Fadraciclib (CYC065) is an orally available, second-generation ATP-competitive inhibitor of CDK2/CDK9 kinases (IC50s: 5/26 nM).

CDK2:5 nM, CDK9:26 nM

Briefly, tumour cells are plated in six-well plates and treated with a titration of CYC065 concentrations (i.e., ranging from 100 to 500?nM). After 72?h, cells are harvested, washed and stained with propidium iodide (PI; 5?μg/mL) for flow cytometric counts. The percentage of viable cells is then normalized considering the vehicle-treated cells as 100% viable. Half-maximal inhibitory concentration values are determined using GraphPad Prism5 version 6. For drug combination studies, USC-ARK-1 and USC-ARK-2 cell lines are incubated with the combination of Taselisib and CYC065 at multiple paired concentrations including the IC50, the IC50/2 and the IC50*2 of each cell line to the corresponding drug (i.e., 10?nM of Taselisib and 198?nM of CYC065 for USC-ARK-1 and 50?nM of Taselisib and 62.5?nM of CYC065 for USC-ARK-2). Synergism is assessed by the combination index (CI). CI values <1 define a synergistic activity of the combination treatment. The CI values are calculated using the CompuSyn software [1].

Briefly, 5-7-week-old SCID mice are injected into the subcutaneous region with USC cells. A minimum of five animals per group are used. Treatments are administrated by oral gavage starting 1 week after tumor implantation when the size of the tumor is 0.125-0.150?cm3. Uterine serous carcinoma-ARK-2-derived xenografts are divided into two groups: one group of animal receive the vehicle, whereas the experimental group receives CYC065 (22.5?mg/kg daily for 3 weeks). Uterine serous carcinoma-ARK-1-derived xenografts are instead divided into four groups: one group receive the vehicle (0.5% methylcellulose-0.2% Tween-80), one group receive CYC065 (22.5?mg/kg daily for 3 weeks), one group receive Taselisib (10 mg/kg daily, 5 days per week per 3 weeks) and the last group receive the combination of CYC065 and Taselisib. The size of the tumor at the initiation of treatment is 0.125-0.150?cm3. Mouse weight and tumor size is recorded two times a week for the entire experimental period. Tumor volume is calculated.

CYC065

DMSO: 100 mg/mL (251.56 mM), Sonication is recommended.

10% DMSO+40% PEG300+5% Tween 80+45% Saline: 4 mg/mL (10.06 mM), Sonication is recommended.