Vemurafenib (PLX4032)

Catalog No.S1267 Batch:S126712

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Technical Data

Formula

C23H18ClF2N3O3S
Molecular Weight 489.92 CAS No. 918504-65-1
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 97 mg/mL (197.99 mM)
Water Insoluble
Ethanol Insoluble
* <1 mg/ml means slightly soluble or insoluble.
* Please note that Selleck tests the solubility of all compounds in-house, and the actual solubility may differ slightly from published values. This is normal and is due to slight batch-to-batch variations.
* Room temperature shipping (Stability testing shows this product can be shipped without any cooling measures.)

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Biological Activity

Description Vemurafenib (PLX4032, RG7204, RO5185426) is a novel and potent inhibitor of B-RafV600E with IC50 of 31 nM in cell-free assay. 10-fold selective for B-RafV600E over wild-type B-Raf in enzymatic assays and the cellular selectivity can exceed 100-fold. Vemurafenib (PLX4032, RG7204) induces autophagy.
Targets
SRMS [1]
(Cell-free assay)		 ACK1 [1]
(Cell-free assay)		 B-Raf (V600E) [1]
(Cell-free assay)		 C-Raf [1]
(Cell-free assay)		 MAP4K5 (KHS1) [1]
(Cell-free assay)		 View More
18 nM 19 nM 31 nM 48 nM 51 nM
In vitro PLX4032 inhibits B-RAFV600E, C-RAF, as well as wildtype B-RAF, with IC50 of 31 nM, 48 nM and 100 nM, respectively. PLX4032 also inhibits several non-RAF kinases, including ACK1, KHS1, and SRMS, with IC50 of 18 nM to 51 nM. [1] In melanoma cell lines, the inhibitory effect by PLX4032 depends on B-RAF mutational status, because PLX4032 potently inhibits those harboring B-RAF V600 mutants, including V600E, V600D, V600K, and V600R, but not wildtype or other mutants. The IC50 values of PLX4032 on these cells, including MALME-3M, Colo829, Colo38, A375, SK-MEL28, and A2058, ranges from 20 nM to 1 μM. In these cells, PLX4032 (0.1 μM to 30 μM) also inhibits the phosphorylation of both MEK1/2 and ERK1/2. [2] PLX4032 is highly effective in the treatment of melanoma, for its ability of inhibiting B-RAFV600E. However, PLX4032 displays limited effect in colon cancer patients that also carrying B-RAFV600E oncoprotein. The reason for this is that, in colon cancer cells, B-RAFV600E inhibition by PLX4032 results in a rapid feedback EGFR activation, which compensates for the PLX4032-inhibited cell proliferation. [3]
In vivo In B-RAFV600E-mutant mice xenograft models, PLX4032 (6 mg/kg–20 mg/kg) inhibits tumor growth. [1] In mice xenograft models of LOX, Colo829, and A375 cells, PLX4032 (12.5 mg/kg–100 mg/kg) inhibits tumor growth and prolongs mice survival. [2]
Features A novel and potent inhibitor of the B-RAFV600E oncoprotein.

Protocol (from reference)

Kinase Assay:

[1]
  • RAF kinase activity measurements

    The kinase activities of wild-type RAF and mutants are determined by measuring phosphorylation of biotinylated-BAD protein. For each enzyme (0.01 ng), 20 μL reactions are carried out in 20 mM Hepes (pH 7.0), 10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM DTT, 0.01% (v/v) Tween-20, 50 nM biotin-BAD protein, and 1 mM ATP at room temperature. Reactions are stopped at 5 min with 5 μL of a solution containing 20 mM Hepes (pH 7.0), 200 mM NaCl, 80 mM EDTA, 0.3% (w/v) bovine serum albumin (BSA). The stop solution also includes phospho-BAD (Ser112) antibody, streptavidin-coated donor beads, and protein A acceptor beads. The antibody and beads are pre-incubated in stop solution in the dark at room temperature for 30 min. The final dilution of antibody is 1/2000 and the final concentration of each bead is 10 μg/mL. The assay plates are incubated at room temperature for one hour and then are read on a PerkinElmer AlphaQuest reader. Mutant activities are the average of two different batches of purified protein assayed in duplicate in three different experiments.
Cell Assay:

[2]
  • Cell lines

    MALME-3M, Colo829, Colo38, A375, SK-MEL28, and A2058 cells

  • Concentrations

    0–10 μM , dissolved in DMSO

  • Incubation Time

    5 days

  • Method

    Cellular proliferation is evaluated by MTT assay. Briefly, cells are plated in 96-well microtiter plates at a density of 1000 to 5000 cells per well in a volume of 180 μL. PLX4032 is prepared at 10 times the final assay concentration in media containing 1% DMSO. Twenty-four hours after cell plating, 20 μL of the appropriate dilution of PLX4032 are added to plates in duplicate. The plates are assayed for proliferation 6 days after the cells are plated. Percent inhibition is calculated and the IC50 is determined from the regression of a plot of the logarithm of the concentration versus percent inhibition.
Animal Study:

[2]
  • Animal Models

    Mice (athymic nude) xenograft models of LOX, Colo829, and A375 cells

  • Dosages

    12.5 mg/kg–100 mg/kg

  • Administration

    Oral gavage twice daily

Customer Product Validation

Data from [Data independently produced by Nature, 2015, 520(7547), 368-72]

Data from [Data independently produced by Nature, 2015, 520(7547), 368-72]

Data from [Data independently produced by Oncogene, 2015, 10.1038/onc.2015.97]

Data from [Data independently produced by Nature, 2014, 508(7494), 118-22]

Selleck's Vemurafenib (PLX4032) has been cited by 760 publications

Pan-inhibition of super-enhancer-driven oncogenic transcription by next-generation synthetic ecteinascidins yields potent anti-cancer activity [ Nat Commun, 2025, 16(1):512] PubMed: 39779693
Selective inhibition of p300 by a novel small molecule EPS496 promotes cell death in vemurafenib-resistant BRAFV600E mutated melanoma cells [ Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 2025, 750:151382] PubMed: 39884005
Increased Mitochondrial Superoxide Level Is Partially Associated With Vemurafenib-Induced Renal Tubular Toxicity [ Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol, 2025, 136(4):e70015] PubMed: 40018909
Noncanonical role of Golgi-associated macrophage TAZ in chronic inflammation and tumorigenesis [ Sci Adv, 2025, 11(4):eadq2395] PubMed: 39841821
The ribotoxic stress response drives UV-mediated cell death [ Cell, 2024, 187(14):3652-3670.e40] PubMed: 38843833
CRISPR-StAR enables high-resolution genetic screening in complex in vivo models [ Nat Biotechnol, 2024, 10.1038/s41587-024-02512-9] PubMed: 39681701
Proteostatic reactivation of the developmental transcription factor TBX3 drives BRAF/MAPK-mediated tumorigenesis [ Nat Commun, 2024, 15(1):4108] PubMed: 38750011
Proteostatic reactivation of the developmental transcription factor TBX3 drives BRAF/MAPK-mediated tumorigenesis [ Nat Commun, 2024, 15(1):4108] PubMed: 38750011
Mi-2β promotes immune evasion in melanoma by activating EZH2 methylation [ Nat Commun, 2024, 15(1):2163] PubMed: 38461299
The CoREST repressor complex mediates phenotype switching and therapy resistance in melanoma [ J Clin Invest, 2024, 134(6)e171063] PubMed: 38300709

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