Paclitaxel octadecanedioate is a prodrug form of paclitaxel that is comprised of paclitaxel conjugated to 1,18-octadecanedioic acid.1 Unlike paclitaxel, it does not promote tubulin polymerization in vitro when used at a concentration of 10 μM. A 5:1 mixture of paclitaxel octadecanedioate:human serum albumin (HSA) is cytotoxic to HT-1080, PANC-1, and HT-29 cells (IC50s = 12, 2.48, and 8.62 nM, respectively). This mixture reduces tumor growth and increases survival in an HT-1080 mouse xenograft model in a dose-dependent manner. |1. Callmann, C.E., Leguyader, C.L.M., Burton, S.T., et al. Antitumor activity of 1,18-octadecanedioic acid-paclitaxel complexed with human serum albumin. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141(30), 11765-11769 (2019).
PRLX-93936 is an analog of erastin that has antitumor activity. It inhibits the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) signaling pathway under hypoxic conditions (IC50 = 0.09 μM in a cell-based reporter assay). PRLX-93936 (1 μM) also inhibits hypoxia-induced increases in HIF-1α expression in ME-180 cervical cancer cells. It inhibits the growth of HT-1080 fibrosarcoma, OVCAR-5 ovarian cancer, BJELR tumorigenic primary fibroblast, and PANC-1 pancreatic cancer cells with IC50 values of less than 100 nM. PRLX-93936 inhibits tumor growth in PANC-1 and HT-1080 xenograft models when administered at a dose of 50 mg/kg and induces tumor regression when administered at a dose of 100 mg/kg.
DAT-230 is a promising microtubule inhibitor that has great potential for the treatment of fibrosarcoma in vitro and in vivo. DAT-230 exhibited potent anti-proliferative activity against various cancer cells. DAT-230 -treatment in HT-1080 cells resulted in microtubule de-polymerization and G2 M phase arrest preceding apoptosis. Phosphor-cdc2 (thr14 tyr15) reduction, cyclin B1 accumulation and aberrant spindles denoted the cyclin B1-cdc2 complex active and M phase arrest in HT-1080 cells treated with DAT-230. Apoptosis induced by DAT-230 was related with the activation of caspase-9, caspase-3 and PARP cleavage, which were at the downstream of mitochondria.
Calyxin B exhibits potent activity against human HT-1080 fibrosarcoma cells with an ED50 value of 0.69 microM. A methylated product of calyxin A and an epimeric mixture of Calyxin B, showed greatly reduced activity suggesting that phenolic hydroxyl groups