NSC139021 (ERGi-USU)

Cell experiment:

To assess cell growth, To evaluate the ERG selectivity of the NSC139021, a panel of the following cell lines are assessed: ERG positive tumor cell lines (prostate cancer: VCaP; colon cancer: COLO320; leukemia: KG-1, MOLT-4; ERG negative prostate cancer cell lines (LNCaP, LAPC4, MDA PCa2b); normal prostate epithelium derived cell lines (BPH-1, RWPE-1); and primary endothelium derived cells (HUVEC). Monolayer of adherent cells are grown in their respective medium for 48 h followed by treatment with indicated dosage and time for the small molecule inhibitor NSC139021. Medium is replaced every 24 h containing the same concentration of the small molecule compound. Cells are counted by using trypan blue exclusion method. Cell morphology is documented by photography in all indicated time points. IC50 is calculated using GraphPad Prism 6 software[1].

Animal experiment:

Mice[1]The VCaP prostate cancer cells are injected into lower right dorsal flank of the male athymic nude mice (6-8 weeks old and weighing 27 to 30g). when tumors are palpable, mice are randomly separated into 2 experimental groups and into one control group of 6 mice in each group. In the treatment groups mice are injected intraperitoneally (I.P) with 100 mg/kg of NSC139021 or 150 mg/kg of NSC139021 while the control group are injected with vehicle (1:1[v/v], DMSO/PEG300) only. Growth in tumor volume is recorded weekly by using digital calipers and tumor volumes are calculated[1].

References:

[1]. Mohamed AA, et al. Identification of a small molecule that selectively inhibits ERG-positive cancer cell growth. Cancer Res. 2018 Apr 30. pii: canres.2949.2017.