Repositioning Lomitapide to block ZDHHC5-dependant palmitoylation on SSTR5 leads to anti-proliferation effect in preclinical pancreatic cancer models

Abstract Palmitoylation of proteins plays important roles in various physiological processes, such as cell proliferation, inflammation, cell differentiation etc. However, inhibition of protein palmitoylation has led to few new drugs to date. ZDHHC5 serves as a key enzyme to catalyze palmitoylation o...

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Main Authors: Yumeng Wang, Shujie Zhang, Huiqin He, Hongyi Luo, Yannan Xia, Yuanyuan Jiang, Jingwei Jiang, Li Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2023-02-01
Series:Cell Death Discovery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41420-023-01359-4