panc-1

PRIMA-1 (NSC-281668) is a mutant p53 reactivator that induces apoptosis and inhibits the growth of human tumors with mutant p53.

AFMK (Formyl-N-acetyl-5-methoxykynurenamine) is an active metabolite of Melatonin with antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity. AFMK is a modulator of apoptosis and improves the anti-tumor effect of Gemcitabine in PANC-1 cells.

Metformin (1,1-Dimethylbiguanide) is an AMPK activator with blood-brain barrier permeability. Metformin may improve glycemic control by increasing insulin sensitivity and decreasing intestinal glucose uptake, and is commonly used in type 2 diabetes research.

HM90822 is a novel synthetic apoptotic protein (IAP) antagonist that induces apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer cells through proteasome-dependent degradation of IAPs containing the BIR2 3 structural domain.HM90822 inhibits the expression of XIAP and cIAP1 2 proteins in HM822-sensitive Panc-1 and BxPC-3 cells, induces ubiquitylation of IAPs and promotes induces IAP ubiquitination and promotes proteasome-dependent IAP degradation.

Dapagliflozin (BMS-512148) is a selective sodium-glucose co-transporter subtype 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor with antihyperglycemic activity.

Triacetylresveratrol (Acetyl-trans-resveratrol) has anti-cancer activity,it inhibits the phosphorylation of STAT3 and NFκB, down-regulates Mcl-1, and up-regulates Bim and Puma in pancreatic cancer cells.

Gemcitabine hydrochloride (LY 188011 hydrochloride) is a synthetic cytosine nucleoside derivative and an inhibitor of DNA synthesis. Gemcitabine has antitumor and antimetabolic activities. Gemcitabine induces autophagy and apoptosis.

3-arylisoquinolinamine derivative is a compound with antitumor activity.

LB100 (LB-100) is a water soluble protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) inhibitor.

1. Bruceine D from Brucea javanica, may have the potential to be used as a natural viricide, or a lead compound for new viricides. 2. Bruceine D inhibits the growth of three pancreatic cancer cell lines, i.e., PANC-1, SW199 and CAPAN-1; induces cytotoxicity in Capan-2 cells via the induction of cellular apoptosis involving the mitochondrial pathway.

Supinoxin (RX-5902) is an orally active inhibitor of phosphorylated-p68 RNA helicase and a potent first-in-class anti-cancer agent, inducing cell apoptosis and inhibiting the growth of TNBC cancer cell lines (IC50s: 10 nM - 20 nM).

Nic-15 (compound 4n) serves as an anti-constrictive agent targeting the low vascular characteristics of pancreatic tumors. These characteristics enable cancer cells to adapt to the nutrient-deficient tumor microenvironment and develop resistance to treatment. Nic-15 modulates the PI3K Akt mTOR pathway and alleviates ER stress induced by Gemcitabine. It significantly inhibits migration and colony formation in MIA PaCa-2 and PANC-1 pancreatic cancer cells. When used in combination with Gemcitabine, Nic-15 effectively addresses resistance issues in pancreatic tumors. In xenograft models in vivo, Nic-15 notably enhances the efficacy of Gemcitabine.

(Rac)-Glutipyran is a broad-spectrum GLUT inhibitor targeting both GLUT1 and GLUT3. This compound inhibits glucose uptake and significantly impedes the growth of various cancer cells, particularly demonstrating substantial inhibition of PANC-1 cell growth (IC50=1.8 μM) and glucose uptake (IC50=0.13 μM).

DSPE-PEG(2000) maleimide is a PEGylated derivative of 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DSPE). This compound is frequently utilized both in vitro and in vivo for synthesizing lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) that deliver siRNA or small molecule anticancer drugs. In experiments, LNPs containing DSPE-PEG(2000) maleimide and encapsulating siRNA targeting the mRNAs for p53 and K-RAS induced tumor regression in a PANC-1 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma mouse xenograft model.

AKT-IN-25 (Compound 14a) is an inhibitor of Akt that prevents the phosphorylation of Akt, thereby hindering the PI3K Akt mTOR signaling pathway. It arrests the cell cycle at the G1 phase, inhibits the migration of PANC-1 cells, and suppresses the proliferation of cancer cells PANC-1, PATU-T, and SUIT-2, with IC50 values of 3.05, 1.32, and 3.85 μM, respectively.

FAK-IN-22 (Compound 26) is an inhibitor of FAK, JAK3, and Aurora B, with IC50 values of 50.94 nM, 9.99 nM, and 0.49 nM, respectively, effectively suppressing tumorigenesis and metastasis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). It inhibits proliferation in PANC-1 cells with an IC50 of 0.15 μM. FAK-IN-22 induces apoptosis and G2 M phase arrest in PANC-1 cells by inhibiting the FAK PI3K Akt signaling pathway.

OXA-06 Dihydrochloride is a PANC-1 cell migration and MYPT1 phosphorylation inhibitor.

Aspulvinone O is a fungal metabolite that has been found in P. variotti and has antioxidant and anticancer activities.1,2 It scavenges 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radicals in a cell-free assay (IC50 = 11.6 μM).1 Aspulvinone O inhibits aspartate transaminase 1 (GOT1; Kd = 3.32 μM) and is cytotoxic to PANC-1, AsPC-1, and SW1990 pancreatic cancer cells (IC50s = 20.54-26.8 μM).2 It reduces the oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and induces apoptosis in SW1990 cells. Aspulvinone O (2.5 and 5 mg/kg) reduces tumor growth in an SW1990 mouse xenograft model. |1. Zhang, P., Li, X.-M., Wang, J.-N., et al. New butenolide derivatives from the marine-derived fungus Paecilomyces variotii with DPPH radical scavenging activity. Phytochem. Lett. 11, 85-88 (2015).|2. Sun, W., Luan, S., Qi, C., et al. Aspulvinone O, a natural inhibitor of GOT1 suppresses pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells growth by interfering glutamine metabolism. Cell Commun. Signal. 17(1), 111 (2019).

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.

QD-394 is an inducer of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production.1It induces lipid peroxidation, increases in intracellular accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and decreases in the reduced glutathione (GSH) to oxidized GSH (GSSG) ratio in MIA PaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cells when used at concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 10 μM. QD-394 is cytotoxic to MIA PaCa-2, PANC-1, and BxPC-3 cancer cells (IC50s = 0.64, 0.34, and 0.9 μM, respectively). QD-394 acts synergistically with napabucasin to reduce colony formation in MIA PaCa-2 cells. 1.Hu, S., Sechi, M., Singh, P.K., et al.A novel redox modulator induces a GPX4-mediated cell death that is dependent on iron and reactive oxygen speciesJ. Med. Chem.63(17)9838-9855(2020)

1-Alaninechalmydocin is a fungal metabolite originally isolated from a Great Lakes-derived Tolypocladium sp. and an inhibitor of histone deacetylases (HDACs). It reduces total HDAC activity in HeLa cell lysates in a concentration-dependent manner. 1-Alaninechlamydocin reduces proliferation of MIA PaCa-2, PANC-1, and hTERT-HPNE cells (GI50s = 5.3, 14, and 2.0 nM, respectively).

Pantothenate Kinase Inhibitor (PANKi) is a reversible inhibitor of pantothenate kinase (PanK; IC50s = 70, 92, and 25 nM for PanK1β, PanK2, and PanK3, respectively), the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of coenzyme A .1It binds to the ATP-PanK3 complex with an apparent binding constant of 300 nM and exhibits mixed-type inhibition with respect to ATP and pantothenate. PANKi inhibits CoA biosynthesis in C3A cells (IC50= 0.9 μM) with no effect on cell viability when used at concentrations up to 8 μM. PANKi (5 μM) synergizes with BSO to induce ferroptosis in PANC-1 cells and sensitizes the cells to imidazole ketone erastin-induced ferroptosis.2 1.Sharma, L.K., Leonardi, R., Lin, W., et al.A high-throughput screen reveals new small-molecule activators and inhibitors of pantothenate kinasesJ. Med. Chem.58(3)1563-1568(2015) 2.Badgley, M.A., Kremer, D.M., Maurer, H.C., et al.Cysteine depletion induces pancreatic tumor ferroptosis in miceScience368(6486)85-89(2020)

Kigamicins are natural antitumor antibiotics that selectively kill pancreatic cancer PANC-1 cells only under nutrient-starved conditions. They also show antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Kigamicin C inhibits PANC-1 cell survival in nutrient-deprived media at a 100-fold lower concentration than that required for cells maintained in nutrient-rich media. A related compound, kigamicin D, is active in vivo, suppressing the tumor growth of several pancreatic cancer cell lines in nude mice. It blocks the activation of Akt induced in PANC-1 cells placed in nutrient-deprived media. Kigamicin can also induce necrosis in human myeloma cells, but not normal lymphocytes, maintained in nutrient-rich media (CC50 = 100 nM).