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Table 3 Summary of HSP inhibitors regulating cell death signals in cancer

From: Heat shock proteins as hallmarks of cancer: insights from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies

Name

Structure

Target

Hallmarks of cancer

Cancer cell line

Tumor type

Ref

Alvespimycin

HSP90

Induce apoptosis

K562-RD (IC50 = 44 nM) K562-RC (IC50 = 31 nM)

Chronic myeloid leukemia

[141]

17‑Aminogeldanamycin

HSP90

Induce apoptosis

DMBC12 (0.4 μM) DMBC21 (0.4 μM) DMBC28 (0.4 μM) DMBC29 (0.4 μM)

Melanoma

[142]

Compound 4f

HSP90

Induce apoptosis

CNE2 (IC50 = 40 nM)

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

[143]

Compound 5o

GRP94

Induce apoptosis

HT29 (IC50 = 1.07 ± 0.05 μM) HCT116 (IC50 = 1.88 ± 0.02 μM) SW480 (IC50 = 8.55 ± 0.03 μM)

Colorectal cancer

[144]

Compound 29

HSP90

Induce apoptosis

HL-60 (IC50 = 3.69 ± 0.37 μM)

Leukemia

[146]

Compound 22 g

HSP90

Induce apoptosis

Hela (IC50 = 19.6 ± 0.4 μM)

Cervical cancer

[148]

Compound 5b

HSP90α

Induce apoptosis

K562 (IC50 = 1.3 ± 0.3 μM)

Leukemia

[149]

Artesunate

HSP70

Induce apoptosis

4T1 (IC50 = 52.41 μM) MCF-7 (IC50 = 83.28 μM)

Breast cancer

[155]

2-phenylethynesulfonamide

HSP70

Induce apoptosis

SCC25 (20 μM) CAL27 (20 μM)

Oral squamous cell carcinoma

[156]

Compound 6

HSP70

Induce apoptosis

A2058 (IC50 = 11.62 ± 0.017 μM)

Melanoma

[157]

CXL146

GRP78

Induce apoptosis

HL60/MX2 (GI50 = 0.17 ± 0.03 μM)

Leukemia

[158]

Gefitinib

HSP70

Induce apoptosis

A549 (20 μM)

Lung cancer

[160]

S1g-6

HSP70

Induce apoptosis

BV173 (EC50 = 1.4 ± 0.2 μM) KCL22 (EC50 = 2.6 ± 0.4 μM)

Chronic myeloid leukemia

[162]

Az-TPP-O3

Mortalin

Induce apoptosis

Hela (IC50 = 0.61 ± 0.07 μM) HL60 (IC50 = 0.48 ± 0.06 μM)

Cervical cancer, Leukemia

[163]

Solasonine

Mortalin

Induce apoptosis

HepG2 (IC50 = 4.7 ± 0.2 μM) Hep3b (IC50 = 4.0 ± 0.1 μM)

Hepatocellular carcinoma

[164]

6-Shogaol

HSP60

Induce apoptosis

A549 (IC50 = 48.67 μM)

Non-small-cell lung cancer

[167]

Myrtucommulone

HSP60

Induce apoptosis

HL-60 (> 10 μM)

Leukemia

[168]

J2

HSP27

Induce apoptosis

SKOV3 (IC50 = 17.34 µM) OVCAR-3 (IC50 = 12.63 µM)

Ovarian cancer

[172]

Compound 1b

HSP105

Induce apoptosis

Hela (50 μM)

Cervical cancer

[174]

Gedunin

HSP90

Induce autophagy

A549 (IC50 = 20 µM)

Lung cancer

[182]

A14

HSP90

Induce autophagy

A549 (IC50 = 0.1 μM) SK-BR-3 (IC50 = 0.4 μM)

Lung cancer Breast cancer

[183]

Apoptozole

HSP70

Induce LCD

Hela (IC50 = 5.92 ± 0.47 μM)

Cervical cancer

[163]

V8

HSP70

Induce LCD

Hut-102 (6 μM) Jurkat (6 μM)

T cell malignancy

[187]