ADH-1 is a cyclic peptide antagonist of N-cadherin. 1 It inhibits neurite outgrowth in cerebellar neurons cultured on N-cadherin-expressing 3T3 cell monolayers (IC50 = 0.323 mM). ADH-1 (0.2 mg/ml) inhibits cell scattering and motility induced by collagen I in Capan-1 cells and wild-type and N-cadherin-overexpressing BxPC-3 cells.2 It induces apoptosis in N-cadherin-overexpressing, but not knockdown, BxPC-3 cells when used at a concentration of 1 mg/ml. ADH-1 (50 mg/kg) reduces tumor growth in an N-cadherin-overexpressing BxPC-3 mouse xenograft model.
1.Williams, E., Williams, G., Gour, B.J., et al.A novel family of cyclic peptide antagonists suggests that N-cadherin specificity is determined by amino acids that flank the HAV motifJ. Biol. Chem.275(6)4007-4012(2000) 2.Shintani, Y., Fukumoto, Y., Chaika, N., et al.ADH-1 suppresses N-cadherin-dependent pancreatic cancer progressionInt. J. Cancer122(1)71-77(2008)
















