We have found that niacin-related compounds, particularly picolinic acid, induced apoptosis in human leukemia cells. In this paper, we investigated whether various picolinic acid-related compounds had apoptosis-inducing activities or not. Particularly, fusaric acid, picolinaldehyde, nicotinaldehyde, 2-aminopyridine, and 3-aminopyridine also induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells. These results suggest that pyridine substituted with various groups and the consequent change of resonance structure may have an important role in the induction of apoptosis.
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Chongqing Univ Technol, Coll Pharm & Bioengn, Chongqing 400054, Peoples R ChinaChongqing Univ Technol, Coll Pharm & Bioengn, Chongqing 400054, Peoples R China
Liu, Ya-Jing
Zhou, Chang-Yang
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Chongqing Univ Technol, Coll Pharm & Bioengn, Chongqing 400054, Peoples R ChinaChongqing Univ Technol, Coll Pharm & Bioengn, Chongqing 400054, Peoples R China
Zhou, Chang-Yang
Qiu, Chun-Hong
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Chongqing Univ Technol, Coll Pharm & Bioengn, Chongqing 400054, Peoples R ChinaChongqing Univ Technol, Coll Pharm & Bioengn, Chongqing 400054, Peoples R China
Qiu, Chun-Hong
Lu, Xiu-Min
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Lu, Xiu-Min
Wang, Yong-Tang
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Third Mil Med Univ, Inst Surg Res, Daping Hosp, State Key Lab Trauma Burns & Combined Injury, Chongqing 400042, Peoples R ChinaChongqing Univ Technol, Coll Pharm & Bioengn, Chongqing 400054, Peoples R China