AKT Kinase Inhibitor hydrochloride is an Akt kinase inhibitor with anti-tumor activity[1].
The effect of selective inhibition of Akt in proliferating cells expressing Trop-2 is studied. Akt inhibition, either by silencing or with specific drugs, induces a marked decrease in cell proliferation in cells expressing Trop-2, in a dose-dependent fashion[1].
Trop-2 expressing tumors subcutaneously injected in animal models show a striking reduction of growth following treatment with specific drugs that inhibit Akt activity. Therefore Akt has a central functional role in mediating the Trop-2-dependent growth stimulus[1].
[1]. Saverio Alberti, et al. Use of trop-2 as predictive marker of response to anti-tumor therapy based on inhibitors of cd9, akt and molecules of the tetraspanin signalling network. WO2013171777A2.