Description
A DNA-intercalating topoisomerase II poison; reduces the formation of kinetoplast DNA minicircles in a cell-free assay at 100 µM, but does not induce relaxation of supercoiled DNA; inhibits growth in a panel of 11 human cancer cell lines including leukemia, gastric, breast, and lung cancer cells (GI50s = 1-10 µM); induces cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase and apoptosis in AGS gastric and Huh7 hepatoma cancer cells, respectively, from 2.5-10 µM; reduces primary tumor growth and decreases pulmonary metastasis in a murine H22 hepatoma model at 5 mg/kg
Formal name: 5-amino-2-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-1H-benz[de]isoquinoline-1,3(2H)-dione
Synonyms: AS1413|Benzisoquinolinedione|Nafidimide|NCI 308847|NSC 308847
Molecular weight: 283.3
CAS: 69408-81-7
Purity: ≥98%
Formulation: A crystalline solid