WX8 (Ro 91-4714) is a selective phosphoinositide kinase PIKfyve inhibitor th at disrupts lysosome fission via tubulation, lysosomal trafficking, and heterotypic lysosomes-autophagosomes fusion (0.1-1 μM; U2OS), but not homotypic lysosome fusion. WX8 exhibits cancer-selective antiproliferation activity (IC50 = 48 nM/A375, 200 nM/U2OS; IC50 >10 μM/non-cancer 293T & HFF) with a higher potency than the PIKfyve inhibitor YM201636, or the lysosomal inhibitors chloroquine & hydroxychloroquine (A375 IC50 = 119 nM, 1.7 μM, 1.9 μM, repectively).