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ArticleOncotarget2016

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) inhibitor, S3I-201, acts as a potent and non-selective alkylating agent.

Daniel P Ball, Andrew M Lewis, Declan Williams, Diana Resetca, Derek J Wilson, Patrick T Gunning

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Article in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Daniel P BallDepartment of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada.
Andrew M LewisDepartment of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada.
Declan WilliamsDepartment of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada.
Diana ResetcaDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L, Canada.
Derek J WilsonDepartment of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada.
Patrick T GunningDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) oncogene is a master regulator of many human cancers, and a well-recognized target for therapeutic intervention. A well known STAT3 inhibitor, S3I-201 (NSC 74859), is hypothesized to block STAT3 function in cancer cells by binding the STAT3 SH2 domain and disrupt STAT3 protein complexation events. In this study, liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry analysis revealed that STAT3, in the presence of S3I-201, showed a minimum of five specific sites of modification, cysteine's 108, 259, 367, 542, and 687. Moreover, a prepared fluorescently labeled chemical probe of S3I-201 (DB-6-055) revealed that S3I-201 non-specifically and globally alkylated intracellular proteins at concentrations consistent with S3I-201's reported IC50. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that S3I-201 is a sub-optimal probe for interrogating STAT3-related cell biology.

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Alkylating AgentsAminosalicylic AcidsApoptosisBenzenesulfonatesBreast NeoplasmsCell ProliferationFemaleHumansSTAT3 Transcription FactorTumor Cells, CulturedAlkylating AgentsAminosalicylic AcidsBenzenesulfonatesNSC 74859STAT3 Transcription Factorcovalent modificationNSC 74859oncologyS3I-201STAT3

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PMID26942696
PMCPMC4991483

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