SKF-96365 hydrochloride, a potent TRP Channel blocker, exhibits potent anti-neoplastic activity by inducing cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells.

TRP Channel^[1]

SKF-96365 exhibits potent anti-neoplastic activity by inducing cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells. SKF-96365 inhibits hERG current in a concentration-dependent manner^[1]. SKF-96365 can induces cytoprotective autophagy to delay apoptosis by preventing the release of cytochrome c (cyt c) from the mitochondria into the cytoplasm. Mechanistically, SKF-96365 treatment inhibits the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIγ (CaMKIIγ)/AKT signaling cascade. Overexpression of CaMKIIγ or AKT abolishes the effects of SKF-96365 on cancer cells, suggesting a critical role of the CaMKIIγ/AKT signaling pathway in SFK-96365-induced biological effects^[2].

SKF-96365 inhibits CRC cell growth in vivo. SKF-96365 treatment results in a decrease of p-CaMKII and p-AKT as well as an increase in LC3-II, cleaved PARP, caspase-3, and caspase-9 in mice^[2].

• [1]. Liu H, et al. SKF-96365 blocks human ether-à-go-go-related gene potassium channels stably expressed in HEK 293 cells. Pharmacological Research. Pharmacol Res, 2016 Feb, 104:61-9.

  [2]. Jing Z, et al. SKF-96365 activates cytoprotective autophagy to delay apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells through inhibition of the calcium/CaMKIIγ/AKT-mediated pathway. Cancer Lett, 2016 Mar 28, 372(2):226-38.