Phthalazinone pyrazole is a potent, selective, and orally active inhibitor of Aurora-A kinase with an IC50 of 0.031 μM. Phthalazinone pyrazole can arrests mitosis and subsequently inhibit tumor growth via apoptosis of proliferating cells. Phthalazinone pyrazole suppresses the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) during the differentiation of hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) from human embryonic stem cells.
性状
Solid
IC50 & Target[1][2]
Aurora-A
0.031 μM (IC50)
体外研究(In Vitro)
Phthalazinone pyrazole (1 and 10 μM; 30 hours) enhances the proliferative capacity of HLCs.
Phthalazinone pyrazole (1, 10, and 100 μM; 5 days) enhances hepatic morphological changes in differentiated HLCs without cytotoxicity.
Phthalazinone pyrazole (1 and 10 μM; 5 and 17 days) suppresses the EMT and induced maturation of HLCs through the inhibition of the AKT signaling pathway by the off target effect with concomitant upregulation of HNF4α rather than direct inhibition of Aurora-A. The result is confirmed by western blot and qPCR.
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Cell Proliferation Assay
Cell Line:
Hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs)
Concentration:
1 and 10 μM
Incubation Time:
30 hours
Result:
Enhanced the proliferative capacity of HLCs.
Cell Cytotoxicity Assay
Cell Line:
ES-HLCs, iPS-HLCs, Huh7 cells
Concentration:
1, 10, and 100 μM
Incubation Time:
5 days
Result:
Showed no cytotoxic effects on HLCs.
Western Blot Analysis
Cell Line:
HLCs
Concentration:
1 and 10 μM
Incubation Time:
5 and 17 days
Result:
Markedly inhibited the phosphorylation of AKT and activated GSK-3β, which in turn inhibited Snail expression and increased HNF4α. Phthalazinone pyrazole didn’t significantly reduce the phosphorylation of Aurora-A.
RT-PCR
Cell Line:
HLCs
Concentration:
1 and 10 μM
Incubation Time:
5 and 17 days
Result:
Markedly inhibited the phosphorylation of AKT mRNA and activated GSK-3β mRNA, which in turn inhibited Snail mRNA expression and increased HNF4α mRNA. Phthalazinone pyrazole didn’t significantly reduce the phosphorylation of Aurora-A mRNA.