Antitumor agent-195

Antitumor agent-195 (compound 16c) is a dual targeting agent of STAT3 and NQO1. Antitumor agent-195 significantly inhibits phosphorylation of STAT3 at Tyr705 at a concentration of 1 μM and effectively induce Apoptosis in MDAMB-231 and MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells. Antitumor agent-195 as a NQO1 substrate strongly increases ROS generation and causes severe DNA damage in a dose-dependent manner. Antitumor agent-195 shows encouraging anti-tumor efficacy in the MDA-MB-231 xenograft model[1].