VAS2870

Kinase experiment:

NADPH oxidase activity is measured by lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence in a 50 mM phosphate buffer (buffer A), pH 7.0, containing 1 mM EGTA, protease inhibitors, 150 mM sucrose, 5 μM lucigenin, and 250 μM NADPH as substrate. Quiescent cells are starved by serum deprivation for 24 h and treated as indicated, ished twice with ice-cold phosphate buffered saline (PBS), pH 7.4, and harvested. After low spin centrifugation, the pellet is re-suspended in ice-cold buffer A, lacking lucigenin and substrate. Then, the cells are lysed and total protein concentration is determined using a Bradford assay and adjusted to 1 mg/mL. 100 μL aliquots of the protein sample are measured over 6 min in quadruplicates using NADPH (100 μM) as substrate in a scintillation counter. Data are collected at 2 min intervals in order to measure relative changes in NADPH oxidase activity[1].

Cell experiment:

To test autocrine growth, cells are serum deprived at 40% confluence and, when indicated, the NADPH oxidase inhibitors Apocynin (300 mM) or VAS2870 are added 30 min before serum deprivation and maintained along the experiment. For TGF-b experiments, cells at 70% confluence are serum deprived for 16 h and treated with 2 ng/mL TGF-β in the presence or absence of the EGFR inhibitor AG1478 (20 mM) or VAS2870 (25 mM), which are added 30 min prior to TGF-β[2].

References:

[1]. ten Freyhaus H, et al. Novel Nox inhibitor VAS2870 attenuates PDGF-dependent smooth muscle cell chemotaxis, but not proliferation. Cardiovasc Res. 2006 Jul 15;71(2):331-41.
[2]. Sancho P, et al. The NADPH oxidase inhibitor VAS2870 impairs cell growth and enhances TGF-β-induced apoptosis of liver tumor cells. Biochem Pharmacol. 2011 Apr 1;81(7):917-24.