Background:

DEL-22379 is an inhibitor of the dimerization of ERK with IC50 values ranging from 150-400 nM regardless of genotypes in oncogenic cells [1].

As an spatial regulator of ERK signals, ERK dimerization is essential. Impeding ERK dimerization can result in the impeding of ERK signals’ extranuclear component and hence result in curtailing tumor development and cellular transformation [1].

In HEK293 cells, DEL-22379 abolished EGF-stimulated ERK dimerization. In these cells, the EGF-induced co-immunoprecipitation of hemagglutinin- or FLAG epitopes- tagged ectopic ERK2 molecules, was abolished by DEL-22379 with an IC50 value of