ArticleInternational journal of cancer2010
The antitumor activity of the fungicide ciclopirox.
Article in International journal of cancer, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers.
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- Lipid Nanoparticle Co-Delivery of mRNA and a Small Molecule Drug for Oral Cancer Chemoimmunotherapy.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Ciclopirox reprograms effector responses and modulates Notch1 activation in activated human T cells.iScience · 2026Article
- Effect of the antifungal drug ciclopirox on the inhibition of HMGA2-mediated oncogenic capacity in ACHN renal cell carcinoma.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Identification of Shared Gene Signatures Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and COVID-19 through Bioinformatics Analysis.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2026Article
- Ciclopirox suppresses poxvirus replication by targeting iron metabolism.Antiviral research · 2025Article
- Lipid nanoparticle co-delivery of mRNA and a small molecule drug for oral cancer chemoimmunotherapy.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Solubility prediction and cytotoxicity of lipidic microemulsion: HSPiP modeling and synergism with ciclopirox olamine.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Metal Ion Signaling in Biomedicine.Chemical reviews · 2025Review
- Inhibition of autophagy enhances the sensitivity of ciclopirox olamine in human chronic myelogenous leukemia K562 cells.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
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- Ciclopirox inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication by promoting the degradation of the nucleocapsid protein.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2024Article
- Ciclopirox ethanolamine preserves the immature state of human HSCs by mediating intracellular iron content.Blood advances · 2023Article
- BMC3PM: bioinformatics multidrug combination protocol for personalized precision medicine and its application in cancer treatment.BMC medical genomics · 2023Article
- Repurposing approved non-oncology drugs for cancer therapy: a comprehensive review of mechanisms, efficacy, and clinical prospects.European journal of medical research · 2023Review
- High-Throughput Drug Screening Revealed That Ciclopirox Olamine Can Engender Gastric Cancer Stem-like Cells.Cancers · 2023Article
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- Ciclopirox Inhibition of eIF5A Hypusination Attenuates Fibroblast Activation and Cardiac Fibrosis.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Article
- Ciclopirox Olamine Induces Proliferation Inhibition and Protective Autophagy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Identification of the enhancer RNAs related to tumorgenesis of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Ciclopirox olamine (CPX) is a synthetic antifungal agent clinically used to treat mycoses of the skin and nails. Here, we show that CPX inhibited tumor growth in human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 xenografts. To unveil the underlying mechanism, we further studied the antitumor activity of CPX in cell culture. The results indicate that CPX inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis in human rhabdomyosarcoma (Rh30), breast carcinoma (MDA-MB231) and colon adenocarcinoma (HT-29) cells in a concentration-dependent manner. By cell cycle analysis, CPX induced accumulation of cells in G(1)/G(0) phase of the cell cycle. Concurrently, CPX downregulated cellular protein expression of cyclins (A, B1, D1 and E) and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK2 and CDK4) and upregulated expression of the CDK inhibitor p21(Cip1), leading to hypophosphorylation of retinoblastoma protein. CPX also downregulated protein expression of Bcl-xL and survivin and enhanced cleavages of Bcl-2. Z-VAD-FMK, a pan-caspase inhibitor, partially prevented CPX-induced cell death, suggesting that CPX-induced apoptosis of cancer cells is mediated at least in part through caspase-dependent mechanism. The results indicate that CPX is a potential antitumor agent.
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