Prostaglandin A1-biotin

Prostaglandin A1 (PGA1) is one of the cyclopentenone prostaglandins, which have well documented antimitotic and antiproliferative effects.{10544,1569} The activity of the compounds in this class, which includes prostaglandins in both the A- and J-series, may result from changes in gene expression and the interaction with non-classical (i.e., non-G protein-coupled receptor) pathways. PGA1-biotin is an affinity probe which allows PGA1 to be detected through an interaction with the biotin ligand. PGA1-biotin was designed to allow PGA1 to be detected in complexes with nucleic acid or protein binding partners. It is thus a tool to be used in the general elucidation of the mechanism of action of the cyclopentenone prostaglandins.