In Vitro Enzyme Inhibition Assay: The inhibition of PI3K-beta, PI3K-alpha, PI3K-gamma and PI3K-delta was evaluated in a Kinase Glo based enzyme activity assay using human recombinant enzymes. Compounds in 100% DMSO were added to assay plates by acoustic dispensing. PI3K enzyme was added in a Tris buffer (50 mM Tris pH7.4, 0.05% CHAPS, 2.1 mM DTT, and 10 mM magnesium chloride) and allowed to preincubate with compound for 20 minutes prior to addition of substrate solution containing PIP2 and ATP. The enzyme reaction was stopped after 80 minutes by the addition of Kinase Glo detection solution containing Lucferin and Luciferase (from Kinase Glo® Plus Luminecent Kinase Assay kit (Promega #V3772). Plates were left for 30 minutes at room temperature then read on a Pherastar Instrument with a standard Luminescence filter block. The final concentration of DMSO, ATP and PIP2 in the assay were, 1%, 8 uM, and 80 uM respectively.
In Vitro Enzyme Inhibition Assay: The inhibition of PI3K-beta, PI3K-alpha, PI3K-gamma and PI3K-delta was evaluated in a Kinase Glo based enzyme activity assay using human recombinant enzymes. Compounds in 100% DMSO were added to assay plates by acoustic dispensing. PI3K enzyme was added in a Tris buffer (50 mM Tris pH7.4, 0.05% CHAPS, 2.1 mM DTT, and 10 mM magnesium chloride) and allowed to preincubate with compound for 20 minutes prior to addition of substrate solution containing PIP2 and ATP. The enzyme reaction was stopped after 80 minutes by the addition of Kinase Glo detection solution containing Lucferin and Luciferase (from Kinase Glo® Plus Luminecent Kinase Assay kit (Promega #V3772). Plates were left for 30 minutes at room temperature then read on a Pherastar Instrument with a standard Luminescence filter block. The final concentration of DMSO, ATP and PIP2 in the assay were, 1%, 8 uM, and 80 uM respectively.
In Vitro Enzyme Inhibition Assay: The inhibition of PI3K-beta, PI3K-alpha, PI3K-gamma and PI3K-delta was evaluated in a Kinase Glo based enzyme activity assay using human recombinant enzymes. Compounds in 100% DMSO were added to assay plates by acoustic dispensing. PI3K enzyme was added in a Tris buffer (50 mM Tris pH7.4, 0.05% CHAPS, 2.1 mM DTT, and 10 mM magnesium chloride) and allowed to preincubate with compound for 20 minutes prior to addition of substrate solution containing PIP2 and ATP. The enzyme reaction was stopped after 80 minutes by the addition of Kinase Glo detection solution containing Lucferin and Luciferase (from Kinase Glo® Plus Luminecent Kinase Assay kit (Promega #V3772). Plates were left for 30 minutes at room temperature then read on a Pherastar Instrument with a standard Luminescence filter block. The final concentration of DMSO, ATP and PIP2 in the assay were, 1%, 8 uM, and 80 uM respectively.
Cell Based Assay: This assay was used to measure PI3K-alpha inhibition in cells. BT474 cells (human breast ductal carcinoma, ATCC HTB-20) were seeded into black 384 well plates (Costar, #3712) at a density of 5600 cells/well in DMEM containing 10% FBS and 1% glutamine and allowed to adhere overnight.The following morning compounds in 100% DMSO were added to assay plates by acoustic dispensing. After a 2 hour incubation at 37 C. and 5% CO2, the medium was aspirated and the cells were lysed with a buffer containing 25 mM Tris, 3 mM EDTA, 3 mM EGTA, 50 mM sodium fluoride, 2 mM Sodium orthovanadate, 0.27M sucrose, 10 mM beta-glycerophosphate, 5 mM sodium pyrophosphate, 0.5% Triton X-100 and complete protease inhibitor cocktail tablets (Roche #04 693 116 001, used 1 tab per 50 ml lysis buffer).After 20 minutes, the cell lysates were transferred into ELISA plates (Greiner #781077) which had been pre-coated with an anti total-AKT antibody in PBS buffer.
Cell Based Assay: ATR (Ataxia Telangiectasia+Rad3-related kinase) is a PI3-kinase-related kinase which phosphorylates multiple substrates on serine or threonine residues in response to DNA damage or replication blocks. Chk1, a downstream protein kinase of ATR, plays a key role in DNA damage checkpoint control. Activation of Chk1 involves phosphorylation of Ser317 and Ser345 (the latter regarded as the preferential target for phosphorylation/activation by ATR).This was a cell based assay to measure inhibition of ATR kinase, by measuring a decrease in phosphorylation of Chk1 (Ser 345) in HT29 cells, following treatment with compound and the UV mimetic 4NQO (Sigma #N8141). HT29 cells (ECACC #85061109) were seeded into 384 well assay plates (Costar #3712) at a density of 6000 cells/well in 40 ul EMEM medium containing 1% L glutamine and 10% FBS and allowed to adhere overnight. The following morning compounds in 100% DMSO were added to assay plates by acoustic dispensing.