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Preferred Name

pravastatin sodium

Synonyms

Pravachol

Definitions

The sodium salt of pravastatin with cholesterol-lowering and potential antineoplastic activities. Pravastatin competitively inhibits hepatic hydroxymethyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, the enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, a key step in cholesterol synthesis. This agent lowers plasma cholesterol and lipoprotein levels, and modulates immune responses by suppressing MHC II (major histocompatibility complex II) on interferon gamma-stimulated, antigen-presenting cells such as human vascular endothelial cells. In addition, pravastatin, like other statins, exhibits pro-apoptotic, growth inhibitory, and pro-differentiation activities in a variety of tumor cells; these antineoplastic activities may be due, in part, to inhibition of the isoprenylation of Ras and Rho GTPases and related signaling cascades. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C29375" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C29375" NCI Thesaurus)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000424450

altLabel

Pravachol

PRAV

CAS Registry

81131-70-6

Component of

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000424451

cui

C0085542

C0700474

C0700763

DATE FIRST PUBLISHED

2005-03-24

Date last modified

2017-12-13

definition

The sodium salt of pravastatin with cholesterol-lowering and potential antineoplastic activities. Pravastatin competitively inhibits hepatic hydroxymethyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, the enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, a key step in cholesterol synthesis. This agent lowers plasma cholesterol and lipoprotein levels, and modulates immune responses by suppressing MHC II (major histocompatibility complex II) on interferon gamma-stimulated, antigen-presenting cells such as human vascular endothelial cells. In addition, pravastatin, like other statins, exhibits pro-apoptotic, growth inhibitory, and pro-differentiation activities in a variety of tumor cells; these antineoplastic activities may be due, in part, to inhibition of the isoprenylation of Ras and Rho GTPases and related signaling cascades. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C29375" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C29375" NCI Thesaurus)

LT

TRD

NCI ID

C29375

notation

CDR0000424450

ORIG STY

Drug/agent

prefLabel

pravastatin sodium

tui

T109

T121

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