Description
Miglustat HCl (210110-90-0) is an orally active ceramide-specific glycosyltransferase and α-glucosidase I and II inhibitor.1 Rescues trafficking-deficient F508del-CFTR in human airway epithelial cells via inhibition of ER α-glucosidases I and II.2 Pharmacological chaperone for glucocerebrosidase degradation.3 Clinically useful agent for Gaucher disease type 1.4 Stabilizes neurological disorders in Niemann-Pick disease type C.5
Uses
An inhibitor of a-glucosidase 1 as well as being an inhibitor of HIV cytopathicity. N-Butyldeoxynojirimycin has recently been used to retard lipid storage in the central nervous system of an animal m
odel of Tay-Sachs disease.
1-Deoxynojirimycin derivatives as selective inhibitors of glucosylceramide metabolism in man.
References
1) Platt et al. (1994), N-butyldeoxynojirimycin is a novel inhibitor if glycolipid biosynthesis; J. Biol. Chem., 269 8362
2) Noel et al. (2008), Parallel improvement of sodium and chloride transport defects by miglustat (n-butyldeoxynojyrimicin) in cystic fibrosis; J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther., 325 1016
3) Abian et al. (2011), Therapeutic strategies for Gaucher disease: miglustat (NB-DNJ) as a pharmacological chaperone for glucocerebrosidase and the different thermostability of velaglucerase alfa and imiglucerase; Mol. Pharm., 8 2390
4) Serratrice et al. (2015), Switching from imiglucerase to miglustat for the treatment of French patients with Gaucher disease type 1: a case series; J. Med. Case Rep., 9 146
5) Karimzadeh (2013), Effects of miglustat on stabilization of neurological disorder in niemann-pick disease type C: Iranian pediatric case series; J. Child Neurol., 28 1599
