C188-9

Cell experiment:

Cell lines are plated at 2 to 5×105 cells/mL in growth medium and treated with increasing doses of inhibitor for 24 hours. CD34+ AML cells are plated at 1 to 2×105 cells/mL in IMDM with 20% FBS and Pen/Strep, and incubated with C188-9 (0.3 to 100 μM) for 48 hours. Cells are then harvested and labeled. The fraction of spontaneous apoptosis is determined from an untreated sample and then subtracted from the drug-treated samples to yield the percentage of apoptosis attributed to drug treatment[1].

Animal experiment:

Mice[3]UM-SCC-17B cells (1.5×106) are injected into the tongues of athymic, 8-10 week old, male, nude mice. Once tumors are established, mice (20 total; 10/group) are randomized (average tumor vol ~15-20 mm3) to receive 5 times a week, intraperitoneal injections of either DMSO or C188 (50 mg/kg) or C188-9 (100 mg/kg). Tumor volumes are measured twice weekly. Average tumor volumes 6/πx (long dimension) x (short dimension)2)) are calculated and normalized to the volume at first day of treatment and plotted comparison is done by t test (* p<0.05) [3].

References:

[1]. Silva KA, et al. Inhibition of Stat3 activation suppresses caspase-3 and the ubiquitin-proteasome system, leading to preservation of muscle mass in cancer cachexia. J Biol Chem. 2015 Apr 24;290(17):11177-87.
[2]. Redell MS, et al. Stat3 signaling in acute myeloid leukemia: ligand-dependent and -independent activation and induction of apoptosis by a novel small-molecule Stat3 inhibitor. Blood. 2011 May 26;117(21):5701-9.
[3]. Bharadwaj U, et al. Small-molecule inhibition of STAT3 in radioresistant head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oncotarget. 2016 May 3;7(18):26307-30.