NVP-TAE684

TAE684 is a potent inhibitor of LRRK2 kinase activity (IC(50) of 7.8nM against wild-type LRRK2, 6.1nM against the G2019S mutant). TAE684 substantially inhibits Ser910 and Ser935 phosphorylation of both wild-type LRRK2 and G2019S mutant at a concentration of 0.1-0.3μM in cells and in mouse spleen and kidney, but not in brain, following oral doses of 10mg/kg. TAE684 potently inhibits the proliferation of Ba/F3 NPM-ALK cells with IC50 of 3 nM, without affecting the survival of Ba/F3 cells even at 1 μM. TAE684 also inhibits proliferation of NPM-ALK-expressing human ALCL cell lines including Karpas-299 and SU-DHL-1 with IC50 of 2–5 nM. Molecular modeling reveals that L258 may be one of the major kinase-selectivity determinants for TAE684. TAE684 treatment results in a rapid and sustained inhibition of phosphorylation of NPM-ALK. TAE684 induces apoptosis and G1 phase arrest in NPM-ALK-expressing Ba/F3 cells and ALCL patient cell lines. be one of the major kinase-selectivity determinants for TAE684. Neurite outgrowth induced by expression of the mALK R1279Q mutant could be completely inhibited by TAE684 at 30 nM.