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. 2017 Oct 22;6(4):37. doi: 10.3390/cells6040037

Table 1.

Pharmacological modulators of autophagy. Ref; reference, BRB; blood retinal barrier, BBB, blood brain barrier.

Compound Source Dosage Effect/Mechanism Used Permeability
Rapamycin EuromedexR-5000 100 nM Autophagy inductor/mTOR kinase inhibitor Ex vivo Not tested
AZD8055 Axon, 1561 1 μM Autophagy inductor/mTOR inhibitor Ex vivo Not tested
Bafilomycin A Sigma, B1793 50 nM Autophagy inhibitor/vacuolar ATPase inhibitor Ex vivo Not tested
3-Methyladenine Sigma, M9281 10 mM Autophagy inhibitor/PI3K type III inhibitor Ex vivo Not tested
Hydroxichloroquine Lab.Rubió, 880872.4 30 μg/mL Autophagy inhibitor/increases lysosomal pH Ex vivo Not tested
NH4Cl/Leupeptin Sigma, A9434
Sigma, L2884
20 mM
100 mM
Autophagy inhibitor/increases lysosomal pH-proteases inhibitor Ex vivo Not tested
Leupeptin Sigma, L2884 40 mg/kg Autophagy inhibitor/proteases inhibitor In vivo BRB, not BBB