Ro 41-0960 (0.05-50 µM; 20 min) can directly activate SERCA2a in porcine myocardial sarcoplasmic reticulum microsomes, with an EC50 of 27 µM, and can also increase ATPase turnover rate by 38%.
Ro 41-0960 (0.5-100 µM; 30 min) exhibits a weak concentration dependent reverse effect on Ca2+transient amplitude and CaTD50 in cardiomyocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, with minimal impact on beat frequency.
Ro 41-0960 can inhibit catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) in rat brain with an IC50 of 16 nmol/L; Simultaneously, it can inhibit COMT in rat liver with an IC50 of 42 nmol/L.
Ro 41-0960 (30 min) can effectively inhibit COMT activity in the cytoplasmic components of healthy human breast tissue, with IC50 values ranging from 5.1 nM to 42.1 nM in 7 independent tissue samples, and its activity can be completely blocked at 0.3 μM.
Ro 41-0960 (10 μM; 5-6 h) can inhibit COMT activity in MCF-7 human breast tumor cells by about 98%, reduce the inactivation of catechol estrogen, and increase catechol estrogen induced DNA damage by about 200% without producing cytotoxicity.