Mepazine (Pecazine) is a potent and selective MALT1 protease inhibitor with IC50s of 0.83 and 0.42 μM for GSTMALT1 full length and GSTMALT1 325-760, respectively. Mepazine affects viability of ABC-DLBCL cells by enhancing Apoptosis[1].
Mepazine (5-20 μM; 4 days) causes a decrease of cell viability in the activated B cell subtype of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (ABCDLBCL) cells, without significantly affecting GCB-DLBCL cells[1].
Cell Viability Assay[1]
| Cell Line: | ABC-DLBCL cell lines (HBL1, OCI-Ly3, U2932, TMD8, OCI-Ly10) and GCB-DLBCL cell lines (BJAB, Su-DHL-6, Su-DHL-4) |
| Concentration: | 5, 10, and 20 μM |
| Incubation Time: | 4 days |
| Result: | Caused a decrease of cell viability in the ABC-DLBCL cells HBL1, OCI-Ly3, U2932, and TMD8, without significantly affecting GCB-DLBCL cells. |
Mepazine (16 mg/kg; intraperitoneal administration) interferes with growth and induces apoptosis of ABC-DLBCL cell line OCI-Ly10 in NOD/scid IL-2Rgnull (NSG) mice with a murine DLBCL xenogeneic tumor model. Daily administration of Mepazine strongly impairs the expansion of the ABC-DLBCL cell line OCI-Ly10[1].
| Animal Model: | 6- to 8-week-old female NOD.Cg-Prkdcscid Il2rgtm1Wjl/SzJ (NSG) mice with a murine DLBCL xenogeneic tumor model[1] |
| Dosage: | 400 μg per animal (25 g), corresponding to approximately 16 mg/kg. |
| Administration: | Intraperitoneal administration; started 1 or 12 days after transplantation and given continuously every 24 hr; daily application |
| Result: | Daily administration strongly impaired the expansion of the ABC-DLBCL cell line OCI-Ly10. |
[1]. Nagel D, et al. Pharmacologic inhibition of MALT1 protease by phenothiazines as a therapeutic approach for the treatment of aggressive ABC-DLBCL. Cancer Cell. 2012 Dec 11;22(6):825-37.