In vitro activity: PF-562271 shows the selective inhibitory effects on FAK and Pyk2 tyrosine kinase activity with IC50 of 1.5 nM and 14 nM, respectively. And in cell-based assays, the IC50 of PF-562271 is shown to be 5 nM for FAK, which is more selective compared to other kinase targets. In 2 dimensional (2D) cultures, PF-562271 results in a dose-dependent cell proliferation inhibition in FAK WT, FAK–/– and FAK kinase-deficient (KD) cells with IC50 of 3.3 μM, 2.08 μM and 2.01 μM, respectively.

Kinase Assay: PF-562271 shows the selective inhibitory effects on FAK and Pyk2 tyrosine kinase activity with IC50 of 1.5 nM and 14 nM, respectively. And in cell-based assays, the IC50 of PF-562271 is shown to be 5 nM for FAK, which is more selective compared to other kinase targets. In 2 dimensional (2D) cultures, PF-562271 results in a dose-dependent cell proliferation inhibition in FAK WT, FAK–/– and FAK kinase-deficient (KD) cells with IC50 of 3.3 μM, 2.08 μM and 2.01 μM, respectively.

Cell Assay: Cells (Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are plated for 48 hours before addition of PF-562271. After 3 days cells are fixed by addition of ice cold 25% trichloroacetic acid (TCA) solution prior to staining with Sulforhodamine B (SRB) dye solution. Plates are washed with 1% glacial acetic acid, air-dried and resuspended in 10 mM Tris buffer, pH 10.5 before reading absorbance at 540 nm. Curve fitting and generation of IC50 values is carried out using GraphPad Prism 4 software from six replicates.

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