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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Cancer Res. 2023 Jul 18;160:83–106. doi: 10.1016/bs.acr.2023.06.001

Table 2.

Commercially available PDI inhibitors.

Inhibitor Chemical name IC50 (μM) PDI members PDI inhibition activity Membrane permeable reversibility Refs.
35G8 1,3,6-Trimethylpyrimido [5,4-e] [1,2,4] triazine-5,7-dione 0.17 PDIA1 Induces Nrf2 antioxidant response, endoplasmic reticulum stress response, autophagy, and may induce cell death via ferroptosis Cell permeable Kyani et al. (2018)
E64FC26 (lE)-1-nonylidene-3-(trifluoromethyl) indene-5,6-diol 1.9
20.9
25.9
16.3
25.4
PDIA1
PDIA3
PDIA4,
TXNDC5
PDIA6
anti-myeloma activity Cell permeable Robinson et al. (2019)
PACMA 31 N-(2,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(1-oxo-2-propyn-1-yl)-2-(2-thienyl) glycyl-glycine ethyl ester 10 PDIA1 Cytotoxic in ovarian cancer cells Cell permeable irreversible Xu et al. (2012)
Bacitracin Commercial bacitracin is a mixture of at least 22 structurally related peptides. 150 PDIA1 Inhibits cell death through enhanced apoptosis in melanoma cells Cell permeable reversible Karala and Ruddock (2010)
16F16 2-(2-Cbloroacetyl)-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1-methyl-1H-pyrido [3,4-b] indole-1-carboxylic acid methyl ester, Methyl 2-(2-chloroacetyl)-1-methyl-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-pyrido[3,4-b] indole-1-carboxylate 63 PDIA1
PDIA3
Inhibits apoptosis in PC12 cell model of HD Cell permeable irreversible Kaplan et al. (2015)
P1 N-[(1,1-Dimethylethoxy)carbonyl]-l-phenylalanyl-O-(ethenylsulfonyl) -N-4-pentyn-1-yl-l-tyrosinamide 1.7 PDIA1 Inhibits proliferation of MCF7, MDA-MB-231, HepG2 and UACC257 and T47D Cell permeable irreversible Ge et al. (2013)
CCF 642 Spyietqlovdjcf-xyokqwhbsa-n 2.9 PDIA1 Induce apoptosis and cytotoxic effects in multiple myeloma cells Cell permeable irreversible Vatolin et al. (2016)
LOC14 2-((4-(Cyclopropanecarbonyl)piperazin-1-yl) methyl) benzo[d]isothiazol-3(2H-f)-one, 2-((4-(Cyclopropylcarb onyl)-1-piperazinyl) methyl)-1,2-benzothiazol-3 (2H)-one 0.5 PDIA3 Antiapoptotic neuroprotective Cell permeable reversible Kaplan, et al. (2015);
O’Sullivanet al. (2022)
BAP2 (E)-3-(3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-3-oxoprop-1-en-1-yl)benzonitrile 0.9 PDIA1
PDIA2
Inhibits tumor growth in glioblastoma Cell permeable Xu et al. (2019)
KSC-34 2-Chloro-N-[2-[[4-[methyl(4-phenylbutyl)amino]-6-(prop-2-ynylamino)-l,3,5-triazin-2-yl]amino]ethyl]acetamide 3.5 PDIA1 Reduce the extracellular pathogenic load of the amyloidogenic antibody light chain Cell Permeable Cole et al. (2018)