WYE-687

Kinase experiment:

The routine inhibitor assays are performed in 96-well plates for 2 h at room temperature in 25 μL containing 6 nM Flag-TOR(3.5) (estimated 5-10% purity), 1 μM His6-S6K and 100 μM ATP. The assays are performed and detected by DELFIA employing the Euphospho-p70S6K T389 antibody. Some assays employ a commercially purchased batch of mTOR. For inhibitor versus ATP matrix competition, mTOR kinase reactions are carried out with varying concentrations of ATP (0, 25, 50 100, 200, 400 and 800 μM) in combination with varying concentrations of inhibitor. The assays contain 12 nM Flag-TOR(3.5), 1 μM His-S6K and are incubated for 30 min. The assay results are similarly detected by DELFIA and processed for generation of double-reciprocal plots[1].

Cell experiment:

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells/progenitor cells are seeded at a density of 1 ×105 cells/well in 0.5 mL DMEM containing 10% FBS onto the 48-well tissue culture plates, cells are treated with indicated concentrations of WYE-687 (33-1000 nM) with the presence of 1 mCi/mL of tritiated thymidine. To determine [H3] thymidine incorporation, cells are washed, the DNA is precipitated with cold 10% trichloroacetic acid (TCA), solubilized with 1.0 M sodium hydroxide, and aliquots are counted by liquid-scintillation spectrometry. The value of treatment group is normalized to that of untreated control group[2].

Animal experiment:

Mice[2]U937 cells (2×106 cells/mice, suspended in 100 mL of culture medium) are injected into the right flanks of 6-week-old male CB17 severe combined immunodeficient (SCID)/beige mice, and cells are allowed to grow to palpable tumors. When tumors reach a volume around 100 mm3, animals are randomly assigned to three groups: WYE-687 (5 mg/kg body weight), WYE- 687 (25 mg/kg body weight) or the vehicle control (5% ethanol, 2% Tween 80, and 5% polyethylene glycol-400). WYE-687 and vehicle control are freshly prepared, and given by oral gavage daily for 7 consecutive days. Tumor sizes are measured. At the end of experiment, the animals are killed, and the tumors are removed and weighted.

References:

[1]. Yu K, et al. Biochemical, cellular, and in vivo activity of novel ATP-competitive and selective inhibitors of the mammalian target of rapamycin. Cancer Res. 2009 Aug 1;69(15):6232-40.
[2]. Cheng F, et al. Preclinical evaluation of WYE-687, a mTOR kinase inhibitor, as a potential anti-acute myeloid leukemia agent. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2016 Feb 5;470(2):324-330.