iCRT3 is a Wnt and β-catenin-responsive transcription inhibitor.

Treatment with iCRT3 at doses of 12.5, 25, 50, and 75 μM decreases TNF-α levels by 14.7%, 18.5%, 44.9% and 61.3%, respectively.

The IL-6 levels in the 10?mg/kg iCRT3 treatment mice are lower.

In the determination of full-length baculovirus expressed Syk kinase activity, the reaction system was 25 μL containing 25 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 5 mM β-glycerophosphate, 2 mM DTT, 0.1 mM Na3VO4, 10 mM MgCl2, 0.5 μM Promega PTK Biotin Peptide Substrate 1, 0.01% casein, 1, 0.01% Triton X-100, 0.25% Glycerol, and 40 mM ATP (Km for ATP). After incubation for 60 minutes at room temperature, the reaction was stopped by adding 30 mM EDTA (30 μL of SA-APC and 4 nM PT-66 antibody). After measuring the plate, the IC50 value of the test compound was calculated using a 4-parameter linear regression algorithm.

Cells are seeded into 96-well plates to a density of 5×103 cells per well and incubated in the culture medium with iCRT3 for an additional 48 h. Cell viability and cell apoptosis assays are carried out using a Cell Counting kit-8 and a Caspase-Glo 3/7 assay kit according to the manufacturer's instructions, respectively.

NOD-SCID BALB/c mice inoculated A172 cells are treated with iCRT3 (5 mg/kg) diluted in PBS i.p. triweekly.