Salermide

Salermide is an inhibitor of sirtuins that exhibits anti-parasitic and anticancer chemotherapeutic activities. In Schistosoma mansoni, salermide decreases egg-laying activity, disrupts morphology of reproductive organs, and induces apoptosis and cell death. In breast cancer cells, salermide downregulates expression of sirtuin1, causing increases in p53 acetylation and cell death, additionally, salermide upregulates expression of DR5, ATF3, ATF4, and CHOP. Salermide also induces apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells) and inhibits tumor growth across a variety of animal models.