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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Top Med Chem. 2018;18(6):484–493. doi: 10.2174/1568026618666180523104541

Table 2:

The inhibitors targeting SCAP/SREBPs pathway in cancer cells

Drug Mechanism Cancer type In Vitro Cell line (IC50 μM) In vivo xenograft mouse model (drug dose) References
Fatostatin Inhibition of ER-Golgi translocation of SCAP/SREBPs GBM U87-MG (−) U87-MG (5, 30 mg/kg) [108]
Prostate LNCap(10.4),
C4–2B(9.1),
PC3 (15.8),
DU145 (9.5)
C4–2B, PC3,DU145(15 mg/kg) [109, 111]
Lung A549 (−), PC9 (−) None [141]
Pancreatic MIA PaCa-2 (14.5) None [72]
Betulin Inhibition of ER-Golgi translocation of SREBPs Prostate LNCaP (−), PC3 (−) None [142]
Breast MCF7 (−) MCF7 (50,100 mg/kg) [143]
Lung A549 (−), PC9 (−) A549 (20 mg/kg) [141]
HCC None Diethylnitrosamine-induced mouse HCC (50 mg/kg) [138]
Xanthohumol Inhibition of ER-Golgi translocation of SCAP/SREBPs by binding to Sec23/24 Normal liver None 75 or 150 mg/kg dietary Xanthohumol inhibits SREBP-1 target gene expression in the liver in diet-induced obese mice [117]
PF-429242 Inhibition of SREBP cleavage by inhibiting SIP Normal liver None PF-429242 with 10 or 30 mg/kg inhibits the expression of SREBP target genes in mice liver [126]
HCC Huh-7 (90) None [144]
GBM T98(15.0), U87- MG(15.2), A172 (27.6) None [128]
Pancreatic MIA PaCa-2 (24.5) None [72]
Nelfinavir Inhibition of SREBP cleavage by inhibiting S2P Liposarcoma LiSa-2 (−), SW872 (−) LiSa-2 (500 mg/kg) [132]
Prostate DU145 (−), PC3 (−) None [134]
1,10-phenanthroline Inhibition of SREBP cleavage by inhibiting S2P Prostate DU145 (−), PC3 (−) None [134]
BF175 Inhibition of the transcription activity of SREBPs Normal liver None BF175, 0.2% per weight of diet for 8 weeks, decreases the expression of SREBP target genes in mouse liver and reduces hepatic and blood levels of lipids [137]