Smoothened agonist

Smoothened agonist
Identifiers
CAS Number 912545-86-9 N
364590-63-6 (hydrochloride)
PubChem (CID) 5284330
ChemSpider 21541484 YesY
Chemical and physical data
Formula C28H28ClN3OS
Molar mass 490.06 g/mol
3D model (Jmol) Interactive image

Smoothened agonist (SAG) was one of the first small-molecule agonists developed for the protein Smoothened,[1] a key part of the hedgehog signaling pathway, which is involved in brain development as well as having a number of other functions in the body.

Smoothened agonist has been shown to aid proliferation and survival of developing neurons,[2] and prevent drug-induced brain injury.[3] When injected into the cerebellum of newborn mice with an induced Down's syndrome-like condition, Smoothened agonist was able to stimulate normal cerebellum development, resulting in significant behavioural improvement once the mice had grown to adulthood.[4]

Smoothened Agonist was capable of inducing androgen production in both prostate and bone stromal cells that was significantly greater than even similarly treated prostate cancer cells.[5]

References

  1. Lewis C, Krieg PA (August 2013). "Reagents for developmental regulation of Hedgehog signaling". Methods. 66: 390–397. doi:10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.08.022. PMID 23981360.
  2. Bragina O, Sergejeva S, Serg M, Zarkovsky T, Maloverjan A, Kogerman P, Zarkovsky A (September 2010). "Smoothened agonist augments proliferation and survival of neural cells". Neurosci. Lett. 482 (2): 81–5. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.068. PMID 20600593.
  3. Heine VM, Griveau A, Chapin C, Ballard PL, Chen JK, Rowitch DH (October 2011). "A small-molecule smoothened agonist prevents glucocorticoid-induced neonatal cerebellar injury". Sci Transl Med. 3 (105): 105ra104. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3002731. PMC 3694585Freely accessible. PMID 22013124.
  4. Das I, Park JM, Shin JH, Jeon SK, Lorenzi H, Linden DJ, Worley PF, Reeves RH (September 2013). "Hedgehog agonist therapy corrects structural and cognitive deficits in a down syndrome mouse model". Sci Transl Med. 5 (201): 201ra120. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3005983. PMID 24005160.
  5. Lubik AA, Nouri M, Truong S, Ghaffari M, Adomat HH, Corey E, Cox ME, Li N, Guns ES, Yenki P, Pham S, Buttyan R (2016). "Paracrine Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Contributes Significantly to Acquired Steroidogenesis in the Prostate Tumor Microenvironment". International Journal of Cancer. PMID 27672740.
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