INHIBITION OF TUBULIN POLYMERIZATION BY MEBENDAZOLE
INHIBITION OF TUBULIN POLYMERIZATION BY MEBENDAZOLE
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-291x(80)90349-6
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
ZETINA, C
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作者:
LACLETTE, JP;GUERRA, G;ZETINA, C
The interaction of mebendazole (methyl-5-benzoyl benzimidazole-2-carbamate), a new antihelminthic drug, with tubulin was studied. Ultramicroscopic and turbidimetric evidence shows an inhibitory effect of mebendazole on the in vitro polymerization of tubulin. Scatchard plot analysis shows a single binding site for mebendazole/tubulin dimer. This site has an affinity constant of 2.8 .times. 105 M-1. Competition experiments demonstrate that this binding site is the same as for Colchicine, even when both compounds are not chemically related. Mebendazole is proposed as a useful tool for the study of tubulin assembly.