP2A subunit B primes…

Compound Information

Name nitrostyrene
CAS 4-(2-nitro-1-propenyl)phenyl thiocyanate

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
10915062 Fathi AR, Krautheim A, Kaap S, Eger K, Steinfelder HJ: Michael adducts of ascorbic acid as inhibitors of protein phosphatase 2A and inducers of apoptosis. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2000 Jul 17;10(14):1605-8.

A nitrostyrene adduct of ascorbic acid proved to be a more potent and effective inhibitor of PP2A as well as a stronger inducer of apoptosis.
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17136318 Werner JM, Eger K, Jurgen Steinfelder H: Comparison of the rapid pro-apoptotic effect of trans-beta-nitrostyrenes with delayed apoptosis induced by the standard agent 5-fluorouracil in colon cancer cells. Apoptosis. 2007 Jan;12(1):235-46.

Trans-beta-nitrostyrene (TBNS) has been reported to be a potent inhibitor of protein phosphatases PTB1 and PP2A and to display a pro-apoptotic effect even in multidrug resistant tumour cells.
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