PRGL493 is an inhibitor of long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 4 (ACSL4).1It inhibits formation of arachidonoyl-CoA (AA-CoA) from arachidonic acid in, as well as the proliferation and migration of, PC3 and MDA-MB-231 cancer cells when used at a concentration of 50 μM.

This is a hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1 a) 19-mer fragment. HIF-1 functions as master regulator of response to oxygen homeostasis. Hypoxia-induced gene expression is initiated when HIF-1 subunit is stabilized in response to a lack of oxygen. This part of HIF-1 binds to the von Hippel-Lindau factor (VHL) an E3 ubiquitin ligase, and the proline 564 is absolutely critical to the binding process.

Sodium L-lactate is produced from pyruvate by the enzyme Lactate Dehydrogenase. Lactate production occurs during anaerobic glycolysis or in proliferatively active cells. L-Lactic Acid occurs in small quantities in the blood and muscle fluid of man and animals.