PCI-24781

PCI-24781 is a broad-spectrum phenyl hydroxamic acid HDAC inhibitor with chemotherapy for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma. PCI-24781 exhibited significant anti-STS proliferative activity in vitro, inducing S phase depletion, G(2)/M cell cycle arrest, and increasing apoptosis. Superior effects were seen when combined with chemotherapy. A PCI-24781-induced reduction in Rad51, a major mediator of DNA double-strand break homologous recombination repair, was shown and may be a mechanism underlying PCI-24781 chemosensitization. We showed that PCI-24781 transcriptionally represses Rad51 through an E2F binding-site on the Rad51 proximal promoter. Although single-agent PCI-24781 had modest effects on STS growth and metastasis, marked inhibition was observed when combined with chemotherapy.