Chaetocin was reported to be a nonspecific inhibitor of histone methyl transferase (HMT) such as SUV39H1, thereby affecting gene expression [1]. Chaetocin inhibited HMT SU(VAR)3-9 with an IC50 of 0.6 µM [2].
Chaetocin significantly reduces the proliferation, cloning potential, and migration ability of the glioblastoma cell line T98G [3]. Chaetocin abrogated the maintenance of stem cell characteristics and tumor growth of bladder cancer stem cells (BCSCs) by suppressing the KMT1A-GATA3-STAT3 circuit (inhibition ratio: 80.1%) [4]. Chaetocin inhibited ovarian cancer (OC) cell proliferation, induced G2/M phase cell cycle arrest, and induced apoptosis at the concentration of 2µM (24 hours) [5]. Chaetocin inhibited cell proliferation and reduced PI3K/AKT pathway and p-AKT in gastric cancer HGC-27 cell, at the concentration of 200µM (24 hours) [6].
Chaetocin inhibited tumor growth in HGC-27 cell injected Gastric cancer mice model, by 0.5 mg/kg/day every alternate day for 24 days [6]. Chaetocin inhibited tumor progression and reduced PCNA in U87MG cell injected glioma mice model, by 0.5 mg/kg/day every alternate day for 25 days [7].
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