TABLE 1

EC50 values of selected dihydropyridines for increasing mitoxantrone accumulation in MCF-7/MX100 and H460/MX20 cells The EC50 values of compounds for increasing mitoxantrone accumulation in MCF-7/MX100 and H460/MX20 cells were obtained by fitting the fraction of maximal increase to a Hill equation using the computer program WinNonlin (Pharsight), as described under Materials and Methods. The data are expressed as mean ± S.D. from three independent experiments.


Compound

EC50
MCF-7/MX100
H460/MX20
μM
Nicardipine 6.97 ± 1.25 7.81 ± 0.96
Niguldipine 9.82 ± 1.39 6.16 ± 1.16
Nitrendipine 22.1 ± 10.2 21.1 ± 10.5
Im 3.71 ± 0.85 4.28 ± 0.61
IIb
3.80 ± 0.64
3.56 ± 0.86