3-(3-Pyridinyl)-1-(4-pyridinyl)-2-propen-1-one inhibits human bladder cancer cell lines growth. It also inhibits cancer cell growth proliferation by it’s treatment in combination with phenoformin. An inhibitor of 6-phosphofructo-2- kinaselfructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB).
ChEBI: 3PO is a member of the class of pyridines that is pyridine substituted by a 3-oxo-3-(pyridin-4-yl)prop-1-en-1-yl group at position 3. An inhibitor of PFKFB3 kinase, an enzyme with a key role in glycolysis. It has a role as an antineoplastic agent, an angiogenesis inhibitor, an autophagy inducer, an apoptosis inducer and an EC 2.7.1.105 (6-phosphofructo-2-kinase) inhibitor. It is a member of pyridines and an enone.
