| Comparison between Genetic Ablation of Cdc20 and Current Mitotic Drugs (C) Transformed Cdc20(lox/lox); RERT(+/Cre) MEFs were subcutaneously injected into the two flanks of SCID mice, and tumors were scored every 2–3 days.These mice were injected i.p. (three injections per week) with 4-OHT or mitotic drugs (taxol, vincristine, and BI2536) when tumors reached about 200 mm3 of volume (day 11; arrow) (n = 8 mice per group). (D) Representative images of these fibrosarcomas 3 days after injection with 4-OHT (to generate Cdc20(D/D) cells), BI2536, or taxol. These mice were injected with 10 mM BrdU to score DNA replication. CA3, immunodetection of active caspase 3. Scale bars, 50 or 10 mM (insets). |
| Treatment with BI 2536 induces cell-cycle arrest in NB TICs and aberrant accumulation of cyclin B1 and p21. C, expression of cyclin B1 and p21 was assessed in NB88R2 following 16 and 24-hour treatment with different doses of BI 2536 (10, 30, and 100 nmol/L). ERK1 (extracellular signal regulated kinase 1) was used as the loading control. D, inhibition of PLK1 was assessed by in vitro kinase assay following treatment of NB88R2 for 3 hours with BI 2536. |
| Treatment with BI 2536 induces cell death via apoptosis. A,treatment with BI 2536 (10, 30, and 100 nmol/L) reduces viable cell numbers as assessed by trypan blue exclusion. B, representative Western blot demonstrating accumulation of cleaved PARP following treatment with 10 nmol/L BI 2536 . |
| BI 2536 inhibits NB tumor growth in vivo. A and B, NOD/SCID mice bearing 50- to100-mm3 tumors were injected intravenously with either vehicle (0.1N HCl per saline) or 12.5 to 25mg/kg BI 2536 for 2 consecutive days a week, for a total of 3 cycles.Two independent experiments were performed in each case with 5 animals per group. Representative tumor growth data are shown. |
| animals with 50- to 100-mm3 tumors were randomized into 4 groups: group 1 injected intravenously with vehicle (0.1N HCl per saline), group 2 injected intravenously with 12.5 mg/kg of BI 2536 (2 consecutive days, 3 cycles), group 3 injected i.p. with 10 mg/kg of irinotecan (3 doses total, 3 days apart), and group 4 injected with BI 2536 and irinotecan. Both representative tumor growth data and a Kaplan–Meyer survival plot are shown. |
| Plk-1 knockdown and inhibition by BI 2536 and viability of human melanoma cell lines M14 and WM-115 as demonstrated by MTT assay. Experiments were performed in triplicate. One representative experiment is shown. *Po0.001, ANOVA test with Tukey’s post-test. ANOVA, analysis of variance; MTT, 3-(4,5 dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide; Plk-1, polo-like kinase 1; siRNA, small-interfering RNA; WB, western blot. |
| (a,b) RPE1 cells transfected with control or either of two B56-PP2A siRNA pools (1, 2) were incubated in MG132 (10 M, 15 min), followed by the addition of BI2536 (40 nM) or DMSO for 45 min. (a) The frequency of mitotic cells with few or absent cold-stable K-bres . (b) Maximum-intensity projection of tubulin (green) and an overlay with kinetochores (CREST, red) in B56-PP2A-siRNA (pool 2) cells treated with DMSO or BI2536 (40 nM). Insets are 3 enlargement of the optical sections spanning the outlined centromeres. |