Halofuginone hydrobromide

Calcium Channel|||Parasite|||TGF-beta/Smad|||Sodium Channel|||DNA/RNA Synthesis

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Halofuginone specifically inhibits collagen type I gene expression and matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) gene expression, which may result in the suppression of angiogenesis, tumor stromal cell development, and tumor cell growth. Halofuginone Hydrobromide is the hydrobromide salt of halofuginone, a semisynthetic quinazolinone alkaloid anticoccidial derived from the plant Dichroa febrifuga, with antifibrotic and potential antineoplastic activities. These effects appear to be due to halofuginone-mediated inhibition of the collagen type I and MMP-2 promoters. Collagen type I and MMP-2 play important roles in fibroproliferative diseases.

A cell-permeable racemic mixture of Halofuginone whose D-(+)/(2R, 3S) enantiomer serves as the active inhibitor against ProRS-mediated aminoacylation by simultaneously preventing ProRS-catalyzed Pro-AMP formation and the subsequent Pro transfer from Pro-AMP to tRNAPro. Proline, but not other NEAA, is able to reverse the inhibitory effect of HF in in vitro rabbit reticulocyte lysate translations (1 uM HF; 1 mM Pro) and prevent HF-induced cellular AAR pathway activation (100 nM HF/2 mM Pro/MEF; 10 nM HF/1 mM Pro/Murine CD4+ CD25- T cells). Shown to inhibit bFGF-induced neovascularization in a murine corneal angiogenesis model (5 mg/kg/d via food intake) and significantly reduce the severity of MOG33-55-induced EAE in mice (2 ug/mouse/d i.p.) in vivo. Unlike AA-AMP mimetics, HF does not compete against ATP for ProRS binding.