GW4869

Cell lines

MCF7 human breast cancer cells

Preparation method

GW-4869 was routinely stored at −80 °C as a 1.5 mm stock suspension in DMSO. Right before use, the suspension was solubilized by the addition of 5% methane sulfonic acid (MSA) (2.5 μl of 5% MSA in sterile double-distilled H2O were added to 50 μl of GW4869 stock suspension; therefore, the concentration of the GW-4869 stock solution at the time of the experiments was 1.43 mm). The suspension was mixed and warmed up at 37 °C until clear.

Reaction Conditions

30 min

Applications

GW4869 is a noncompetitive neutral sphingomyelinase (N-SMase) inhibitor with an IC50 of 1 μM.GW4869 (10 μm) partially inhibited TNF-induced sphingomyelin (SM) hydrolysis, and 20 μm of the compound was protected completely from the loss of SM. The action of GW4869 occurred downstream of the drop in glutathione, which was shown previously to occur upstream of the activation of N-SMase. GW4869 does not interfere with other key TNF-mediated signaling effects. GW4869 was able, in a dose-dependent manner, to significantly protect from cell death as measured by nuclear condensation, caspase activation, PARP degradation, and trypan blue uptake.

Animal models

Male wild-type C57BL/6 mice

Dosage form

GW 4869, dissolved in DMSO (0.005%), was intraperitoneally (i.p.) injected at one dose of 2.5μg/g before sham or CLP surgery.

Applications

Pre-treatment with GW 4869 significantly impaired release of both exosomes and pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6) in RAW264.7 macrophages. WT mice pretreated with GW4869 displayed lower amounts of exosomes and pro-inflammatory cytokines in the serum than control PBS-injected mice. Accordingly, GW4869 treatment diminished the sepsis-induced cardiac inflammation, attenuated myocardial depression and prolonged survival.

References:

[1]. Luberto, Chiara, et al. "Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-induced cell death in MCF7 by a novel inhibitor of neutral sphingomyelinase." Journal of Biological Chemistry 277.43 (2002): 41128-41139.

[2]. Essandoh, Kobina, et al. "Blockade of exosome generation with GW4869 dampens the sepsis-induced inflammation and cardiac dysfunction." Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease 1852.11 (2015): 2362-2371.