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Vincristine is a vinca alkaloid antineoplastic agent used as a treatment for various cancers including breast cancer, Hodgkin's disease, Kaposi's sarcoma, and testicular cancer. The vinca alkaloids are structurally similar compounds comprised of 2 multiringed units, vindoline and catharanthine. The vinca alkaloids have become clinically useful since the discovery of their antitumour properties in 1959. Initially, extracts of the periwinkle plant (Catharanthus roseus) were investigated because of putative hypoglycemic properties, but were noted to cause marrow suppression in rats and antileukemic effects in vitro. Vincristine binds to the microtubular proteins of the mitotic spindle, leading to crystallization of the microtubule and mitotic arrest or cell death. Vincristine has some immunosuppressant effect. The vinca alkaloids are considered to be cell cycle phase-specific. The antitumor activity of Vincristine is thought to be due primarily to inhibition of mitosis at metaphase through its interaction with tubulin. Like other vinca alkaloids, Vincristine may also interfere with: 1) amino acid, cyclic AMP, and glutathione metabolism, 2) calmodulin-dependent Ca2+-transport ATPase activity, 3) cellular respiration, and 4) nucleic acid and lipid biosynthesis.Vincristine was marketed under the brand name Oncovin, but was discontinued. In 2012 the FDA approved a Liposomal formulation of Vincristine, named MARQIBO KIT.   NCATS

  • SMILES: CC[C@]1(O)C[C@H]2CN(CCc3c([nH]c4ccccc34)[C@@](C(=O)OC)(c3cc4c(cc3OC)N(C=O)[C@H]3[C@@](O)(C(=O)OC)[C@H](OC(C)=O)[C@]5(CC)C=CCN6CC[C@]43[C@@H]65)C2)C1
  • InChIKey: OGWKCGZFUXNPDA-XQKSVPLYSA-N
  • Mol. Mass: 824.97
  • ALogP: 3.52
  • ChEMBL Molecules:
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