Amuvatinib (MP470) is an orally bioavailable synthetic carbothioamide with potential antineoplastic activity.

Kinase inhibition assay of c-Kit and PDGFRα: For the testing of inhibitory activity against c-Kit and PDGFRα, enzymes are incubated with varying concentrations of MP-470 and radiolabeled γ-32P-ATP. After 30 min, the reaction mixtures are electrophoresed on an acrylamide gel and autophosphorylation, quantitated by the amount of radioactivity incorporated into the enzyme, is assayed.

Cells are plated at a density of 2 × 103 to 1 × 104 cells per well in 100 μL medium on day 0 in 96-well Falcon microtitier plates. On day 1, ten μL of serial dilutions of MP-470 are added to the plates in quadruplicates. After incubation for 4 days, the cells are fixed with 10% Trichloroacetic acid solution. Subsequently, they are labeled with 0.04% Sulforhodamine B (SRB) in 1% acetic acid. After multiple washes to remove the excess dye, 100 μL of 50 mM Tris solution is added to each well in order to dissolve the dye. The absorbance of each well is read on a plate reader at 570 nm. Date are expressed as the percentage of survival of control calculated from the absorbance corrected for background absorbance. The surviving percent of cells is determined by dividing the mean absorbance values of the monoclonal antibody by mean absorbance values of the control and multiplying by 100.(Only for Reference)