Description
WZ8040 is an inhibitor of mutant EGF receptors (EGFRs) with IC
50 values ranging from 2 to 306 nM in Ba/F3 cells. It is selective for EGFR mutants, including the EGFR
Del E746_A750 and EGFR
L858R mutations conferring gefitinib sensitivity and the EGFR
Del E746_A750/T790M mutation conferring gefitinib resistance (IC
50s = 2, 6, and 6 nM in Ba/F3 cells), over wild-type EGFR (IC
50 = 1,820 nM in HN11 cells) but also inhibits ERBB2
Ins G776V,C and wild-type ERBB2 (IC
50s = 20 and 32 nM, respectively, in Ba/F3 cells). WZ8040 inhibits proliferation of PC-9 cells harboring the EGFR
Del E746_A750 mutation and gefitinib-resistant PC-9 GR cells harboring the EGFR
T790M resistant allele (EC
50s = 6 and 8 nM, respectively).
References
[1] zhou w1, ercan d, chen l, yun ch, li d, capelletti m, cortot ab, chirieac l, iacob re, padera r, engen jr, wong kk, eck mj, gray ns, jänne pa. novel mutant-selective egfr kinase inhibitors against egfr t790m. nature. 2009 dec 24;462(7276):1070-4. doi: 10.1038/nature08622.