General Information of Drug (ID: DMU8L7C)

Drug Name
Mepacrine Drug Info
Synonyms
quinacrine; mepacrine; atabrine; Acrinamine; Acriquine; 83-89-6; Quinactine; Antimalarina; Haffkinine; Akrichin; Italchine; acrichine; Erion; Mepacrinum; Quinacrine hydrochloride; Mepacrine [INN:BAN]; St 439; Mepacrinum [INN-Latin]; Mepacrina [INN-Spanish]; atebrin; Malaricida; Methoquine; Palacrin; Italchin; Pentilen; Palusan; Atebrine; Metochin; Mecryl; Quinacrine, Mepacrine; 3-Chloro-7-methoxy-9-(1-methyl-4-diethylaminobutylamino)acridine; 2-Methoxy-6-chloro-9-diethylaminopentylaminoacridine; HSDB 3253
Indication
Disease Entry ICD 11 Status REF
Discovery agent N.A. Investigative [1]
Cross-matching ID
PubChem CID
237
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:8711
CAS Number
CAS 83-89-6
TTD Drug ID
DMU8L7C
VARIDT Drug ID
DR01478
INTEDE Drug ID
DR1377

Molecule(s) Related to This Drug


Drug Therapeutic Target (DTT)
DTT Name DTT ID UniProt ID MOA REF
Phospholipase A2 (PLA2G1B) TT9V5JH PA21B_HUMAN Inhibitor [1]

Drug Transporter (DTP)
DTP Name DTP ID UniProt ID Highest Status REF
Breast cancer resistance protein (ABCG2) DTI7UX6 ABCG2_HUMAN Phase 2 [2]

Drug-Metabolizing Enzyme (DME)
DME Name DME ID UniProt ID Highest Status REF
Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) DE4LYSA CP3A4_HUMAN Phase 2 [3]
Cytochrome P450 3A5 (CYP3A5) DEIBDNY CP3A5_HUMAN Phase 2 [3]

The Expression Level of Molecule(s) in Normal Tissue of Major ADME-Related Organs

Molecule Molecule Type Gene Name Liver Colon Kidney Small Intestine
Phospholipase A2 (PLA2G1B) DTT PLA2G1B 5.385 3.733 4.178 5.278
Breast cancer resistance protein (ABCG2) DTP BCRP 6.732 7.513 6.326 9.277
Cytochrome P450 3A5 (CYP3A5) DME CYP3A5 10.08 7.207 5.403 9.211
Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) DME CYP3A4 11.692 6.58 4.984 9.089
Molecule Expression Atlas in Normal Tissue of Major ADME-related organs

The Expression Level of Molecule(s) between Disease Section and Healthy Individual Tissue

The Studied Disease Discovery agent
ICD Disease Classification N.A.
Molecule Name Molecule Type Gene Name p-value Fold-Change Z-score
Phospholipase A2 (PLA2G1B) DTT PLA2G1B 2.65E-01 -0.08 -0.21
Breast cancer resistance protein (ABCG2) DTP BCRP 4.63E-01 -1.31E-01 -2.30E-01
Cytochrome P450 3A5 (CYP3A5) DME CYP3A5 1.34E-01 -2.79E-01 -7.05E-01
Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) DME CYP3A4 9.81E-01 2.72E-01 6.95E-01
Molecular Expression Atlas between Disease Section and Healthy Individual Tissue

References

1 Involvement of protein kinase C activation in L-leucine-induced stimulation of protein synthesis in l6 myotubes. Cytotechnology. 2003 Nov;43(1-3):97-103.
2 Arginine-482 is not essential for transport of antibiotics, primary bile acids and unconjugated sterols by the human breast cancer resistance protein (ABCG2). Biochem J. 2005 Jan 15;385(Pt 2):419-26.
3 Quinacrine is mainly metabolized to mono-desethyl quinacrine by CYP3A4/5 and its brain accumulation is limited by P-glycoprotein. Drug Metab Dispos. 2006 Jul;34(7):1136-44.