AG-14361 is a selective inhibitor of PARP-1 with Ki50 value <5 nM [1].
PARP1 is a member of PRAP family and plays an important role in many cellular processes, such as DNA repair, programmed cell death. It has been revealed that PARP1 is abnormally expressed in a variety of cancers and many PARP inhibitors have been developed as the anti-tumor drugs [1] [2] [3, 4].
AG-14361 is a potent PARP-1 inhibitor. When exposed HR and BRCA2-defective cells and parental cells to AG-14361, HR-defective cells were hypersensitive to the AG-14361 even at non-cytotoxic concentrations and lacking BRCA2 made the cells more sensitive to AG-14361 [5]. In human K562 cells, AG14361 treatment for 16 hours resulted in significant (~2-fold) potentiation of camptothecin-induced growth inhibition (GI50, 16 hours, camptothecin + AG14361 2.4 ± 0.1 nmol/L), cytotoxicity (LC50, camptothecin + AG14361 2.77 ± 0.55 nmol/L) and DNA single-strand breaks via inhibiting PARP-1 [1]. When tested with MMR-proficient (HCT-Ch3, A2780, and CP70-ch3) and MMR-deficient (HCT116, CP70, and CP70-ch2) cells, MMR-proficient cells were more sensitivity to temozolomide compared with MMR-deficient cells after exposed to AG-14361 which inhibited PARP1 activity [2].
In mouse model xenografted with BRCA2-deficient and BRCA-2 proficient tumor cells, BRCA2 deficiency group had more response even completely regressed tumor compared with BRCA-2 proficient group when treated with AG-14361 [5].
References:
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[5]. Kyle, S., et al., Exploiting the Achilles heel of cancer: the therapeutic potential of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors in BRCA2-defective cancer. Br J Radiol, 2008. 81 Spec No 1: p. S6-11.