AG490  (Synonyms: Tyrphostin AG490; Tyrphostin B42)

A colorimetric cell proliferation assay is performed using the CellTiter 96 kit. Briefly, A431 cells are plated in 96-well plates (2000 cells/well) and cultured in DMEM/HAM's F-12 supplemented with 10% FCS for 24 h. Cells are incubated in serum-free media for 24 h. EGF (10 ng/mL) is added to all wells. Tyrphostin AG1478 (0.25 mM) and AG490 (10 mM) are added alone or in combination and the culture is incubated for the appropriate time. Medium is aspirated and CellTiter 96 Aqueous One Solution Reagent (20 μL) is added to each well. The plates are incubated at 37°C for up to 1 h and absorbance recorded at 490 nm using a 96-well plate reader. Data are derived from at least three independent experiments (in triplicate) for the both single agents and combination studies. IC₅₀ values for Tyrphostin AG1478 (EGFR inhibitor) and AG490 (JAK/STAT inhibitor) are determined. The growth inhibitory effects of the combination are quantified using the Calucsyn software program^[1].

MCE has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

Mice^[3]
Female NOD/LtJ, NOD.Scid, and BALB/c mice are used. One vial of compound containing 5 mg of AG490 is injected into5 mice (1 mg/mouse) via the i.p route. The control groups are receive the same volume of the vehicle under the same regimens and conditions.
Rats^[4]
A total of 28 Male Sprague-Dawley rats (250-300 g) are used. The experiments are performed in rats 48 h after ʎ-carrageenan injection. A total of 4 groups (n=6) of rats are randomly included in the dose-response study. Group 1 is the vehicle control, which receive 100 µL i.pl. injection of 3.5% DMSO in saline. Groups 2-4 are injected with 3 different doses of AG490 (1, 5 or 10 µg). To study the effects of naloxone on AG490-induced antinociception, an additional group of rats (group 5; n=4) is observed. Group 5 is co-administered with AG490 (10 µg) and Naloxone (10 µg). The drugs are administered i.pl. in a volume of 100 µl. As reported earlier, the in vivo pharmacological effects of AG490 are observed 4 h after treatment. Thus, the behavioral tests are performed before (baseline assessment) and 4 h after treatment. First, the rats are subjected to the thermal hyperalgesia test; 10 min later, the paw pressure test is performed on the same set of rats. All the experiments are performed between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to reduce the confounding influence of diurnal variations, and all the procedures are performed in a blinded fashion.

MCE has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

• [1]. Dowlati A, et al. Combined inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor and JAK/STAT pathways results in greater growth inhibition in vitro than single agent therapy. Mol Cancer Ther. 2004 Apr;3(4):459-63  [Content Brief]

  [2]. Wang LH, et al. JAK3, STAT, and MAPK signaling pathways as novel molecular targets for the tyrphostin AG-490 regulation ofIL-2-mediated T cell response. J Immunol. 1999 Apr 1;162(7):3897-904.  [Content Brief]

  [3]. Davoodi-Semiromi A, et al. The tyrphostin agent AG490 prevents and reverses type 1 diabetes in NOD mice. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e36079.  [Content Brief]

  [4]. Cheppudira BP, et al. Anti-hyperalgesic effects of AG490, a Janus kinase inhibitor, in a rat model of inflammatory pain. Biomed Rep. 2015 Sep;3(5):703-706.  [Content Brief]