Description
PAC-1(ProcaspaseActivatingCompound1)hasbeenidentifiedthroughhigh-throughputscreeningasacompoundthatmayenhancetheenzymaticactivityofprocaspase-3invitro.Procaspase-3maybeusefulasananticancerstrategyduetoitslowfrequencyofmutationsincancerandexpressionofitsenzymeinseveraltypesofcancers.PAC-1convertsprocaspase-3toactivecaspase-3invitrobychelatingzincionsandtherebyinducingcelldeathinthetumorcells.Inmultiplecancercelllines,PAC-1wasshowntotriggerendoplasmicreticulumstresssignalingandinduceautophagyandmitochondria-mediatedapotosis.
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