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palacaparib

An orally bioavailable central nervous system (CNS) penetrant and inhibitor of nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) 1, with potential antineoplastic activity. Upon oral administration, palacaparib selectively binds to PARP1, thereby preventing repair of damaged DNA via the base excision repair (BER) pathway. This agent enhances the accumulation of DNA strand breaks and promotes genomic instability eventually leading to apoptosis. Palacaparib may enhance the cytotoxicity of DNA-damaging agents and reverse tumor cell chemo- and radioresistance. PARP1 catalyzes post-translational ADP-ribosylation of nuclear proteins that signal and recruit other proteins to repair damaged DNA and plays a key role in the repair of single strand DNA (ssDNA) breaks and double-strand break (DSBs). Palacaparib is able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB).
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Synonym:PARP1 inhibitor AZD9574
Code name:AZD 9574
AZD-9574
AZD9574
Chemical structure:6-fluoro-5-[4-[(5-fluoro-2-methyl-3-oxo-4H-quinoxalin-6-yl)methyl]piperazin-1-yl]-N-methylpyridine-2-carboxamide
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