EX 527

EX 527 is a potent and selective inhibitor of the SIRT1 class III histone deacetylase enzyme. EX 527 has been used a powerful tool for studying the relationship between SIRT1 and cell regulation. The deacetylation of cortactin, a protein responsible for rearrangements of the actin cytoskeleton, is associated with cell motility and possibly tumorigenesis, and blocking of this deacetylation by EX 527 correlated to a decrease in cell motility. Blocking of SIRT1 by EX 527 also demonstrated that deacetylation of the important tumor suppressor protein p53 is mediated by SIRT1 as well.