(R) -GNE-140

(R) -GNE-140 (GNE-140) is a novel potent, selective lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) inhibitor with IC50 of 3, 5, and 5 nM for LDHA, LDHB, and LDHC, respectively; displays no inhibition on malate MDH-1, MDH-2 (IC50>10 uM for both enzymes), and no appreciable inhibition against a panel of 301 kinases (<50% inhibition at 1 uM) ; perturbs glycolysis and inhibits proliferation in MIA PaCa-2 cells (IC50=0.43 uM), decreases glucose uptake (IC50=0.47 uM) ; pancreatic cell lines that utilize oxidative OXPHOS rather than glycolysis are inherently resistant to GNE-140, which can be resensitized to GNE-140 with the OXPHOS inhibitor phenformin.Pancreatic Cancer Phase 1 Clinical.