ABT-199 (GDC-0199)S8048

ABT-199 shows less sensitivity to Bcl-xL, Mcl-1 and Bcl-w with K_i of 48 nM, > 444 nM and 245 nM, respectively. ABT-199 potently inhibits FL5.12-Bcl-2 cells, RS4;11 cells with EC50 of 4 nM and 8 nM, while shows low activity against FL5.12-Bcl-xL cells with EC50 of 261 nM. ABT-199 induces a rapid apoptosis in RS4;11 cells with cytochrome c release, caspase activation, the externalization of phosphatidylserine and the accumulation of sub-G0/G1 DNA. Quantitative immunoblotting reveals that sensitivity to ABT-199 correlated strongly with the expression of Bcl-2, including NHL, DLBCL, MCL, AML and ALL cell lines. ABT-199 also induces apoptosis in CLL with an average EC50 of 3.0 nM. ^[1]