TOFA (54857-86-2) interferes with fatty acid synthase via inhibition of acetyl Co-A carboxylase (ACC1).1 Induces apoptosis in a variety of tumor cell lines.2,3 Stimulates neurite outgrowth and neuronal differentiation in rat pheochromocytoma cells.4 TOFA impairs glucose-stimulated insulin secretion after chronic treatment.5
TOFA has been used as a lipid biosynthesis inhibitor in mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), human pluripotent stem cells., an acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 inhibitor in murine adipocyte cell lines., a lipolysis inhibitor in cancer stem cells (CSCs).
ChEBI: A member of the class of furans that is 2-furoic acid in which the hydrogen at position 5 is replaced by a tetradecyloxy group.
5-(Tetradecyloxy)-2-furoic acid (TOFA) elicits hypolipidemic?functionality by favoring fatty acid breakdown and at the same time preventing biosynthesis. It induces apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells and favors tumor suppression.
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2) Guseva?et al. (2011),?TOFA (5-tetradecyl-oxy-2-furoic acid) reduces fatty acid synthesis, inhibits expression of AR, neuropilin-1 and Mcl-1 and kills prostate cancer cells independent of p53 status; Cancer Biol. Ther.,?12?80
3) Zhou?et al. (2003),?Fatty acid synthesis inhibition triggers apoptosis during S phase in human cancer cells; Cancer Res.,?63?7330
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5) Ronnebaum?et al. (2008),?Chronic suppression of acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 in beta-cells impairs insulin secretion via inhibition of glucose rather than lipid metabolism; J. Biol. Chem.,?283?14248
