In vitro Kinase assays
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0.14 μM of purified inactive recombinant MEK-1 protein is preincubated with inhibitors in 15 μL of kinase buffer including (20 mM MOPS pH7.2, 25 mM beta glycerol phosphate, 5 mM EGTA, 1 mM sodium orthovanadate, 1 mM DTT, 100 μM ATP, 15 mM MgCl2). After incubating 10 minutes at 30°C, 1 ng of BRAF, CRAF or BRAF V600E combined with 0.5 μg of inactive recombinant ERK2 is added to the reaction in total volume of 20 μL. After incubating 30 minutes at 30°C the reaction is stopped by adding Laemmle sample buffer. Enzyme activity is measured by determining level of phosphor-MEK by SDS-PAGE. Immunoreactive proteins are visualized with SuperSignal West Pico Chemiluminescent Substrate.
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Applications
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GDC-0623 dose- and time-dependently up-regulated the pro-apoptotic BH3-only protein BIM in HCT116 cells or KRAS mutant HCT116 or SW620 cells. GDC-0623 inhibited cellular proliferation with EC50 values of 4 nM, 53 nM, 11 nM, 18 nM and 94 nM for A375 (BRAFV600E), HCT116 (KRASG13D), COLO 205, HT-29, and HCT116 cells, respectively.
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References:
1. Hatzivassiliou, G., Haling, J. R., Chen, H., Song, K., Price, S., Heald, R., Hewitt, J. F., Zak, M., Peck, A., Orr, C., Merchant, M., Hoeflich, K. P., Chan, J., Luoh, S. M., Anderson, D. J., Ludlam, M. J., Wiesmann, C., Ultsch, M., Friedman, L. S., Malek, S. and Belvin, M. (2013) Mechanism of MEK inhibition determines efficacy in mutant KRAS- versus BRAF-driven cancers. Nature. 501, 232-236
2. Zaanan, A., Okamoto, K., Kawakami, H., Khazaie, K., Huang, S. and Sinicrope, F. A. (2015) The Mutant KRAS Gene Up-regulates BCL-XL Protein via STAT3 to Confer Apoptosis Resistance That Is Reversed by BIM Protein Induction and BCL-XL Antagonism. J Biol Chem. 290, 23838-23849
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