Description
INK-128isanATP-competitiveinhibitorofmTOR,inhibitingbothmTORC1andmTORC2,proteincomplexesthatmodulatecellgrowth,cellsurvival,andcellmigration.Thiscompounddisplaysanticancerchemotherapeuticandanti-metastaticactivitiesinbothinvitroandinvivomodels.Invitro,INK-128inhibitscellmigrationandadhesion,processescriticalfortheinvasivenatureofmultiplemyeloma;INK-128alsoinhibitsproliferationanddecreasescolonyformationinaninvitromodelofB-cellacutelymphoblasticleukemia.Invivo,INK-128decreasedmetastasesinananimalmodelofprostatecancer.Thiscompoundiscurrentlyinclinicaltrialsasapotentialtreatmentformultiplemyeloma.