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ArticleActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2025

Dimeric natural product panepocyclinol A inhibits STAT3

Li Li, Yuezhou Wang, Yiqiu Wang, Xiaoyang Li, Qihong Deng, Fei Gao, Wenhua Lian, Yunzhan Li, Fu Gui, Yanling Wei and 11 more

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Article in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. STAT3 signaling inhibitors for cancer treatment.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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21 authors.

Li LiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Yuezhou WangState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Yiqiu WangSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry at NYU Shanghai, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
Xiaoyang LiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Qihong DengState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Fei GaoState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Wenhua LianState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Yunzhan LiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Fu GuiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Yanling WeiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Su-Jie ZhuDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Institute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
Cai-Hong YunDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Institute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
Lei ZhangState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Zhiyu HuState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Qingyan XuState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Xiaobing WuState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Lanfen ChenState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Dawang ZhouState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Jianming ZhangInstitute of Translational Medicine & Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201203, China.
Fei XiaSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry at NYU Shanghai, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
Xianming DengState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homo- or heterodimeric compounds that affect dimeric protein function through interaction between monomeric moieties and protein subunits can serve as valuable sources of potent and selective drug candidates. Here, we screened an in-house dimeric natural product collection, and panepocyclinol A (PecA) emerged as a selective and potent STAT3 inhibitor with profound anti-tumor efficacy. Through cross-linking C712/C718 residues in separate STAT3 monomers with two distinct Michael receptors, PecA inhibits STAT3 DNA binding affinity and transcription activity. Molecular dynamics simulation reveals the key conformation changes of STAT3 dimers upon the di-covalent binding with PecA that abolishes its DNA interactions. Furthermore, PecA exhibits high efficacy against anaplastic large T cell lymphoma

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Anaplastic large T cell lymphomaDi-covalent modificationDimeric compoundsDimerizationNatural productPanepocyclinol ASignal transducer and activator of transcription 3STAT3 inhibitor

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PMCPMC11873610

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