MI-2 inhibits MALT1 functions in ABC-DLBCL cell lines with excellent cell penetration. MI-2 produces selective growth inhibition for MALT1-dependent cell lines with GI50 of 0.2, 0.5, 0.4, and 0.4 礛 in HBL-1, TMD8, OCI-Ly3, and OCI-Ly10 cells, whereas the ABC-DLBCL MALT1-independent cell lines, U2932 and HLY-1, and the two GCB-DLBCL cell lines were resistant.
In vivo
MI-2 (350 mg/kg) is nontoxic to mice. MI-2 (25 mg/kg/day i.p.) profoundly suppresses the growth of both the TMD8 and HBL-1 ABC-DLBCL xenografts, whereas it has no effect on the growth of OCI-Ly1 tumors.