Afuresertib (hydrochloride)

Afuresertib hydrochloride is a potent and ATP-competitive specific Akt inhibitor.

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Akt

Afuresertib exhibits favorable tumor-suppressive effects on malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) cells. Afuresertib significantly increases caspase-3 and caspase-7 activities and apoptotic cell number among ACC-MESO-4 and MSTO-211H cells. Afuresertib strongly arrests the cell cycle in the G1 phase. Western blotting analysis shows that Afuresertib increases the expression of p21WAF1/CIP1 and decreases the phosphorylation of Akt substrates, including GSK-3β and FOXO family proteins. Afuresertib-induced p21 expression promotes G1 phase arrest by inducing FOXO activity. Afuresertib significantly enhances cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity. Afuresertib modulates the expression E2F1 and MYC, which are associated with fibroblast core serum response[1].

MPM cells are seeded in 96-well plates (cell density, 2.5×103 cells/well) and are incubated for 24 h at 37°C. Next, the cells are incubated in a medium containing indicated concentrations of Akt inhibitors (e.g., Afuresertib ; 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.2, 0.1, and 0.01 μM) for 72 h. Next, MTT solution is added to each well, and the cells are incubated for 4 h. Finally, the cells are incubated overnight with lysis buffer (10% SDS in 0.01 mol/L hydrogen chloride). Absorbance is measured at 550 nm using SpectraMAX M5 spectrophotometer[1].

[1]. Yamaji M, et al. Novel ATP-competitive Akt inhibitor Afuresertib suppresses the proliferation of malignant pleural mesothelioma cells. Cancer Med. 2017 Nov;6(11):2646-2659.

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