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. 2020 Jul 16;63(21):12275–12289. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00510

Table 1. Different Activities of Enoxacin as a SMER Compound Reported in the Literature.

Activity Work highlights Year of publication Reference
RNAi and miRNA maturation enhancer • Identification of enoxacin as a miRNA enhancer from screening of 2,000 US FDA drugs. 2008 Jin et al.a
• Experimental evidence of the involvement of TRBP in the SMER activity of enoxacin.
Anticancer agent • Identification of enoxacin as an anticancer agent in a panel of 12 cancer cell lines. 2011 Esteller et al.b
• Confirmation of its TRBP-dependent activity and evidence of TRBP/enoxacin binding by biophysical experiments.
Anticancer agent • Identification of the ability of enoxacin to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells through the reduction of HDAC1 and SIRT1 protein levels by miRNA modulation. 2013 Jeronimo et al.c
Anticancer agent • Identification of a synergistic activity between enoxacin and doxorubicin in treating Ewing sarcoma family tumors. 2014 Stamenkovic et al.d
Anticancer agent • Identification of the ability of enoxacin to inhibit the growth of melanoma cell lines. 2017 Uldrijan et al.e
• Experimental evidence that enoxacin increases p53 protein levels by reducing MdmX transcripts through miRNA modulation.
• Demonstration that enoxacin is not involved in human topoisomerase inhibition.
Anticancer agent • Demonstration of the ability of enoxacin to inhibit osteoclast formation by miRNA modulation. 2018 Holliday et al.f
Anticancer agent • Identification of the ability of enoxacin to inhibit the growth of a human thyroid cancer in an orthotopic mouse model. 2019 Santisteban et al.g
• Experimental evidence of the ability of enoxacin to restore miRNA maturation at physiological levels in cells with low levels of Dicer.
Anticancer agent • Identification of the ability of enoxacin to stimulate diRNA production promoting DNA repair. 2019 D’Adda di Fagagna et al.h
Anti-ALS agent • Identification of enoxacin as an anti-ALS agent by its ability to modulate miRNA maturation. 2015 Hornstein et al.i
• Demonstration that enoxacin delays neurological symptoms in ALS mice.
Anti-ALS agent • Identification of the ability of enoxacin to increase miRNA maturation in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). 2018 Corti et al.j
Anti-ALS agent • Identification of the ability of enoxacin to increase paraspeckle formation in neuroblastoma cells. 2018 Buchman et al.k
Antidepressant agent • Identification of the ability of enoxacin to reduce depressive behavior in rats by miRNA modulation. 2014 Dwivedi et al.l
Antiviral agent • Identification of the ability of enoxacin to prevent Zika virus infection in hNPC cells. 2019 Qin et al.m
• Experimental evidence that the antiviral activity of enoxacin is dependent on the presence of Dicer.
Antiaging agent • Identification of the ability of enoxacin to increase lifespan in C. elegans by modulating miRNA maturation. 2018 Mori et al.n
• Experimental evidence that lifespan-increasing activity of enoxacin is ADAR-dependent.
a

Reference (18).

b

Reference (33).

c

Reference (34).

d

Reference (40).

e

Reference (35).

f

Reference (38).

g

Reference (36).

h

Reference (26).

i

Reference (44).

j

Reference (46).

k

Reference (47).

l

Reference (52).

m

Reference (55).

n

Reference (58).