W-7 (3 mg/kg; intraperitoneal injection; on 5 consecutive days per week; female BALB/c nu mice) treatment significantly reduces tumor growth in a murine MM model[3]. Animal Model: Female BALB/c nu mice (6-week-old) injected with RPMI 8226 cells[3] Dosage: 3 mg/kg Administration: Intraperitoneal injection; on 5 consecutive days per week Result: Significantly reduced tumor growth in a murine MM model.
In Vitro
W-7 is distributed mainly in the cytoplasm, and inhibits proliferation of Chinese hamster ovary K1 (CHO-K1) cells. W-7 selectively blocks the phase of the cell cycle (G1/S boundary phase) in a manner. 25 μM W-7 arrests the growth of the cells at the G1/S boundary phase of the cell cycle[1]. W-7 (100 μM) exhibits a similar extent of antagonism between the contractile responses to carbachol and KCl. The increase in myosin light chain (P-LC) phosphate content in response to 1-min stimulation with 10 μM carbachol is inhibited by W-7. W-7 antagonizes the smooth muscle contraction through the inhibition of the initial increase in the P-LC phosphorylation[2]. Treatment with W-7 results in the dose-dependent inhibition of cell proliferation in various human multiple myeloma cell lines. W-7 induces G1 phase cell cycle arrest by downregulating cyclins and upregulating p21cip1. W-7 induces apoptosis via caspase activation; this occurred partly through the elevation of intracellular calcium levels and mitochondrial membrane potential depolarization and through inhibition of the STAT3 phosphorylation and subsequent downregulation of Mcl-1 protein[3]. W-7 competitively inhibits Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase with a Ki value of 300 μM[4].
Kinase Assay
Cell Assay
Animal Administration
References
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[2]. M Asano. Divergent Pharmacological Effects of Three Calmodulin Antagonists, N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide (W-7), Chlorpromazine and Calmidazolium, on Isometric Tension Development and Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation in Intact Bovine Tracheal Smooth Muscle. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1989 Nov;251(2):764-73.
[3]. H Itoh, et al. Direct Interaction of Calmodulin Antagonists With Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase. J Biochem. 1984 Dec;96(6):1721-6.
[4]. Shigeyuki Yokokura, et al. Calmodulin Antagonists Induce Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Vitro and Inhibit Tumor Growth in Vivo in Human Multiple Myeloma. BMC Cancer. 2014 Nov 26;14:882.
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