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Nuclear protein 1 (NUPR1) inhibitor that suppresses NUPR1-dependent cancer growth in vitro and in vivo via necroptosis and ferroptosis induction.
ZZW-115 is a nuclear protein 1 (NUPR1) inhibitor that suppresses NUPR1-dependent cancer growth in vitro (IC50 from 0.84 μM/ANOR to 4.93 μM/HN14 among 11 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cultures) and in mice in vivo (5 mg/kg q.d. or q.a.d. via i.p.) via necroptosis and ferroptosis induction. ZZW-115 blocks importins-mediated NUPR1 nuclear translocation by directly targeting NUPR1 nuclear location signal (NLS) region (Kd = 2.1 μM by calorimetric titration).