The c-
Met receptor tyrosine kinase and its ligand, hepatocyte growth factor, have been implicated in the development and progression of several human cancers.
1 PHA-665752 is an ATP-
competitive, active-
site inhibitor of the catalytic activity of c-
Met kinase (K
i = 4 nM; IC
50 = 9 nM).
2 It exhibits >50-
fold selectivity for c-
Met over a panel of tyrosine and serine/threonine kinases. PHA-665752 can inhibit c-
Met phosphorylation, as well as cell proliferation and cell motility, of various tumor cells (IC
50s = 18-
50 nM).
2 It also inhibits signal transduction downstream of c-
Met, interfering with the activation of Gab-
1 adaptor protein, ERK1/2, Akt, STAT3, PLC-
γ, and focal adhesion kinase in multiple tumor cell lines.
2 In a gastric carcinoma xenograft model, 25 mg/kg PHA-
665752 was shown to reduce tumor growth in mice by inhibiting c-
Met activation.
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