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Table 1 Studies of STAT3 inhibitors on pre-clinical cancer models

From: Targeting STAT3 in Cancer Immunotherapy

Therapy

Type

Agent

Cell line tested

Mouse model

Functional outcome

Ref

Direct inhibitors

Peptides

DBD-1

Melanoma, Myeloma

n/d

↑Apoptosis; ↓Proliferation

[87]

ISS-610 prodrugs

BC

n/d

↑Apoptosis

[88]

PY*LKTK

NIH3T3/v-Src or v-Ras

n/d

↓Transformation

[89]

Small molecules

6o

BC, PC, PCa, NSCLC

n/d

↑Apoptosis; ↓Proliferation

[90]

FLLL32

BC, PC

Xenograft: MDA-MB-231, PANC-1

↑Apoptosis; ↓Proliferation, Vascularization

[91]

HJC0152

Glioblastoma

Xenograft: U87

↑Apoptosis; ↓Metastasis, Proliferation

[92]

LL1

CRC

Xenograft: HCT116

↑Apoptosis; ↓Metastasis, Proliferation

[93]

LLL-3

BC, Glioblastoma

Xenograft: U87

↑Apoptosis; ↓Metastasis, Proliferation

[94]

LLL12

HCC

Xenograft: SNU398

↑Apoptosis; ↓Proliferation

[95]

LYW-6

CRC

AOM/DSS induced CRC model; Xenograft: HCT116

↑Apoptosis; ↓Metastasis, Proliferation

[96]

Nitidine chloride

Oral cancer

Xenograft: HSC3

↑Apoptosis; ↓Proliferation

[97]

SD-36

BC, CRC, Leukemia, Lymphoma

Xenograft: MOLM-16, SUP-M2, SU-DHL-1

↑Apoptosis; ↓Proliferation

[98]

Stattic

BC

n/d

↑Apoptosis

[99]

STX-0119

n/d

Humanized NOG-dKO model

↑Anti-tumor immunity; ↓Proliferation

[100]

S3I-1757

Melanoma

Xenograft: B16-F10

↓Proliferation

[101]

S3I-201

BC

Xenograft: MDA-MB-231

↑Apoptosis; ↓Proliferation

[102]

CPA-7

BC, CRC, Melanoma, PCa, NSCLC

Xenograft: CT26

↑Apoptosis; ↓Proliferation

[103]

C48

BC, CML, Melanoma, PCa

Xenograft: MDA-MB-468, C3L5

↓Proliferation

[104]

GPA512

PCa

Xenograft: DU145

↓Proliferation

[105]

MMPP

BC, CRC, PCa, HCC, Lung, Ovary and Skin cancer

Xenograft: Patient-derived NSCLC, NCI-H460

↑Apoptosis; ↓Proliferation

[106]

Oligonucleotides

InS3-54A18

BC, NSCLC

Xenograft: A549

↓Metastasis, Proliferation

[107]

STAT3 hpdODN

CRC

n/d

↓Proliferation

[108]

Indirect inhibitors

JAK2

INCB16562

Leukemia

MPLW515L model

↓Proliferation

[109]

TG101209

Leukemia

AML1-ETO9a leukemia model

↑Apoptosis; ↓Proliferation

[110]

EGFR

JND3229

BaF3

Xenograft: BaF3-EGFR

↓Proliferation

[111]

FGFR, VEGFR

ODM-203

Bladder cancer, NSCLC, GC

Xenograft: H1581, KMS11, RT4, SNU16

↑Anti-tumor immunity; ↓Metastasis, Proliferation

[112]

Combination

Direct inhibitor

HJC0152

BC, THP1

Xenograft: 4T1

↑Anti-tumor immunity; ↓Proliferation

[113]

STING agonist

c-diAM (PS)2

JAK1/2 inhibitor

Ruxolitinib

PC

Xenograft: PANC02-H7

↑Anti-tumor immunity; ↓Proliferation

[114]

Anti-PD-1 antibody

RMP1-14

SRC, ABL inhibitor

Dasatinib

n/d

Tgfbr1/Pten 2cKO model

↑Anti-tumor immunity; ↓Proliferation

[115]

Anti-CTLA-4 antibody

9D9

VEGFR2 antibody

DC101

n/d

Xenograft: LLC, CT26

↓Proliferation; ↑Anti-tumor immunity, Vascular normalization

[116]

STING agonist

cGAMP, RR-CDA

  1. AOM/DSS Azoxymethane/dextran sodium sulfate, BC Breast cancer, CML Chronic myelogenous leukemia, CRC Colorectal cancer, GC Gastric cancer, HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma, LLC Lewis lung carcinoma, MPLW515L Somatic mutations at codon 515 of the thrombopoietin receptor, NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer, PC Pancreatic cancer, PCa Prostate cancer, n/d Not determined, hpdODN hairpin decoy oligodeoxynucleotide