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Table 1 Anti-tumor activities of various ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs)

From: Anti-tumor activities and apoptotic mechanism of ribosome-inactivating proteins

RIP

Tumor type

Tested cell line(s)

Type I

 Trichosanthin

Breast cancer

MDA-MB-231a and MCF-7 [5]

Lymphoma

CEM, Hut-78, Raji, and Daudi [12]

Cervical cancer

HeLa [37]; Caski [38]

Choriocarcinoma

JAR and BeWo [39]

Colon cancer

CT-26 [40]; LoVo [41]

Hepatoma

HepG2 [42]

Leukemia

Molt-4 and Jurkat [12]; K562 [43]

Lung cancer

3LLa [44]

Melanoma

B16 [45]

Nasopharyngeal cancer

CNE1a and CNE2a [46]; CNE2 [47]

Prostate cancer

RM-1 [48]

Gastric cancer

MCG803 [49]

 α-Momorcharin

Breast cancer

MCF-7, EMT-6a, and MDA-MB-231a [11]

Colon cancer

SW480 and SW620 [50]

Epidermoid

A431 and Hep-2 [50]

Hepatoma

Hep G2 and SMMC-7721 [50]

Lung cancer

NCI-H460 and A549 [50]

Melanoma

B16, M14, SK-MEL-28, and A2058 [50]

Nasopharyngeal cancer

CNE2 and HONE1 [51]

 Momordica anti-HIV protein of 30 kDa

Bladder cancer

5637 [52]

Breast cancer

MDA-MB-231a [6]; BT20 [53]; MCF-7 [54]

Epidermoid

A431 [53]

Glioma

U87MG [53]

Hepatoma

Hep G2a [27]; Hep-3B [53]

Melanoma

Malme-3M [53]

Myeloma

U266 [53]

Neuroblastoma

SK-N-SH [53]

Prostate cancer

DU145 [53]

Lung cancer

A549 [55]

 Cucurmosin

Lung cancer

A549 [13]

Melanoma

B16 [13]

Hepatoma

HepG2a [28]

Leukemia

NB4 [14]; K562a [56]

Myeloma

RPM18226 [57]

Pancreatic cancer

BxPC-3 [58]; SW-1990 [59]; PANC-1a [60]; CFPAC-1 [61]

 Saporin

Leukemia

NALM-6a [22]; HSB-2a [23]; CCRF CEMa [24]

Glioma

U87MG [62]

Lymphoma

Ramos, Rajia, Daudi, DOHH-2, and Granta 519, SUDHL-4 [21]; HDLM2, KM/H2, and L428 [63]

Neuroblastoma

SK-N-MCa [64]

Ovarian cancer

PA-1a [64]

Melanoma

SK-Mel-1a [64], SK-Mel-28 [65]

Pancreatic cancer

BxPC-3a [66]

Prostate cancer

LNCaPa, CWR22Rv1, and DU145 [67]; PC-3a [68]

 Gelonin

Breast cancer

MDA-MB-231a, BT-474, SKBR3, MCF-7, and Eb1 [8]

Melanoma

MDA-MB-435a, WM35, WM46, WM3211, WM1346, WM1361A, WM1366, WM793, WM983A, WM983B, MeWo, SB2, A375, A375M, SK-MEL-1, SK-MEL-3, SK-MEL-5, SK-MEL-24, SK-MEL-28, SK-MEL-32, WM35P2N1, AAB-527, and Sbcl2 [18]

Cervical cancer

ME-180 [69]

Ovarian cancer

SKOV3 [69]

Pancreatic cancer

Capan-1, Capan-2, MIA-PaCa-2, AsPC-1, BxPC-3, and L3.6P1 [69]

Sarcoma

HT-1080 [69]

Gastric cancer

NCI N-87 [69]

Bladder cancer

T-24a [69]; RT112a [70]

Epidermoid

A431 [71]

Glioma

U87 MG [69]; 9L [72]

Prostate cancer

PC-3 [72]

Colon cancer

HT-29a [71]; CT26a and LS174T [72]

Leukemia

NALM-6a [25]; HL-60 [73]

Lung cancer

Calu-3 [69]; A549a, H1975, and HCC827 [74]

Lymphoma

Rec-1a and NUDHL-1a [25]; Minoa, JeKo-1, SP53 [26]; OCI-Ly3, OCI-Ly10a, SUDHL-4, and SUDHL-6 [75]

 Marmorin

Breast cancer

MCF-7a and MDA-MB-231a [10]

 α-Sarcin

Astrocytoma

251-MG [76]

Breast cancer

MCF-7 [76]

Glioma

RuGli [76]

Pancreatic cancer

Patu II [76]

Bladder cancer

EJ [77]

Colon cancer

HT29 and BCS-TC2 [76]; SW1222 [78]

Sarcoma

HT-1080 [76]; S-180 [79]; RD [80]

 Curcin

Lung cancer

NCL-H446 [81]

Gastric cancer

SGC-7901 [81]

Sarcoma

S-180 [82]

 α-Luffin

Breast cancer

MCF-7 [83]

Choriocarcinoma

JEG-3 [83]

Hepatoma

HepG2 [83]

 MCP30

Prostate cancer

LNCaP, PC-3, and PIN [84]

 Gelonium anti-HIV protein of 31 kDa

Breast cancer

MDA-MB-231a [6]

Type II

 Riproximin

Breast cancer

MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 [62]

Larynx cancer

Hep2 [62]

Leukemia

AR230, CML-T1, HL-60, LAMA84, SKW-3, K562, and BV173 [62]

Lung cancer

NCI-H460 and Lewisa [62]

Pancreatic cancer

ASMLb [62]

Prostate cancer

PC-3 [62]

Sarcoma

Saos-2 [62]

Cervical cancer

KB-3-1a [62]; HeLa [85]

Colon cancer

HT-29, CC531b, and CT-26a [62]; HCT116 [86]

 Abrus agglutinin

Hepatoma

HepG2a [29]

 Momordica charantia lectin

Nasopharyngeal cancer

CNE1 and CNE2 [35]

 Articulatin-D

Leukemia

Jurkat, Molt-4, and HL-60 [15]

Lymphoma

U937 and Raji [15]

 Mistletoe lectin I

Leukemia

NALM-6 [87]

 Foetidissimin II

Cervical cancer

HeLa [88]

Leukemia

TF-1a [88]

 Ebulin I & Nigrin b

Cervical cancer

HeLa [89]

  1. aCell lines that have been studied in mouse.
  2. bCell lines that have been studied in rat.