Reticulol is an isocoumarin derivative produced by certain species of Streptomyces. Reticulol inhibits cAMP phosphodiesterase (IC50 = 41 µM). Recticulol (M.W. 222.2) exhibits a potent in vitro cytotoxicity against the human lung tumor cell line A427 and the mouse melanoma cell line B16F10.
Melanoma is a lethal skin cancer. The early detection of melanoma using positron emission tomography (PET) probes is critical for improving the survival of melanoma patients. Melanin probe-2 is a non-radioactive bromo-picolinamide precursor that has been used for the synthesis of18F-picolinamides based PET probe (melanin probe-1). The tumor-targeting efficacy and imaging property of three melanin probes were evaluated in B16F10 tumor-bearing mice.18F-1 and18F-3 had much lower tumor uptake compared with18F-2 (Melanin probe-2), which were 12.74 ± 1.70, 16.61 ± 2.60, and 16.87 ± 1.23 %ID g at 0.5, 1, and 2 h, respectively[1].
DMGF, also known as 7,7-dimethoxyagastisfavone, is a biflavonoid isolated from Taxus × media cv. Hicksii. DMGF induces apoptotic and autophagic cell death. DMGF could effectively attenuate the motility of B16F10 cells, and the results of real-time PCR revealed that DMGF also suppressed the expressions of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2). MGF can inhibit the metastasis of highly invasive melanoma cancer cells through the down-regulation of F-actin polymerization DMGF may be further developed to serve as a chemoprevention drug for patients with metastatic melanoma.
APBC is a novel PD-L1 inhibitor, effectively interrupting the PD-1 PD-L1 interaction by directly binding to PD-L1, presenting the KD and IC50 values at low-micromolar level, displaying superior antitumor efficacy in hPD-L1 knock-in B16F10-bearing mouse model without the induction of observable liver toxicity.