Description
Manumycin A is a natural antibiotic found in Streptomyces parvulus that is known to inhibit the enzyme farnesyl transferase. Manumycin A has been found to induce apoptosis, inhibit the PI3K-AKT pathway, and decrease expression of caspase-9 and PARP in human colorectal cancer cells. The result of manumycin A on human oral squamous cancer cells was inhibition of cell viability, induction of apoptosis, regulation of transcription factor Sp1, and control of mitochondrial membrane permeability. In a mouse model of muscular dystrophy, treatment with manumycin A corrected aberrant splicing of Clcn1 gene.