To determine the cytotoxicity of the compounds, 70 to 80% confluent 293T cells in a 96-well plate were incubated with serial dilutions of each compound (up to 100 μM) for 5 h. Cell cytotoxicity was determined by a CytoTox 96 nonradioactive assay kit (Promega, Madison, WI) by measuring a cytosolic enzyme lactate dehydrogenase, which is released upon cell lysis, following the manufacturer’s instructions, and the 50% cytotoxic concentration (CC50) value for each compound was calculated using GraphPad Prism software. The nonspecific cytotoxic effects of these compounds were also reported previously (30 (link), 31 (link), 40 (link), 43 (link), 44 (link)).
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