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Table 1 Small molecule compounds targeting selective autophagy for cancer therapy

From: Selective autophagy in cancer: mechanisms, therapeutic implications, and future perspectives

Selective autophagy type

Name in the literature

Chemical structure

Cancer

Target

Biological activity

Ref

mitophagy

WJ460

breast cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)

Myoferlin

MiaPaCa-2 (IC50 = 20.92 ± 1.02 nM)),

BxPC-3 (IC50 = 48.44 nM),

Panc-1 (IC50 = 23.08 ± 1.08 nM),

PaTu 8988 T (IC50 = 27.48 nM)

[4]

mitophagy

flavaglines compound 3 (FL3)

a NA

PHB2

HeLa, H1299, HCT116 (IC = 50 nM)

[5]

mitophagy

fluquinconazole

lung cancer, cervical cancer

PHB1, PHB2

A549 (IC = 5 μM, 10 μM),

HeLa (IC = 5 μM, 10 μM)

[174]

mitophagy

Nitazoxanide (NTZ)

bladder cancer

PINK1

MGHU3 (IC50 = 54.87 ± 2.59 μM), 5637 (IC50 = 72.28 ± 3.47 μM),

T24 (IC50 = 57.62 ± 2.08 μM), UMUC-3 (IC50 = 76.74 ± 3.36 μM)

[175]

mitophagy

oroxylinA (OA)

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hepatocellular carcinoma

Parkin/PINK1

HepG2 (IC = 12 μM)

[150, 151]

ER-phagy

loperamide (LOP)

glioblastoma multiforme

RETREG1/FAM134B

MZ-54 (IC = 17.5 μM)

[176]

ER-phagy

brigatinib

non-small cell lung cancer

ORP8/USP5

DLD-1, HCT116, HT29, RKO, SW620, NCM460 (IC = 2 μM)

[6, 177]

ER-phagy

C150

pancreatic cancer

EMT- TF

PANC-1 (IC = 1, 2 μM)

[178]

ER-phagy

ABTL0812

neuroblastoma

AKT/mTOR

SH-SY5Y(IC50 = 30–60 μM)

[179,180,181,182]

ER-phagy

Z36

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cervical cancer

FAM134B/LC3Atg9

HeLa (IC = 13 μM)

[183]

Xenophagy

Resveratrol

squamous cell carcinoma, oral cancer

P53,AMPK

HeLa, HCT116 (IC = 130 μM),

CAR (IC50 = 51.62 ± 3.36 μM)

[184,185,186]

Xenophagy

Tigecycline

gastric cancer, Melanoma

AMPK/mTOR/p70S6K,LC3A/B

MKN-45, GAM-016 (IC = 5 μM, 10 μM),

COLO 829 (EC50 = 19.2 μM),

A375 (EC50 = 39.1 μM)

[184, 187]

Xenophagy

Salinomycin

osteosarcoma

a NA

U2OS (IC50 = 5 μM)

[188]

Lipophagy

Tripterine

clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)

LXRα/ABCA1

786-O (IC = 1 μM),

787-SN12C (IC = 1 μM)

[189]

Lipophagy

PFK158

ovarian and cervical cancer

PFKFB3/p62/SQSTM1

OV2008 (IC50 = 10 μM),

C13 (IC50 = 10 μM),

HeyA8 (IC50 = 10 μM),

HeyA8MDR (IC50 = 10 μM)

[190]

Lysophagy

loperamide

glioma

SMPD1/ASM

MZ-54 (IC = 12.5,15 μM)

[191]

Lysophagy

Pimozide

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glioma

SMPD1/ASM

MZ-54 (IC = 12.5,15 μM)

[191]

Lysophagy

GNS561

hepatocellular carcinoma

PPT1

HepG2 (IC50 = 0.47 ± 0.15 μM), Huh7 (IC50 = 0.88 ± 0.31 μM),

[192]