IITZ-01

IITZ-01 (Autophagy inhibitor IITZ-01) is a novel potent lysosomotropic autophagy inhibitor, exhibits >10-fold potent autophagy inhibition along with 12- to 20-fold better cytotoxic action than Chloroquine; enhances autophagosome accumulation but inhibit autophagosomal degradation by impairing lysosomal function, finally resulting in the inhibition of autophagy, also abolishes mitochondrial membrane potential and triggers apoptosis through the mitochondria-mediated pathway (TNBC cells IC50=1.54 uM, 48 h) ; displays potent antitumor action in vivo through autophagy inhibition and apoptosis induction in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer xenograft model.