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ArticleThe Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics2011

A calcineurin-independent mechanism of angiogenesis inhibition by a nonimmunosuppressive cyclosporin A analog.

Benjamin A Nacev, Woon-Kai Low, Zhennian Huang, Tina T Su, Zhuang Su, Hisham Alkuraya, Dan Kasuga, Woong Sun, Mario Träger, Manfred Braun and 3 more

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Article in The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Mitochondrial Permeability Transition in Stem Cells, Development, and Disease.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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  5. Non-Immunosuppressive Cyclophilin Inhibitors.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Benjamin A NacevDepartment of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Woon-Kai Low
Zhennian Huang
Tina T Su
Zhuang Su
Hisham Alkuraya
Dan Kasuga
Woong Sun
Mario Träger
Manfred Braun
Gunter Fischer
Kang Zhang
Jun O Liu
University of California, San Diego · USJohns Hopkins University · USMax Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding · DEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEJohns Hopkins Medicine · USPhilips (Finland) · FI

Funding

Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UL1)UL1RR025005 · NCRR · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FORD, DANIEL ERNEST · 2007 to 2011
$75.8M
MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007309 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI COX, ANDREA L · 1985 to 2019
$43.2M
Regeneration of Retinal Neurons by Chemically Induced Reprogramming of Muller GliR01EY021374 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DING, SHENG, REH, THOMAS A · 2010 to 2014
$4.2M
Genetics and Functional Studies of Age-Related Macular DegenerationR01EY018660 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ZHANG, KANG · 2008 to 2012
$2.0M
Discovery and Investigation of Novel Angiogenesis Inhibitors Among Existing DrugsR01CA122814 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, JUN O. · 2008 to 2012
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA122814NCI NIH HHS R01-CA122814NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025005NCRR NIH HHS UL1-RR025005NEI NIH HHS R01 EY018660NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021374NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007309NIGMS NIH HHS T32GM07309
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyclosporin A (CsA) is a widely used immunosuppressant drug. Its immunosuppressive activity occurs through the inhibition of the protein phosphatase calcineurin via formation of a ternary complex with cyclophilin A (CypA). CsA also inhibits endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis. This has been thought to occur through calcineurin inhibition as well. However, CsA is also a potent inhibitor of cyclophilins, a class of prolyl isomerases. Because calcineurin inhibition requires binding, and therefore inhibition of CypA, the relative contributions of calcineurin and cyclophilin inhibition in antiangiogenesis have not been addressed. We have taken a chemical biology approach to explore this question by dissociating the two activities of CsA at the molecular level. We have identified a nonimmunosuppressive analog of CsA that does not inhibit calcineurin but maintains inhibition of endothelial cell proliferation and in vivo angiogenesis. The same analog also maintains inhibition of all cyclophilin isoforms tested. We also show that a second, structurally distinct, cyclophilin inhibitor is sufficient to block endothelial cell proliferation. These results suggest that the inhibition of cyclophilins may play a larger role in the antiangiogenic activity of CsA than previously believed, and that cyclophilins may be potential antiangiogenic drug targets.

Indexed as

Immunosuppressive AgentsAngiogenesis InhibitorsAnimalsCalcineurinCalcineurin InhibitorsCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCyclosporineEndothelium, VascularHumansJurkat CellsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, NudeAngiogenesis InhibitorsCalcineurinCalcineurin InhibitorsCyclosporineImmunosuppressive Agents

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PMID21562139
PMCPMC3141903
OpenAlexW2108473914

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