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Table 4 Oligonucleotide-based strategies targeting Bcl-x and their capacity to induce apoptosis in human cancer cell lines

From: Splicing isoform-specific functional genomic in cancer cells

Human cancer cell line

Backbone chemistry

Induce apoptosis following a splicing shift from Bcl-xL to Bcl-xS

Induce apoptosis following an isoform specific inhibition of Bcl-xL

A549

2’-MOE

No [118]

Yes [24]

MCF-7

PS-2’OMe

No [119]

Yes [120]

MDA-MB-231

PS-2’OMe

Yes [72]

Yes [120]

HeLa

PS-2’OMe

PNA-peptide

No [72]

Yes [121]

N/A

CaOV3

N/A

N/A

Yes [122]

PC-3

PS-2’OMe

2’OMe (TOSS)

Yes [119]

No [44]

N/A

U87

PS

Yes [123]

N/A

  1. N/A Data not available