STING agonist 1a is an agonist of stimulator of interferon genes (STING).1It induces expression of an IRF-inducible SEAP reporter gene in a cell-based assay (EC50= 16.77 μM). STING agonist 1a (12.5-100 μM) induces expression of IFN-β, IL-6, and chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 10 (CXCL10) in THP-1 cells, an effect that can be reversed by STING knockout or the STING inhibitor H-151 . 1.Hou, H., Yang, R., Liu, X., et al.Discovery of triazoloquinoxaline as novel STING agonists via structure-based virtual screeningBioorg. Chem.100103958(2020)
Trihydroxycholestanoic acid is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cholic acid .1 Elevated plasma levels of trihydroxycholestanoic acid have been found in patients with Zellweger syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by mutations in PEX genes which result in defects in peroxisome formation.2,3 |1. Keane, M.H., Overmars, H., Wikander, T.M., et al. Bile acid treatment alters hepatic disease and bile acid transport in peroxisome-deficient PEX2 Zellweger mice. Hepatology 45(4), 982-997 (2007).|2. Ferdinandusse, S., Overmars, H., Denis, S., et al. Plasma analysis of di- and trihydroxycholestanoic acid diastereoisomers in peroxisomal α-methylacyl-CoA racemase deficiency. J. Lipid Res. 42(1), 137-141 (2001).|3. Klouwer, F.C.C., Berendse, K., Ferdinandusse, S., et al. Zellweger spectrum disorders: Clinical overview and management approach. Orphanet J. Rare Dis. 10, 151 (2015).