PIK-93

Kinase experiment:

IC50 values are measured using a standard TLC assay for lipid kinase activity. Kinase reactions are performed by preparing areaction mixture containing kinase, PIK-93 (2% DMSO final concentration), buffer (25 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, 10 mM MgCl2), and freshly sonicated phosphatidylinositol (100 µg/mL). Reactions are initiated by the addition of ATP containing 10 µCi of γ-32P-ATP to a final concentration 10 or 100 µM, and allowed to proceed for 20 min at room temperature. For TLC analysis, reactions are then terminated by the addition of 105 µL 1N HCl followed by 160 µL CHCl3:MeOH (1:1). The biphasic mixture is vortexed, briefly centrifuged, and the organic phase transferred to a new tube using a gel loading pipette tip precoated with CHCl3. This extract is spotted on TLC plates and developed for 3 hours-4 hours in a 65:35 solution of n-propanol:1M acetic acid. The TLC plates are then dried, exposed to a phosphorimager screen, and quantitated. Kinase activity is typically measured at 10-12 concentrations of PIK-93 representing two-fold dilutions from the highest concentration of 100 μM.

Cell experiment:

For actin staining, dHL60 cells are preincubated in suspension with PIK-93 or vehicle for 40 min, centrifuged for 5 min at 2000 rpm at room temperature in a J6-B centrifuge, resuspended in mHBSS containing the respective agent at the same concentration, allowed to stick to fibronectin-covered coverslips, and subjected to stimulation with a uniform concentration of 100 nM f-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP) for 3 min. Cells are fixed in 3.7% PFA and stained with 10 units/mL rhodamine-phalloidin for 15 min.

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