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. 2015 Jan 20;5(23):11957–11970. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.2566

Table 2. Comparison of ABCG2 inhibitors described in the literature for in vivo experiments.

IC50: Inhibitory concentration of 50% of the ABCG2 activity; IG50: Inhibitory growth of 50% of the cell proliferation; I.V.: Intravenous; I.P.: Intraperitoneal; P.O.: Per Os.

Name In vitro In vivo Toxicity In vivo Impact on
Inhibition (IC50) ABCG2 Specificity Cytoxicity (IG50) Acute Chronic Tumor growth Pharmacokinetics
GF120918 [13, 21, 35, 4548] 0.31 μM Mitoxantrone No 1–40 mM > 5 mg/kg I.V. > 400 mg oral (human) Yes Doxorubicin : No
> 10 mg/kg I.P. Topotecan: Yes
> 50 mg/kg oral CPT-11: Yes
Ko143 [6, 24, 49] 0.22 μM Hoechst 3342 Yes 18–34 μM > 50 mg/kg oral Topotecan: Yes
0.35 μM Pheophorbide A > 10 mg/kg I.P.
Telatinib [26, 50, 51] [3H]-Mitoxantrone [3H]-E217BG No > 10 μM >15 mg/kg oral >1 500 mg (human) Yes
Triclabendazole [7] ≈ 10 μM Mitoxantrone > 100 mg/kg I.P. Nitrofurantoin: Yes
Sorafenib [25] No 2–6 μM > 25 mg/kg oral > 25 mg/kg P.O. Yes
YHO-13177 [40] ≈0.3 μM Hoechst 3342 Yes > 10 μM > 200 mg/kg oral Yes
> 30 mg/kg I.V.
MBL-II-141 0.11 μM Mitoxantrone Yes > 100 μM > 10 mg/kg oral > 10 mg/kg I.P. Yes CPT-11: Yes
> 50 mg/kg I.P. > 50 mg/kg I.P.