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Published in final edited form as: Semin Cancer Biol. 2019 Oct 13;68:75–83. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2019.10.007

Table 3.

Pimozide

Cancer type Cell line Model used Molecular targets Efficacy IC50 (μM) Reference
Breast cancer MCF-7 In vitro, orthotopic mouse model Sigma 2 sites, p-STAT5, Ereg, Epgn, Nrg1, Cuzd1 Radiosensitization, Anti-proliferation, Apoptosis, Cell cycle arrest 6 [37, 51, 57, 59]
T47D, ZR75–1B, MDA-MB-231 In vitro Anti-proliferation [37]
Retinoblastoma Y79
WERI-Rb-1
In vitro Ca2+ T-channels Anti-proliferation, Apoptosis, Cell cycle arrest 0.9
1.2
[44]
Rat glioma C6 In vitro Ca2+ T-channels Anti-proliferation, Apoptosis, Cell cycle arrest 8.0 [44]
Glioblastoma Patient-derived cell lines In vitro, orthotopic mouse model Caspase 3, PARP, USP1, ID1, Sox2, Olig2, CHEK1, p-gH2AX Anti-proliferation, Apoptosis [61]
Leukemia K562 In vitro, subcutaneous mouse model USP1, ID1 Anti-proliferation, Tumor growth inhibition [62]
Chronic myelogenous leukemia K562, KU812 In vitro STAT5, p-STAT5, MAPK, p-MAPK Apoptosis, Cell cycle arrest [10]
Acute myelogenous leukemia MV411
Ba/f3 FLT3 ITD
32D/ITD
In vitro, orthotopic mouse model p-Tyr STAT5, STAT5, FL3-ITD, PI3K, Akt, mTOR, 4EBP1, Mcl-1 Anti-proliferation, Apoptosis, Tumor growth inhibition 3–5 [49] [50]
T-cell leukemia/lymphoma Ba/F3
Kit225
HuT102
In vitro p-STAT5, STAT5, TRAIL/DR4 Anti-proliferation, Apoptosis
15
11
[53] [54]
[55]
Lung cancer NSCLC A549,
H460,
HCC4006,
H1437,
H520
In vitro USP1 Anti-proliferation [47] [67]
H322,
SKLU-1,
SW1573,
H522,
H1299,
H1703,
5.0–13.7
Hepatocellular carcinoma MHCC-97L
Hep 3B
Hep G2
Huh7
In vitro, subcutaneous mouse model (MHCC-97L only) Bmi1, c-Myc, Nanog, STAT3, IL-6, N-cadherin, vimentin, E-cadherin, wnt/β-catenin, EpCAM, cyclin D1, PKA, GSK3 Anti-proliferation, Cell cycle arrest, Anti-invasion, Tumor growth inhibition 6.15
1.81
1.14
8.44
[35, 45]
Osteosarcoma U2OS In vitro ERK, PARP, STAT3, catalase, ROS Anti-proliferation, Apoptosis, Cell cycle arrest 13.78 [5]
Prostate cancer DU145
LNCaP
PC3M
BPH-1
22RV1
In vitro p-Tyr705 STAT3, STAT3, STAT5A, IL-6, N-cadherin, E-cadherin Anti-proliferation, Apoptosis, Cell cycle arrest, Anti-invasion 6.541
7.21
9.19
7.78
11.12
[39] [40]
Pancreatic cancer K562, Panc-1
MiaPaCa2
BxPC-3
In vitro, orthotopic mouse model Caspase 3/7, DRD2, p-STAT5, p-ERK, PKA, ER stress Anti-proliferation, Apoptosis, Tumor growth inhibition 5 [58] [52]