Fig. 1.
,A, structure of the Smac-mimetic compound SH-130 and an inactive control compound, SH-123. B, Western blot analysis of the expression of IAPs in human prostate cancer cells DU-145 and PC3, with normal prostate epithelial cells PrEC and human fibroblast WI-38. C, SH-130-mediated radiosensitization of DU-145 cells by clonogenic survival assay. Cells seeded in 6-well plates were treated with 5, 10, or 20 μM of SH-130 or 20 μM of SH-123, respectively, followed by 2, 4, 6, or 8 Gy X-ray radiation within one hour. Each sample was tested in triplicate. After 14 days’ incubation, colonies were stained by crystal violet and counted manually. Data were normalized and expressed as the mean ± SD (n=3), and represented one of three independent experiments.