Cell experiment:

Tumor cells are seeded in 96-well plates at low density in media supplemented with 10% FBS (growth media) and transferred to serum-free media (0% FBS and 0.04% BSA) after 24 h. Appropriate controls or designated concentrations of PF-2341066 are added to each well, and cells are incubated for 24 to 72 h. Human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (HUVEC) are seeded in 96-well plates in EGM2 media for 5 to 6 h at > 20,000 cells per well and transferred to serum-free media overnight. The following day, appropriate controls or designated concentrations of PF-2341066 are added to each well, and after 1 h incubation, HGF is added to designated wells at 100 ng/mL. A 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay is done to determine the relative tumor cell or HUVEC numbers.

Animal experiment:

Athymic mice bearing xenografts (300-800 mm3) are given PF-2341066 in water by oral gavage at designated dose levels. At designated times following PF-2341066 administration, mice are humanely euthanized, and tumors are resected. Tumors are snap frozen and pulverized using a liquid nitrogen-cooled cryomortar and pestle, protein lysates are generated, and protein concentrations are determined using a BSA assay. The level of total and phosphorylated protein is determined using a capture ELISA or immunoprecipitation-immunoblotting method.

Crizotinib hydrochloride (PF-02341066 hydrochloride) is an orally bioavailable, selective, and ATP-competitive dual ALK and c-Met inhibitor with IC50s of 20 and 8 nM, respectively. Crizotinib hydrochloride (PF-02341066 hydrochloride) inhibits tyrosine phosphorylation of NPM-ALK and tyrosine phosphorylation of c-Met with IC50s of 24 and 11 nM in cell-based assays, respectively. It is also a ROS proto-oncogene 1 (ROS1) inhibitor. Crizotinib hydrochloride (PF-02341066 hydrochloride) has effective tumor growth inhibition[1][2][3].
PF-2341066 displays similar potency against c-Met phosphorylation in mIMCD3 mouse or MDCK canine epithelial cells with IC50 of 5 nM and 20 nM, respectivly. PF-2341066 shows improved or similar activity against NIH3T3 cells engineered to express c-Met ATP-binding site mutants V1092I or H1094R or the P-loop mutant M1250T with IC50 of 19 nM, 2 nM and 15 nM, respectively, compared with NIH3T3 cells expressing wild-type receptor with IC50 of 13 nM. In contrast, a marked shift in potency of PF-2341066 is observed against cells engineered to express c-Met activation loop mutants Y1230C and Y1235D with IC50 of 127 nM and 92 nM, respectively, compared with wild-type receptor. PF-2341066 also potently prevents the phosphorylation of c-Met in NCI-H69 and HOP92 cells, with IC50 of 13 nM and 16 nM, respectively, which express the endogenous c-Met variants R988C and T1010I, respectively[1].
PF-2341066 also potently inhibits NPM-ALK phosphorylation in Karpas299 or SU-DHL-1 ALCL cells with an IC50 of 24 nM. PF-2341066 potently prevents cell proliferation, which is associated with G(1)-S-phase cell cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis in ALK-positive ALCL cells with IC50 of 30 nM, but not ALK-negative lymphoma cells[2].
PF-2341066 reveals the ability to cause marked regression of large established tumors (> 600 mm3) in both the 50 mg/kg/day and 75 mg/kg/day treatment cohorts, with a 60% decrease in mean tumor volume over the 43-day administration schedule in the GTL-16 model. In an another study, PF-2341066 displays the ability to completely inhibits GTL-16 tumor growth for >3 months, with only 1 of 12 mice exhibiting a significant increase in tumor growth over the 3-month treatment schedule at 50 mg/kg/day. A significant dose-dependent reduction of CD31-positive endothelial cells is observed at 12.5 mg/kg/day, 25 mg/kg/day, and 50 mg/kg/day in GTL-16 tumors, indicating that inhibition of MVD shows a dose-dependent correlation to antitumor efficacy. PF-2341066 displays a significant dose-dependent reduction of human VEGFA and IL-8 plasma levels in both the GTL-16 and U87MG models. Marked inhibition of phosphorylated c-Met, Akt, Erk, PLCλ1, and STAT5 levels is observed in GTL-16 tumors following p.o. administration of PF-2341066[1].
Treatment of c-MET-amplified GTL-16 xenografts with 50 mg/kg PF-2341066 elicits tumor regression that is associated with a slow reduction in 18F-FDG uptake and decreases expression of the glucose transporter 1, GLUT-1[4].
Reference:
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