Danusertib (PHA-739358)

2 years -80 in solvent

Intraperitoneally

CD34+ cells

5 uM

In DMSO

Danusertib inhibits the activities of other kinases such as FGFR1, Abl, Ret and Trka, with IC50 of 47 nM, 25 nM, 31 nM and 31 nM, respectively. In a cell assay, after treatment of wild-type and p53-deficient MEFs with Danusertib, the wild-type cells undergo an arrest in mitosis (4N) that is maintained for up to 48 h. The p53-deficient cells on the other hand do not arrest at the 4N DNA stage, but continues with additional rounds of DNA synthesis to become >8N. Treatment with Danusertib results in an increase in p53 protein levels and an associated increase in p21 protein, which is known to be transcriptionally regulated by p53. [1] Increasing concentrations of Danusertib produces a dose-dependent reduction of cell growth after 48 hours in BCR-ABL–positive (K562, BV173) and BCR-ABL–negative (HL60) cells. [3]

5 days

For short-term expansion assays, 1 x 103 CD34+ cells are plated in triplicates in 96-well plates containing 100 uL of serum-free medium per well supplemented with human stem-cell factor (100 ng/mL), human Flt-3 Ligand (100 ng/mL), human thrombopoietin (50 ng/mL), human interleukin-3 and -6 (IL-3 and IL-6, respectively, both 20 ng/mL), and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (20 ng/mL) along with Danusertib at the indicated concentrations. After 5 days, an additional 100 uL of cytokine and Danusertib containing medium are added. Cell numbers within each individual well are estimated on days 3, 6, and 9 or on days 3, 6, and 12 for healthy donor samples.

Danusertib (PHA-739358) is an Aurora kinase inhibitor for Aurora A/B/C with IC50 of 13 nM/79 nM/61 nM in cell-free assays, modestly potent to Abl, TrkA, c-RET and FGFR1, and less potent to Lck, VEGFR2/3, c-Kit, CDK2, etc. Danusertib induces apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and autophagy. Phase 2.