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. 2015 Feb 13;58(4):1717–1735. doi: 10.1021/jm501436m

Table 2. Assessment of Compounds 9 and 33 in Cell-Based Assays in Which WNT Signaling Is Activated at Distinct Levels by Inducible Expression of cDNAs Encoding Activating Components of the Canonical WNT Pathwaya.

    IC50 (μM)
WNT pathway activation level reporter 9 33
Dvl-ER (7dF3 primary assay) TCF-luc 1.76 0.037
Tet-O-ΔN-LRP6 TCF-luc 0.91 0.020
Tet-O-Dvl2 TCF-luc 1.20 0.020
Tet-O-Axin-GID TCF-luc 1.50 0.024
Tet-O-ΔN-β-catenin TCF-luc 2.73 0.070
Tet-O-VP16-TCF4 TCF-luc 7.61 0.23
a

Activating components of the canonical WNT pathway: ΔN-LRP6 (a constitutively activating component of the WNT receptor), Dvl-2 (a Disheveled homologue and activator of WNT signaling), Axin-GID (Axin-GSK3β Interaction Domain, a dominant negative form of Axin that binds to and inhibits GSK-3β), ΔN-β-catenin (a stabilized form of β-catenin resistant to degradation), or VP16-TCF (a TCF transcription factor that is constitutively active in the absence of β-catenin). See the Supplementary Information for assay protocols.