Disease relevance of LY317615

• Oral dosing with Enzastaurin to yield plasma concentrations similar to those achieved in clinical trials significantly suppresses the growth of human glioblastoma and colon carcinoma xenografts [1].
• These results demonstrate that enzastaurin, at clinically achievable concentrations, induces apoptosis and affects AKT signaling, and provide a rationale for further in vivo studies addressing the therapeutic efficacy in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma patients [2].
• Phase II trials of enzastaurin in recurrent high-grade gliomas and lymphomas have shown promising results [3].
• The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of enzastaurin in inducing apoptosis in multiple myeloma (MM) cell lines and to investigate possible mechanisms of apoptosis [4].

High impact information on LY317615

• The protein kinase Cbeta-selective inhibitor, Enzastaurin (LY317615.HCl), suppresses signaling through the AKT pathway, induces apoptosis, and suppresses growth of human colon cancer and glioblastoma xenografts [1].
• As in cultured tumor cells, Enzastaurin treatment suppresses the phosphorylation of GSK3beta in these xenograft tumor tissues [1].
• The PKCbeta-selective inhibitor, Enzastaurin (LY317615.HCl), suppresses angiogenesis and was advanced for clinical development based upon this antiangiogenic activity [1].
• Herein, we show that Enzastaurin has a direct effect on human tumor cells, inducing apoptosis and suppressing the proliferation of cultured tumor cells [1].
• With previously published reports, these data support the notion that Enzastaurin suppresses tumor growth through multiple mechanisms: direct suppression of tumor cell proliferation and the induction of tumor cell death coupled to the indirect effect of suppressing tumor-induced angiogenesis [1].

Chemical compound and disease context of LY317615

• We have investigated the effects of enzastaurin on the viability of the cutaneous T-cell lymphoma cell lines HuT-78 and HH by using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium assay, cell cycle analysis, propidium iodide and annexin-V staining, and caspase-3-mediated proteolytic activation [2].
• Enzastaurin (LY317615), a protein kinase Cbeta inhibitor, inhibits the AKT pathway and induces apoptosis in multiple myeloma cell lines [4].

Biological context of LY317615

• Enzastaurin treatment also suppresses the phosphorylation of GSK3betaser9, ribosomal protein S6(S240/244), and AKT(Thr308) [1].
• Enzastaurin-induced cell death involved caspase-3-activated cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase that was inhibited by the pan-caspase inhibitor ZVAD-fmk, whereas the increase in sub-G1 population was only partially inhibited by ZVAD-fmk [2].
• Enzastaurin-treatment decreased cell viability, increased annexin V-FITC-positive cells, and increased the proportion of sub-G1 populations in both cell lines that was not reversed by the T-cell growth stimulating cytokines IL-2, IL-7, IL-15 [2].

Anatomical context of LY317615

• RESULTS: Assay of U937 cells confirmed the selectivity of the antibody reagent and enzastaurin for PKC [5].
• The selective protein kinase C beta inhibitor enzastaurin induces apoptosis in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma cell lines through the AKT pathway [2].
• Enzastaurin has shown promising single-agent activity in patients with relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and recurrent glioblastoma multiforme, and is an excellent candidate for combination with cytotoxic agents [6].

Associations of LY317615 with other chemical compounds

• Dexamethasone and enzastaurin were shown to have an additive effect on MM.1S cell death [4].
• Strong synergistic cytotoxicity is observed when enzastaurin is combined with bortezomib and moderate synergistic or additive effects when combined with melphalan or lenalidomide [7].
• Recommended phase II dose is 500 mg enzastaurin once daily, 1,250 mg/m(2) gemcitabine, and 75 mg/m(2) cisplatin [8].
• Enzastaurin demonstrated additive cytotoxicity in combination with bortezomib, and synergistic cytotoxicity in combination with fludarabine [9].

Gene context of LY317615

• Enzastaurin, a potent inhibitor of PKC-beta, suppresses both tumor growth and tumor-induced angiogenesis in human tumor xenografts [3].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of LY317615

• PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of the novel protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor enzastaurin on intracellular phosphoprotein signaling using flow cytometry and to use this approach to measure enzastaurin effects on surrogate target cells taken from cancer patients that were orally dosed with this agent [5].
• Enzastaurin displays pro-apoptotic properties against a spectrum of malignancies and is currently being investigated in clinical trials [2].

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