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. 2013 Mar 19;8(3):e59156. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059156

Table 1. Summary of IC50 in the Alamar Blue viability assay readout for eight resupplied agonists and 13 antagonists toward the Y79 and RB355 human retinoblastoma cell lines.

Alamar Blue viability assay IC50 (µM)
Y79 RB355
Compound name Biological activity 0 µM resv. 30 µMresv. 80 µMresv. 0 µMresv. 30 µMresv. 80 µMresv.
Agonist Berberine chloride Antibiotic 24* 15 8.6 59* 23 6.8
Perphenazine Antipsychotic 32 27 16 25 19 9.8
Avermectin B1 Antiparasitic >100* >100 >100 55* 47* 60*
Phorbol 12-myristate 13 acetate PKC activator >100 >100 >100* >100 >100 67*
Budesonide Steroid >100 >100 >100* >100 >100 >100*
Piperazine carbazole ethanol derivative Cyto C release inhibitor 9.2 7.9 7.4 12 8.7 7.0
Triamterene Diuretic >100* >100* >100* 33* >100* >100*
Lercanidipine Ion channel inhibitor 38* 36* 38* 19 57* 33*
Antagonist Nocodazole Microtubule inhibitor 34* 21* 5.6* 1.1 0.53* >100*
Chelidonine Microtubule inhibitor 6.8* 7.9* 4.9* 1.6 1.3* >100*
Albendazole Microtubule inhibitor >100* >100* >100* 20* 23* >100*
ZM 447439 Aurora B kinase inhibitor 25* 6.3* 4.1* 1.4 1.4 8.4
Tolperisone Ion channel inhibitor 74* 67* 35* >100* 73* 49*
PALDA Ion channel inhibitor 5.2 13 10 6.1 15 15
SKF 96365 Ion channel inhibitor >100* 51* 58* 8.1 9.5 82*
Floxuridine Antimetabolite 0.44 0.43 0.45 0.82 0.76 1.4
Thioguanosine Antimetabolite 1.04 1.03 0.79 1.4 1.1 0.78
Quinidine NA+ K+ ATPase inhibitor >100 >100 >100* 74* >100 61*
LY 171883 LTD4 antagonist >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
Caffeic acid phenethyl ester NFKB inhibitor >100* >100* 75* 21* 49* 36*
IKK 16 IKK 16 inhibitor 3.6 4.8 6.1 5.9 6.5 6.6