TABLE 1

Cytotoxicity measurements of the various racemate and pure enantiomers of the benzo[b]acronycine diacetates

Data are presented as mean ± S.D. with the number of independent experiments (performed in triplicate).

Cell LineIC50
Ratio S27590/S27589IC50
Ratio S70255/S70256
S23906-1nS27589-1nS27590-1nS29983-1nS70255-1nS70256-1n
μMμMμMμMμMμM
KB3-10.095 ± 0.01760.115 ± 0.01860.227 ± 0.076920.132 ± 0.01230.237 ± 0.02830.093 ± 0.01832.5
HCT1160.199 ± 0.02270.174 ± 0.02530.472 ± 0.08132.7
HT291.48 ± 0.12101.21 ± 0.1841.65 ± 0.3241.4
MDA-MB-4680.033 ± 0.00730.038 ± 0.00930.117 ± 0.04133.1
NCI-H4600.22 ± 0.0330.28 ± 0.0130.59 ± 0.06732.1
NCI-H690.047 ± 0.01430.047 ±20.072 ±21.5