In K562 cells, PD180970 (0.5 μM) induces apoptosis and causes cell death. The IC50 values are 170, 80, and 80 nM for the tyrosine phosphorylation of p210Bcr-Abl, Gab2, and CrkL. PD180970 significantly inhibits the purified recombinant Abl tyrosine kinase activity with an IC50 of 2.2 nM[1]. In the human K562 CML cells, PD180970 inhibits the activity of Stat5 DNA-binding with an IC50 of 5 nM[2].

In Male C57BL/6J mice injected with MPTP, intraperitonial injection of PD180970 (5 mg/kg) decreased number of activated microglia on activation by MPTP and reduces the Iba1 expression intensity in activated microglia[1].