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| Other names | Aureolic acid; Mithracin; Antibiotic LA 7017; Mithramycin A; Mitramycin; Plicatomycin |
| AHFS/Drugs.com | Micromedex Detailed Consumer Information |
| Routes of administration | Intravenous |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.162.065 |
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| Formula | C52H76O24 |
| Molar mass | 1085.156 g·mol−1 |
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Plicamycin (INN, also known as mithramycin; trade name Mithracin) is an antineoplastic antibiotic produced by Streptomyces plicatus . It is an RNA synthesis inhibitor. [1] The manufacturer discontinued production in 2000. Several different structures are currently reported in different places all with the same chromomycin core, but with different stereochemistry in the glycoside chain, a 1999 study has re-investigated the compound and proposed a revised structure. [2]
Plicamycin has been used in the treatment of testicular cancer, [3] [4] Paget's disease of bone, [5] [6] and, rarely, the management of hypercalcemia.
Plicamycin has been tested in chronic myeloid leukemia. [7]
Plicamycin is currently used in multiple areas of research, including cancer cell apoptosis [8] and as a metastasis inhibitor. [9]
One elucidated pathway shows it interacts by cross-binding chromatin GC-rich promoter motifs, thereby inhibiting gene transcription. [10]