[HTML][HTML] Disulfiram/copper markedly induced myeloma cell apoptosis through activation of JNK and intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis pathways

Y Xu, Q Zhou, X Feng, Y Dai, Y Jiang, W Jiang… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Disulfiram (DSF) is an FDA approved anti-alcoholism drug in use for more than 60 years.
Recently, antitumor activity of the DSF/copper (DSF/Cu) complex has been identified. Its anti …

The disulfiram/copper complex induces apoptosis and inhibits tumour growth in human osteosarcoma by activating the ROS/JNK signalling pathway

W Guo, X Zhang, L Lin, H Wang, E He… - The journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Given the huge cost, long research and development (R&D) time and uncertain side effects
of discovering new drugs, drug repositioning of those approved to treat diseases clinically as …

Disulfiram chelated with copper promotes apoptosis in osteosarcoma via ROS/mitochondria pathway

Y Ren, Y Lin, J Chen, Y Jin - Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Disulfiram (DSF) chelated with copper has been confirmed to have a strong anti-tumor
ability. In this study, we determined that DSF–Cu induced mitochondria-dependent …

Disulfiram chelated with copper promotes apoptosis in human breast cancer cells by impairing the mitochondria functions

Y Yang, K Zhang, Y Wang, M Li, X Sun, Z Liang… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Disulfiram (DSF) has been proved to have broad‐spectrum anti‐alcoholism effects, and it is
also found to show stronger anti‐tumor effects after chelating with Cu2+ to form DSF‐Cu …

Disulfiram targeting lymphoid malignant cell lines via ROS-JNK activation as well as Nrf2 and NF-kB pathway inhibition

J Zha, F Chen, H Dong, P Shi, Y Yao, Y Zhang… - Journal of translational …, 2014 - Springer
Background Disulfiram (DS), an anti-alcoholism drug, demonstrates strong antitumor activity
in a copper (Cu)-dependent manner. This study investigates the cytotoxicity of DS/Cu …

Disulfiram/copper induces antitumor activity against both nasopharyngeal cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts through ROS/MAPK and ferroptosis …

Y Li, F Chen, J Chen, S Chan, Y He, W Liu, G Zhang - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Disulfiram/copper (DSF/Cu) is a promising antitumor reagent for clinical application due to
its excellent anticancer activity and safety. However, the anticancer mechanism of DSF/Cu …

Disulfiram suppresses growth of the malignant pleural mesothelioma cells in part by inducing apoptosis

VT Cheriyan, Y Wang, M Muthu, S Jamal, D Chen… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Dithiocarbamate compound Disulfiram (DSF) that binds with copper and functions as an
inhibitor of aldehyde dehydrogenase is a Food and Drug Administration approved agent for …

Process of immunogenic cell death caused by disulfiram as the anti-colorectal cancer candidate

S You, W Rui, S Chen, H Chen, X Liu, J Huang… - Biochemical and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Disulfiram (DSF), a drug widely used to control alcoholism, which has
anticancer activity by inducing apoptosis in a copper (Cu)-dependent manner. Numerous …

Cytotoxic effect of disulfiram/copper on human glioblastoma cell lines and ALDH-positive cancer-stem-like cells

P Liu, S Brown, T Goktug, P Channathodiyil… - British journal of …, 2012 - nature.com
Background: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cells are resistant to anticancer drugs. Cancer
stem cells (CSCs) are a key mediator of chemoresistance. We have reported that disulfiram …

[HTML][HTML] Induction of autophagy-dependent apoptosis in cancer cells through activation of ER stress: an uncovered anti-cancer mechanism by anti-alcoholism drug …

X Zhang, P Hu, SY Ding, T Sun, L Liu… - American Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Due to its potent anticancer activity, there is interest in repurposing of the FDA-approved anti-
alcoholism drug, disulfiram (DSF). DSF forms potent complexes with copper (DSF/Cu) that …