Table 2 IC50 concentrations expressed in μM for the in vitro cell growth inhibition induced by exposure to fascaplysin (1), CA198 (3), CA199 (4), CA211 (5) and BPT (6) for 48 h and measured by MTT assay

From: Antitumour potential of BPT: a dual inhibitor of cdk4 and tubulin polymerization

Cell lines

Fascaplysin (1)

CA198 (3)

CA199 (4)

CA211 (5)

BPT (6)

LS174T (colorectal carcinoma; p53+, pRb+)

0.88+0.04

33+2.5

7.1+1.3

29+2

0.85+0.07

PC-3 (prostate; p53 null, pRb+)

0.92+0.06

42+3

13.1+1.8

32+1.5

0.74+0.09

MiaPaCa (pancreatic; p53His273mut, pRb+)

0.88+0.2

43+5

8.5+ 1.3

29+4.5

0.8+0.1

A549 (NSCLC; p53+, pRb+)

0.69+0.03

46+4

8.0+2

31+3.5

0.92+0.08

Calu-1 (NSCLC; p53 null, pRb+)

1.3+0.1

92+4.5

47+3.5

54+4

2.8+0.4

NCI-H460 (NSCLC; p53+, pRb+)

ND

29+3.5

6.2+0.7

22+2

0.6+0.06

NCI-H1299 (NSCLC; p53 null, pRb+)

ND

35+2

4.5+0.5

30+1

0.9+0.045

NCI-H358 (NSCLC; p53 null, pRb null)

ND

28+4

3.5+0.8

25+1.5

0.68+0.07

BNL CL2 (mouse normal hepatic cells)

ND

37+1.5

6.5+0.7

27+2.5

0.72+0.1

BNL SV A.8 (mouse hepatic; SV40-mediated transformed cells)

ND

40+3.5

8.2+1

35+3

0.75+0.08

  1. All results represent means and S.D. from at least three independent experiments