c-Kit

 

Inhibition of breast cancer cell growth using sorafenib. MCF-7 breast cancer cells were treated with increasing concentrations of sorafenib for 5 days. Cell number was measured  using a colorimetric growth assay (crystal violet stain) and expressed relative to DMSO treated control cells.

Combinational treatment of kinase inhibitors induces the similar phenotype produced by PP1. All images are lateral view with dorsal to the top and anterior to the left. The combinational treatment of Dasatinib (D) or U0126 (U) with Sunitinib (SU),PTK787 (PTK), or ZM323881 (Z) resulted in the shrinkage of dorsal aorta.

THOC5 phospho-Y225 levels were assessed in the populations shown by flow cytometry following 24 h treatment with 5 μM imatinib, 150 nM dasatinib or 5 μM nilotinib. Results are displayed as mean fluorescence intensity (n= 4) ±s.e.m.

Autophagy inhibition blocks the antiproliferative effects of sunitinib and sorafenib but not AZD6244. Medullary thyroid cancer–1.1 (MTC-1.1) and TT cells were transfected transiently with scrambled or autophagy protein 5 (Atg-5) small inter fering RNA. After transfection, cells with and without Atg-5 knockdown were exposed to sunitinib (50 nM), sorafenib (10 nM), and AZD6244 (30 nM) for 48 hours. Treated cells were subjected to a 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium proliferation assay. Similar experiments were repeated 3 times. Histograms represent the relative percent of OD490 nM absorbance. The asterisk indicates significance versus scrambled small inter fering RNA–treated control ( P < .05). All data are relative multiples of expression compared to untreated cells. The data are representative of 3 experiments and are expressed as the mean ± the standard error.

Secondary assay development. The invasive potential of MDA-MB-231 spheroids was measured using modified Boyden chambers coated with Matrigel™. Invading cells were fixed, stained with DAPI, and quantified by fluorescence microscopy using 5 random fields per filter insert in triplicate. U0126, PF2341066, axitinib, and PKC412 inhibited the invasive potential of MDA-MB-231 spheroids by ~90% as compared to untreated spheroids (UT). ***p ≤ 0.001. IGF1R and dasatinib displayed no statistical difference as compared to UT MDA-MB-231 spheroids.

 

Inhibition of thymidine (a and b) and cytarabine (c and d) uptake with imatinib. K562 cells (a and c) and MEG-01 cells (b and d) were incubated at 37 ◦C for 15 min with imatinib transport buffer, and then incubated with 0.5 Ci of [3H] thymidine or [3H] cytarabine for an additional 5 min in presence of imatinib. Cells were then washed 3 times, lysed and radioactivity associated to cell pellets was quantified. DMSO, dimethylsulfoxide; DPD, dipyridamole.

c-MET/RON inhibitors restore sensitivity to lapatinib in SK-BR-3-LR cells. Cell growth was determined using the sulforhodamine B assay. The concentration used was 0.1 uM for crizotinib, MGCD-265, XL880, sunitinib, dasatinib, and TAE-684I. The phosphorylation of HER2, AKT and ERK1/2 was determined by Western blotting.

Hepatoma cells 24 h after plating were treated with vehicle (DMSO), regorafenib (REGO, 0.5 µM), PDE5 inhibitor (sildenafil, 2 µM); or the drugs in combination. 24 hours after treatment cells were isolated and viability determined by trypan blue (n=3, SEM). *P 0.05

Effect of HDIL-2/TKI on apoptosis of RCC cells. Three RCC cell lines treated with different concentrations of Pazopanib and HDIL-2 and incubated for 48 h. Microscopic images show apoptotic materials 48 h following treatment (arrows show the apoptotic materials in the pazopanib-treated cells).

Western blots of EZH2 expression in A549, HCC461, and HCC4006 cells upon treatment with different doses of VEGFR-2-inhibitor AZD2171 (0, 5 and 10 nM). AZD2171 decreased the expression of EZH2 in HCC4006 and HCC461 cells expressing VEGFR-2 in a dose-dependent manner but did not do so in A549 cells lacking expression of VEGFR-2.

 

Orthotopic xenografts of HNSCC cell lines (A) SCC-1 and (B) OSC-19 were treated with dovitinib (20 mg/kg/day). In addition, the OSC-19 xenografts were treated with +/ radiation therapy. Marker, mean for triplicate; bars, SE. Statistical significance by unpaired t-test, p < 0.05.

H&E stained histology slides of A), C), and E) control implants and B), D), and F) drug-loaded implants for 14, 21 and 28 day time points respectively. Location of the implants is denoted by the asterisk ‘*’. Scale bar: 200 μm.

On-chip angiogenesis assay. Fluorescence imaging of Tg(fli1a:EGFP) embryos at 64 hpf. Transgenic embryos were arrayed and immobilized at 16 hpf and continuously perfused with E3 media containing vehicle control (dimethyl sulfoxide) or selected small-molecule antiangiogenic drugs (Sunitinib and Tivozanib). Right panel: microscopic visualization of patterns of ISV. White arrows: normal ISV growth; blue arrows: partial ISV growth inhibition; and red arrows; complete ISV growth inhibition.

Immunofluorescence staining of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) lesions 14 days after laser photocoagulation. Choroidal flat mounts were fluorescently labeled with F-actin-specific marker phalloidin (green channel), endothelial cell marker CD34 (red channel), and nuclear marker DAPI (blue channel). CNV lesions in topical vehicle-treated eye (A, C, E and G) and topical motesanib-treated eye (B, D, F and H). The scale bar represents 100 um.

Inactivation of AXL by MP470 reverses epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Immunoblot analyses of lysates from TGFβ/TNFα- treated MCF10A cells treated with varying amounts of MP470 for 72 hours.

Dot Plot Distribution of Live, Preapoptotic and Apoptotic Cells after Administration of DuP-697 and E7080 Combination.

RE-luc2P-HEK293 cells were pretreated with 1uM OSI-930 (green), 20uM TBB (blue), 10uM CKI-7 (purple), or 10uM H-89 (orange) for 16 h and infected with Y. enterocolitica WA or Y. pestis Ind195 at MOI 1 and 20, respectively, for 1 h. Following stimulation with 10 ng/ml TNF-α at 5 h post-infection, luciferase activity was measured 24 h post-infection. Results were determined from two independent experiments performed in triplicate. A"*" denotes that the % NF-κβ inhibition using the inhibitors was significantly different (p<0.05) compared to the no drug control (black). The relative NF-κB inhibition by Yersinia infection was determined as a percentage of luciferase activity in bacteria-infected cells relative to luciferase activity in bacteria-free control cells.

 

Three RCC cell lines treated with different concentrations of TKI and HDIL-2 and incubated for 48 h. Microscopic images show apoptotic materials 48 h following treatment (arrows show the apoptotic materials in the pazopanib-treated cells).

Effects of AXL inhibitors on induction of pAKT and rescue of pERK following AXL overexpression. R428, 500 nmol/L; XL184, 3 umol/L; XL880, 100 nmol/L; in the presence or absence of 2 umol/L PLX4720. shAXL is a positive control.

After inoculation with KAT4 cells, administration of compounds including MK-2206 (100 mg/kg), tyrphostin AG 1296 (100 mg/kg), or a combination of MK-2206 (100 mg/kg) and tyrphostin AG 1296 (100 mg/kg) was performed. The combination of MK-2206 and tyrphostin AG 1296 induced significant apoptosis of KAT4 tumor cells in vivo measured by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling assay (green), and nuclei were stained with Hoechst (blue).

(c) Percent survival for the AGS cancer cell line is shown with FGFR2 inhibitors of varying specificity. (d) The KatoIII diffuse gastric cancer cell line was treated with FGFR2 inhibitors of varying specificity. The Y-axis depicts percent survival versus the X-axis with log concentrations. In all panels, error bars represent standard error of the mean. The difference in percent cell survival between KatoIII and AGS cells was statistically significant (P <0.05) at the three highest concentrations of all drugs, except Brivanib which was only significant at the highest concentration.

E, Continuous ERK phosphorylation in FGFR inhibitor resistant cells under 24-hour treatment with 1 μmol/L BGJ398 assessed by immunoblotting. FGFR inhibitors: AZD4547, BGJ398, and JNJ-42756493

Combinational treatment of kinase inhibitors induces the similar phenotype produced by PP1. All images are lateral view with dorsal to the top and anterior to the left. The combinational treatment of Dasatinib (D) or U0126 (U) with Sunitinib (SU),PTK787 (PTK), or ZM323881 (Z) resulted in the shrinkage of dorsal aorta.

Sunitinib decreases FLT-3 and RET phosphor ylation but increases ERK phosphorylation in a time-dependent manner. H295R and SW13 cells were treated with sunitinib (10 nM) for various time points as indi-cated. Cell lysates were prepared and phospho-FLT-3, RET, and ERK levels were monitored by Western Blot-ting. Re-probing against FLT-3, RET, and ERK was done to ensure equal protein loading.

(a) Reduced tumour burden in PLX3397 (PLX) treated mice relative to untreated (NT) (n=6, P=.015; unpaired t-test). Bars represent total tumour volume with number of identified tumours indicated above each bar.

 

Inhibition of breast cancer cell growth using sorafenib. MCF-7 breast cancer cells were treated with increasing concentrations of sorafenib for 5 days. Cell number was measured  using a colorimetric growth assay (crystal violet stain) and expressed relative to DMSO treated control cells.

Combinational treatment of kinase inhibitors induces the similar phenotype produced by PP1. All images are lateral view with dorsal to the top and anterior to the left. The combinational treatment of Dasatinib (D) or U0126 (U) with Sunitinib (SU),PTK787 (PTK), or ZM323881 (Z) resulted in the shrinkage of dorsal aorta.

THOC5 phospho-Y225 levels were assessed in the populations shown by flow cytometry following 24 h treatment with 5 μM imatinib, 150 nM dasatinib or 5 μM nilotinib. Results are displayed as mean fluorescence intensity (n= 4) ±s.e.m.

Autophagy inhibition blocks the antiproliferative effects of sunitinib and sorafenib but not AZD6244. Medullary thyroid cancer–1.1 (MTC-1.1) and TT cells were transfected transiently with scrambled or autophagy protein 5 (Atg-5) small inter fering RNA. After transfection, cells with and without Atg-5 knockdown were exposed to sunitinib (50 nM), sorafenib (10 nM), and AZD6244 (30 nM) for 48 hours. Treated cells were subjected to a 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium proliferation assay. Similar experiments were repeated 3 times. Histograms represent the relative percent of OD490 nM absorbance. The asterisk indicates significance versus scrambled small inter fering RNA–treated control ( P < .05). All data are relative multiples of expression compared to untreated cells. The data are representative of 3 experiments and are expressed as the mean ± the standard error.

Secondary assay development. The invasive potential of MDA-MB-231 spheroids was measured using modified Boyden chambers coated with Matrigel™. Invading cells were fixed, stained with DAPI, and quantified by fluorescence microscopy using 5 random fields per filter insert in triplicate. U0126, PF2341066, axitinib, and PKC412 inhibited the invasive potential of MDA-MB-231 spheroids by ~90% as compared to untreated spheroids (UT). ***p ≤ 0.001. IGF1R and dasatinib displayed no statistical difference as compared to UT MDA-MB-231 spheroids.

 

Inhibition of thymidine (a and b) and cytarabine (c and d) uptake with imatinib. K562 cells (a and c) and MEG-01 cells (b and d) were incubated at 37 ◦C for 15 min with imatinib transport buffer, and then incubated with 0.5 Ci of [3H] thymidine or [3H] cytarabine for an additional 5 min in presence of imatinib. Cells were then washed 3 times, lysed and radioactivity associated to cell pellets was quantified. DMSO, dimethylsulfoxide; DPD, dipyridamole.

c-MET/RON inhibitors restore sensitivity to lapatinib in SK-BR-3-LR cells. Cell growth was determined using the sulforhodamine B assay. The concentration used was 0.1 uM for crizotinib, MGCD-265, XL880, sunitinib, dasatinib, and TAE-684I. The phosphorylation of HER2, AKT and ERK1/2 was determined by Western blotting.

Hepatoma cells 24 h after plating were treated with vehicle (DMSO), regorafenib (REGO, 0.5 µM), PDE5 inhibitor (sildenafil, 2 µM); or the drugs in combination. 24 hours after treatment cells were isolated and viability determined by trypan blue (n=3, SEM). *P 0.05

Effect of HDIL-2/TKI on apoptosis of RCC cells. Three RCC cell lines treated with different concentrations of Pazopanib and HDIL-2 and incubated for 48 h. Microscopic images show apoptotic materials 48 h following treatment (arrows show the apoptotic materials in the pazopanib-treated cells).

Western blots of EZH2 expression in A549, HCC461, and HCC4006 cells upon treatment with different doses of VEGFR-2-inhibitor AZD2171 (0, 5 and 10 nM). AZD2171 decreased the expression of EZH2 in HCC4006 and HCC461 cells expressing VEGFR-2 in a dose-dependent manner but did not do so in A549 cells lacking expression of VEGFR-2.

 

Orthotopic xenografts of HNSCC cell lines (A) SCC-1 and (B) OSC-19 were treated with dovitinib (20 mg/kg/day). In addition, the OSC-19 xenografts were treated with +/ radiation therapy. Marker, mean for triplicate; bars, SE. Statistical significance by unpaired t-test, p < 0.05.

H&E stained histology slides of A), C), and E) control implants and B), D), and F) drug-loaded implants for 14, 21 and 28 day time points respectively. Location of the implants is denoted by the asterisk ‘*’. Scale bar: 200 μm.

On-chip angiogenesis assay. Fluorescence imaging of Tg(fli1a:EGFP) embryos at 64 hpf. Transgenic embryos were arrayed and immobilized at 16 hpf and continuously perfused with E3 media containing vehicle control (dimethyl sulfoxide) or selected small-molecule antiangiogenic drugs (Sunitinib and Tivozanib). Right panel: microscopic visualization of patterns of ISV. White arrows: normal ISV growth; blue arrows: partial ISV growth inhibition; and red arrows; complete ISV growth inhibition.

Immunofluorescence staining of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) lesions 14 days after laser photocoagulation. Choroidal flat mounts were fluorescently labeled with F-actin-specific marker phalloidin (green channel), endothelial cell marker CD34 (red channel), and nuclear marker DAPI (blue channel). CNV lesions in topical vehicle-treated eye (A, C, E and G) and topical motesanib-treated eye (B, D, F and H). The scale bar represents 100 um.

Inactivation of AXL by MP470 reverses epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Immunoblot analyses of lysates from TGFβ/TNFα- treated MCF10A cells treated with varying amounts of MP470 for 72 hours.

Dot Plot Distribution of Live, Preapoptotic and Apoptotic Cells after Administration of DuP-697 and E7080 Combination.

RE-luc2P-HEK293 cells were pretreated with 1uM OSI-930 (green), 20uM TBB (blue), 10uM CKI-7 (purple), or 10uM H-89 (orange) for 16 h and infected with Y. enterocolitica WA or Y. pestis Ind195 at MOI 1 and 20, respectively, for 1 h. Following stimulation with 10 ng/ml TNF-α at 5 h post-infection, luciferase activity was measured 24 h post-infection. Results were determined from two independent experiments performed in triplicate. A"*" denotes that the % NF-κβ inhibition using the inhibitors was significantly different (p<0.05) compared to the no drug control (black). The relative NF-κB inhibition by Yersinia infection was determined as a percentage of luciferase activity in bacteria-infected cells relative to luciferase activity in bacteria-free control cells.

 

Three RCC cell lines treated with different concentrations of TKI and HDIL-2 and incubated for 48 h. Microscopic images show apoptotic materials 48 h following treatment (arrows show the apoptotic materials in the pazopanib-treated cells).

Effects of AXL inhibitors on induction of pAKT and rescue of pERK following AXL overexpression. R428, 500 nmol/L; XL184, 3 umol/L; XL880, 100 nmol/L; in the presence or absence of 2 umol/L PLX4720. shAXL is a positive control.

After inoculation with KAT4 cells, administration of compounds including MK-2206 (100 mg/kg), tyrphostin AG 1296 (100 mg/kg), or a combination of MK-2206 (100 mg/kg) and tyrphostin AG 1296 (100 mg/kg) was performed. The combination of MK-2206 and tyrphostin AG 1296 induced significant apoptosis of KAT4 tumor cells in vivo measured by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling assay (green), and nuclei were stained with Hoechst (blue).

(c) Percent survival for the AGS cancer cell line is shown with FGFR2 inhibitors of varying specificity. (d) The KatoIII diffuse gastric cancer cell line was treated with FGFR2 inhibitors of varying specificity. The Y-axis depicts percent survival versus the X-axis with log concentrations. In all panels, error bars represent standard error of the mean. The difference in percent cell survival between KatoIII and AGS cells was statistically significant (P <0.05) at the three highest concentrations of all drugs, except Brivanib which was only significant at the highest concentration.

E, Continuous ERK phosphorylation in FGFR inhibitor resistant cells under 24-hour treatment with 1 μmol/L BGJ398 assessed by immunoblotting. FGFR inhibitors: AZD4547, BGJ398, and JNJ-42756493

Combinational treatment of kinase inhibitors induces the similar phenotype produced by PP1. All images are lateral view with dorsal to the top and anterior to the left. The combinational treatment of Dasatinib (D) or U0126 (U) with Sunitinib (SU),PTK787 (PTK), or ZM323881 (Z) resulted in the shrinkage of dorsal aorta.

Sunitinib decreases FLT-3 and RET phosphor ylation but increases ERK phosphorylation in a time-dependent manner. H295R and SW13 cells were treated with sunitinib (10 nM) for various time points as indi-cated. Cell lysates were prepared and phospho-FLT-3, RET, and ERK levels were monitored by Western Blot-ting. Re-probing against FLT-3, RET, and ERK was done to ensure equal protein loading.

(a) Reduced tumour burden in PLX3397 (PLX) treated mice relative to untreated (NT) (n=6, P=.015; unpaired t-test). Bars represent total tumour volume with number of identified tumours indicated above each bar.