Biological Activity
YM-155 is a survivin inhibitor with an IC50 of 0.54 nM.
In Vitro
YM155 (30 μM) is not sensitive to survivn gene promoter-driven luciferase reporter activity. YM155 shows significant supression on endogenous survivin expression in PC-3 and PPC-1 human HRPC cells with deficient p53 via transcriptional inhibition of the survivin gene promoter. YM155 (100 nM) does not affect protein expression of c-IAP2, XIAP, Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Bad, α-actin, and β-tubulin. YM155 potently inhibits human cancer cell lines (mutated or truncated p53) such as PC-3, PPC-1, DU145, TSU-Pr1, 22Rv1, SK-MEL-5 and A375 with IC50s ranging from 2.3 to 11 nM, respectively[1]. YM155 resultin in an increase in sensitivity of NSCLC cells to γ-radiation. YM155 combined with γ-radiation increases both the number of apoptotic cells and the activity of caspase-3. In addition, YM155 delays the repair of radiation-induced double-strand breaks in nuclear DNA[2].
In Vivo
YM155 (3 and 10 mg/kg) inhibits the tumor growth in PC-3 xenografts, without obvious body weight loss and blood cell count decrease. YM155 is highly distributed to tumor tissue in vivo. YM155 shows 80% TGI at a dose of 5 mg/kg in PC-3 orthotopic xenografts[1]. YM155 in combination with γ-radiation shows potent antitumor activity against H460 or Calu6 xenografts in nude mice[2]. In this orthotopic renal and metastatic lung tumors models, YM155 and IL-2 additively decreases tumor weight, lung metastasis, and luciferin-stained tumor images[3].
References & source
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