Momelotinib (CYT387)

3 years -20°C (in the dark) powder

Administered via p.o.

Ba/F3, Ba/F3-JAK2V617F and Ba/F3-MPLW515L cells

0 to 10 uM

CYT387 is dissolved in NMP (120 mg/mL final, 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone, Chromasolv Plus). Subsequently, the CYT387/NMP mix is diluted with 0.14 M Captisol to a concentration of 6 mg/mL and further diluted with 0.1M Captisol to a final concentration of 4 mg/mL.

CYT387 inhibits the proliferation of parental Ba/F3 cells (Ba/F3-wt) stimulated by IL-3 with IC50 of 1400 nM. Furthermore, CYT387 also causes the inhibition of cell proliferation in cell lines constitutively activated by JAK2 or MPL signaling, including Ba/F3-MPLW515L cells, CHRF-288-11 cells and Ba/F3-TEL-JAK2 cells with IC50 of 200 nM, 1 nM and 700 nM, respectively. In addition, CYT387 has been shown to inhibit erythroid colony growth in vitro from JAK2V617F-positive PV patients with similar potency with IC50 of 2u-4 uM. [1] A recent study shows that CYT387 inhibits PI3K/AKT and Ras/MAPK signaling induced by IL-6 and IGF-1. Moreover, CYT387 induces apoptosis as a single agent and synergizes with the conventional anti-MM therapies bortezomib and melphalan in primary multiple myeloma (MM) cells., [2]

72 hours

Ba/F3 cells expressing JAK2V617F (Ba/F3-JAK2V617F) and MPLW515L (Ba/F3-MPLW515L) mutants, as well as CHRF-288-11 (JAK2T875N) and CMK (JAK3A572V) cells are used. The TEL/JAK2 and TEL/JAK3 fusions are generated and introduced into Ba/F3 murine cells. The TEL/JAK2- or TEL/JAK3-transfected cells are cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) containing 10% fetal calf serum (FCS). Ba/F3 wild-type cells are cultured in RPMI containing 10% FCS supplemented with 5 ng/mL murine IL-3. Proliferation is measured using the Alamar Blue assay after incubating for 72 hours at 37 C with 5% CO2.

Momelotinib (CYT387, LM-1149 , CYT11387) is an ATP-competitive inhibitor of JAK1/JAK2 with IC50 of 11 nM/18 nM, ~10-fold selectivity versus JAK3. Momelotinib (CYT387) induces apoptosis and autophagy. Phase 3.