| Bioactivity | Lumacaftor (VX-809; VRT 826809) is a CFTR modulator that corrects the folding and trafficking of CFTR protein. | ||||||||||||
| Target | EC50: 0.1 μM (CFTR) | ||||||||||||
| Invitro | In fischer rat thyroid (FRT) cells, Lumacaftor improves F508del-CFTR maturation by 7.1±0.3 fold (n=3) compared with vehicle-treated cells (EC50, 0.1±0.1 μM; n=3) and enhances F508del-CFTR-mediated chloride transport by approximately fivefold (EC50, 0.5±0.1 μM; n=3). At Lumacaftor concentrations greater than 10 μM, the response is reduced, resulting in a bell-shaped dose-response relationship with an IC50 of approximately 100 μM. Lumacaftor is orally bioavailable in rats and achieved in vivo plasma levels significantly above concentrations required for in vitro efficacy[1]. Lumacaftor produces a concentration-dependent increase in the HRP luminescence signal after incubation with cells at 37°C or 27°C in both cell lines, with a similar EC50 value of approximately 0.3 µM. In F508-HRP CFBE41o- cells at 37°C, Lumacaftor increases the signal maximally to approximately 250 luminescence arbitrary units (a.u.) over the DMSO control baseline of approximately 60 a.u., representing an approximately 4-fold signal increase. Similarly, with the R1070W-HRP CFBE41o- cells, Lumacaftor increases the signal maximally to approximately 220 a.u. over the DMSO control baseline of approximately 85 a.u., representing an approximately 2.5-fold signal increase. Therefore, both cell lines produced robust signals with a good dynamic range for high-throughput screening[2]. | ||||||||||||
| In Vivo | Oral dosing of 1 mg/kg Lumacaftor in male Sprague-Dawley rats results in a Cmax of 2.4±1.3 μM with a t1/2 of 7.7±0.4 h (mean±SD; n=3), indicating that that Lumacaftor is orally bioavailable and able to reach plasma levels that significantly exceeded EC50s for F508del-CFTR correction[1]. | ||||||||||||
| Name | Lumacaftor | ||||||||||||
| CAS | 936727-05-8 | ||||||||||||
| Formula | C24H18F2N2O5 | ||||||||||||
| Molar Mass | 452.41 | ||||||||||||
| Appearance | Solid | ||||||||||||
| Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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| Reference | [1]. Van Goor F, et al. Correction of the F508del-CFTR protein processing defect in vitro by the investigational drug VX-809. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Nov 15;108(46):18843-8. [2]. Phuan PW, et al. Synergy-based small-molecule screen using a human lung epithelial cell line yields ΔF508-CFTR correctors that augment VX-809 maximal efficacy. Mol Pharmacol. 2014 Jul;86(1):42-51. |