Repurposing butoconazole as a GRP78 substrate-binding domain (SBD) inhibitor to induce endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis in triple-negative breast cancer.
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is aggressive with limited therapies and poor prognosis. Butoconazole, a clinical topical imidazole antifungal for vulvovaginal candidiasis, has not previously been investigated for TNBC treatment. Here, we repurposed butoconazole as a novel allosteric inhibitor of glucose-regulated...