In vitro activity: SCH 900776 is a less potent inhibitor of Chk2 and CDK2 with IC50 of 1.5 μM and 0.16 μM, respectively. SCH 900776 shows no significant inhibition of cytochrome P450 human liver microsomal isoforms 1A2, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6, and 3A4. SCH 900776 induces a dose-dependent loss of DNA replication capability 24 hours after hydroxyurea exposure. SCH 900776 enhances the γ-H2AX response of hydroxyurea, 5-fluoruracil, and cytarabine. In combination with an antimetabolite, SCH 900776 induces accumulation of γ-H2AX within 2 hours, indicative of replication fork collapse and double stranded DNA breaks. Additionally, SCH 900776 suppresses accumulation of the Chk1 pS296 autophosphorylation in a dose-dependent manner. Exposure of proliferating WS1 cells to SCH 900776 is associated with rapid, dose-dependent accumulation of Chk1 pS345, indicating that cycling populations of normal cells induce Chk1 pS345 following exposure to SCH 900776 as part of a futile cycle, perhaps driven by AT-family kinases and DNA-PK.

Kinase Assay: The Kinase Profiler service is used to generate general selectivity data for SCH 900776 against a broad range of serine/threonine and tyrosine kinases. Assays are typically run at two concentrations of SCH 900776 (0.5 and 5 μM), at a fixed (10 μM) concentration of ATP.

Cell Assay: In vitro, SCH 900776 blocked accumulation of the Chk1 pS296 autophosphorylation in a dose-dependent manner. Treatment of proliferating WS1 cells with SCH 900776 was found to be associated with rapid, dose-dependent accumulation of Chk1 pS345, indicating that cycling populations of normal cells induce Chk1 pS345 in response to the inhibition of SCH 900776 as part of a futile cycle 1.