NSC59984 specifically restores p53 pathway signaling and induces p73-dependent cell death in mutant p53-expressing human colorectal cancer cells. NSC59984 also induces cell death in a panel of cancer cell lines bearing different p53 mutations with little or no genotoxicity in normal cells.
In vivo
In nude mice bearing DLD-1 xenograft tumors, NSC59984 (45 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly represses tumor growth in a p73-dependent manner.
