AU2221500A - 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone compounds for modulating protein kinase activityand for use in cancer chemotherapy - Google Patents

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WO 00/38519 1 PCTIUS99/31232 DESCRIPTION 3-HETEROARYLIDENYL-2-INDOLINONE COMPOUNDS FOR MODULATING PROTEIN KINASE ACTIVITY AND FOR USE IN CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY 5 INTRODUCTION The present invention relates generally to chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, medicine and cancer treatment. More particularly, it relates to 3-heteroarylidenyl-2 10 indolinone compounds that modulate the activity of protein kinases (PKs) and to methods for their use in treating disorders related to abnormal protein kinase activity including cancer wherein combinations of the compounds with other chemotherapeutic agents are used. 15 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The following is provided by way of background information only and is not admitted to be or to describe prior art to the present invention. PKs are enzymes that catalyze the phosphorylation of 20 hydroxy groups on tyrosine, serine and threonine residues of proteins. The consequences of this seemingly simple activity are staggering; cell growth, differentiation and proliferation; i.e., virtually all aspects of cell life, in one way or another depend on PK activity. Furthermore, 25 abnormal PK activity has been related to a host of disorders, ranging from relatively non-life threatening diseases such as psoriasis to extremely virulent diseases such as glioblastoma (brain cancer). The PKs can conveniently be broken down into two 30 classes, the protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and the serine threonine kinases (STKs).

WO00/38519 2 PCT/US99/31232 One of the prime aspects of PK activity is involvement with growth factor receptors. Growth factor receptors are cell-surface proteins. When bound by a growth factor ligand, growth factor receptors are converted to an active form which 5 interacts with proteins on the inner surface of a cell membrane. This leads to phosphorylation on tyrosine residues of the receptor as well as other proteins and to the formation inside the cell of complexes with a variety of cytoplasmic signaling molecules. These complexes, in turn, 10 affect numerous cellular responses such as cell division (proliferation), cell differentiation, cell growth, expression of metabolic effects on the extracellular microenvironment, etc. For a more complete discussion, see Schlessinger and Ullrich, Neuron, 1992, 9:303-391 which is 15 incorporated by reference, including any drawings, as if fully set forth herein. Growth factor receptors with PK activity are known as receptor tyrosine kinases ("RTKs"). They comprise a large family of transmembrane receptors with diverse biological 20 activity. At present, at least nineteen (19) distinct subfamilies of RTKs have been identified. An example of these is the subfamily designated the "HER" RTKs, which includes EGFR (epithelial growth factor receptor), HER2, HER3 and HER4. These RTKs consist of an extracellular 25 glycosylated ligand binding domain, a transmembrane domain and an intracellular cytoplasmic catalytic domain that can phosphorylate tyrosine residues on proteins. Another RTK subfamily consists of insulin receptor (IR), insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-1R) and insulin 30 receptor related receptor (IRR). IR and IGF-1R interact with insulin, IGF-I and IGF-II to form a heterotetramer composed of two entirely extracellular glycosylated a subunits and two WO00/38519 3 PCT/US99/31232 Ssubunits which cross the cell membrane and which contain the tyrosine kinase domain. A third RTK subfamily is referred to as the platelet derived growth factor receptor ("PDGFR") group, which 5 includes PDGFRG, PDGFRP, CSFIR, c-kit and c-fms. These receptors consist of glycosylated extracellular domains composed of variable numbers of immunoglobin-like loops and an intracellular domain wherein the tyrosine kinase domain is interrupted by unrelated amino acid sequences. 10 Another group which, because of its similarity to the PDGFR subfamily, is sometimes subsumed in the later group, is the fetus liver kinase ("flk") receptor subfamily. This group is believed to be composed of kinase insert domain receptor fetal liver kinase-1 (KDR/FLK-1), flk-1R, flk-4 and 15 fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (flt-1). One further member of the tyrosine kinase growth factor receptor family is the fibroblast growth factor ("FGF")receptor group. This group consists of four receptors, FGFR1 - FGFR4, and seven ligands, FGFl - FGF7. While not yet 20 well characterized, it appears that the receptors also consist of a glycosylated extracellular domain containing a variable number of immunoglobin-like loops and an intracellular domain in which the PTK sequence is interrupted by regions of unrelated amino acid sequences. 25 A more complete listing of the known RTK subfamilies is described in Plowman et al., DN&P, 1994, 7(6):334-339 which is incorporated by reference, including any drawings, as if fully set forth herein. In addition to the RTKs, there also exists a family of 30 entirely intracellular PTKs called "non-receptor tyrosine kinases" or "cellular tyrosine kinases." This latter designation, abbreviated "CTK", will be used herein. CTKs do WO00/38519 4 PCTIUS99/31232 not contain extracellular and transmembrane domains. At present, over 24 CTKs in 11 subfamilies (Src, Frk, Btk, Csk, Abl, Zap70, Fes, Fps, Fak, Jak and Ack) have been identified. The Src subfamily appear so far to be the largest group of 5 CTKs and includes Src, Yes, Fyn, Lyn, Lck, Blk, Hck, Fgr and Yrk. For a more detailed discussion of CTKs, see Bolen, Oncogene, 1993, 8:2025-2031, which is incorporated by reference, including any drawings, as if fully set forth herein. 10 The serine-threonine kinases or STKs, like the CTKs, are predominantly intracellular although there are a few STK receptor kinases. STKs are the most common of the cytosolic kinases; i.e., kinases which perform their function in that part of the cytoplasm other than the cytoplasmic organelles 15 and cytoskelton. The cytosol is the region within the cell where much of the cell's intermediary metabolic and biosynthetic activity occurs; e.g., it is in the cytosol that proteins are synthesized on ribosomes. RTKs, CTKs and STKs have all been implicated in a host 20 of pathogenic conditions including, significantly, cancer. Others pathogenic conditions which have been associated with PTKs include, without limitation, psoriasis, hepatic cirrhosis, diabetes, atherosclerosis, angiogenesis, restenosis, ocular diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and other 25 inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disease and a variety of renal disorders. With regard to cancer, two of the major hypotheses advanced to explain the excessive cellular proliferation that drives tumor development relate to functions known to be PK 30 regulated. That is, it has been suggested that malignant cell growth results from a breakdown in the mechanisms that control cell division and/or differentiation. It has been WO00/38519 5 PCT/US99/31232 shown that the protein products of a number of proto oncogenes are involved in the signal transduction pathways that regulate cell growth and differentiation. These protein products of proto-oncogenes include the extracellular growth 5 factors, transmembrane growth factor PTK receptors (RTKs), cytoplasmic PTKs (CTKs) and cytosolic STKs, discussed above. Cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of death in human beings. The majority of cancers are solid tumor cancers such as, without limitation, ovarian cancer, colorectal 10 cancer, brain cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, stomach cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, thyroid cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma and skin cancer. Of the solid tumor cancers, colorectal cancer is a particularly common malignancy; adenocarcinoma of the large bowel affects about one person in 15 20 in the United States and in most Westernized countries. In the United States, colorectal cancer represents about 15% of all newly diagnosed cancers. While colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death, prognosis and outcome is highly dependent on the stage the disease at 20 diagnosis. If diagnosed in early stages, colorectal cancer is highly curable using a multidisciplinary treatment regime. Nevertheless, 20 - 25% of patients diagnosed with the disease will present with metastases or will develop locally recurrent or metastatic disease; the majority of these patients will 25 eventually die of the disease. The primary modes of treatment of solid tumor cancers, including colorectal cancer, are surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, separately and in combination. Although the initial formation and growth of tumors does 30 not require new blood vessel formation, any further growth does require neovascularization. That is, for tumors to grow beyond 3 to 4 mm 3 in volume, new blood vessel growth; i.e., WO00/38519 6 PCT/US99/31232 angiogenesis, the sprouting of new capillaries from existing blood vessels, must occur. In fact, immunohistochemical analysis of tumor sections from the margins of growing tumors show a preponderance of blood vessels, irrespective of tumor 5 type. To accomplish this neovascularization, angiogenic factors are released from hypoxic tumor cells and migrate to nearby blood vessel endothelial cells, activating these cells to undergo morphologic changes, to move and to divide. Tumors that lack adequate vasculature become necrotic (Brem, S., et 10 al., Cancer Res., 1976, 36, 2807-12) and/or apoptotic (Holmgren, L., et al., Nature Med., 1995, 1:149-53; Parangi, S., et al., Cancer Res., 1995, 55:6071-6), whereas tumors wh.ch have undergone neovascularization not only can enter a phase of rapid growth but also demonstrate increased 15 metastatic potential. In support of the significance of angiogenesis in human tumors, recent studies relating the angiogenic phenotype and survival in people have shown that the number of microvessels in a primary tumor has prognostic significance in breast carcinoma (Gasparini, G., and Harris, 20 A. L., J. Clin. Oncol., 1995, 13:765-82; Toi, M., et al., Japan. J. Cancer Res., 1994, 85:1045-9), bladder carcinomas (Dickinson, A.J., et al., Br. J. Urol., 1994, 74:762-6), colon carcinomas (Ellis, L. M., et al., Surgery, 1996, 120(5):871-8) oral cavity tumors (Williams, J.K., et al., Am. 25 J. Surg., 1994, 168:373-80). Angiogenesis may also play a role in the growth of hematopoietic neoplasms and multiple myeloma (Bellamy, W.T., et al., Proc. Amer. Assoc. Cancer Res., 1998, Abstract #2566. At present, the central mediator of malignant tumor 30 angiogensis is thought to be the endothelial mitogen, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). VEGF is mitogenic for many types of small and large vessel endothelial cells.

WO00/38519 7 PCT/US99/31232 It induces the production of tissue factors, collagenase and plasminogen activators and inhibitors. VEGF is sometimes referred to as "vascular permeability factor" by virtue of its permeability enhancing effects (Landriscina, M., et al., 5 Brit. J. Cancer, 1998, 78(6):765-770). In fact, the vascular permeability factor potency of VEGF is some 50,000 times higher than that of histamine which is a well-known vascular permeabilizing molecule (Dvorak, H. F., et al., Am. J. Path., 1995, 146:1029-39). This increased permeability 10 results in extravasion of macromolecules such as fibrogen from the circulation which provides a fibrin gel meshwork or substratum for the migration and organization of endothelial cells as well as tumor cells (Kumar, H., et al., Clin. Cancer Res., 1998, 4:1279-85. VEGF expression has been 15 demonstrated in vitro in a number of human cancer cells lines and surgically in resected tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, ovary, brain, breast and kidney (Thomas, K. A., J. Biol. Chem., 1996, 271:603-6). VEGF has also been closely associated with the 20 development of colorectal cancer; i.e, increased levels of VEGF have been found in tumor tissue from patients with colorectal cancer. In fact, a strong correlation has been observed between the increases VEGF and the stage and depth of intestinal wall invasion (C. Barone, et al., Brit. J. 25 Cancer, 1998, 78(6):765-70). Consistent with this result is the finding that serum levels of VEGF correlate significantly with Dukes stage and carcinoembryotic antigen levels and that patients with hepatic and/or lymph node metastases tend to show higher serum VEGF levels than those patients without 30 such metastases (Fujisaki, K., et al., Am. J. Gastroenterology, 1998, 93(2):249-52).

WO00/38519 8 PCTIUS99/31232 Given the necessity of neovascularization for the growth of solid tumors and the role of VEGF as one of the most important mediators of angiogenesis, particularly in colorectal cancer, compounds capable of inhibiting the 5 angiogenic effect of VEGF would be expected to retard the rebound effect observed with fluorouracil-based colorectal cancer treatment and thereby increase the chemotherapeutic efficacy of fluorouracil, with or without leucovorin. An additional advantage to such a method might be that the use 10 of an angiogenic inhibitor that reduces the ability of the tumor to develop new blood vessels and thus would be cytostatic rather than cytotoxic may compliment standard cytotoxic chemotherapy; that is, utilize different mechanisms of action to increase the efficacy of the cytotoxic agent 15 without additional toxicity. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Our search for small organic molecules which modulate protein kinase mediated signal transduction has resulted in the discovery of 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinones which 20 modulate the activity of protein kinases (PKs) such as receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), cellular tyrosine kinases (CTKs) and serine-threonine tyrosine kinases (STKs). The RTKs include, among others, Flk-l, Flt-l, Tie-i and Tie-2, all of whose expression have been found to be restricted to 25 endothelial cells. Of particular significance with regard to the present invention is the fact that Flk-1 is believed to play a critical role in angiogenesis and that that role is mediated by VEGF. This suggests that 3-heteroarylidenyl-2 indolinones should be capable of inhibiting VEGF-mediated 30 vascularization, and thereby the growth, of tumors during the period when no chemotherapeutic agent, such as, without limitation, a fluorinated pyrimidine, is being administered WO00/38519 9 PCT/US99/31232 to a patient and thus should increase the efficacy of the chemotherapeutic agent. Thus, in one aspect, the present invention relates to a 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone compound that inhibits 5 angiogenesis or vasculogenesis in a cell, the compound having the chemical structure: A

R

2 R6 N R6, R7 R4 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein 10 R i is H or alkyl; R2 is 0 or S;

R

3 is hydrogen;

R

4 , Rs, R 6 , and R 7 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, 15 alkaryl, alkaryloxy, halogen, trihalomethyl, S(O)R, SO 2 NRR,

SO

3 R, SR, NO 2 , NRR', OH, CN, C(O)R, OC(O)R, (CH 2 ) nCO 2 R, and CONRR'; A is a five membered heteroaryl ring selected from the group consisting of thiophene, pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, 1,2,3 20 triazole, 1,2,4-triazole, oxazole, i-soxazole, thiazole, isothiazole, 2-sulfonylfuran, 4-alkylfuran, 1,2,3-oxadiazole, 1,2,4-oxadiazole, 1,2,5-oxadiazole, 1,3,4-oxadiazole, 1,2,3,4-oxatriazole, 1,2,3,5-oxatriazole, 1,2,3-thiadiazole, 1,2,4-thiadiazole, 1,2,5-thiadiazole, 1,3,4-thiadiazole, 25 1,2,3,4-thiatriazole, 1,2,3,5-thiatriazole, and tetrazole, WO00/38519 10 PCT/US99/31232 optionally substituted at one or more positions with alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, alkaryl, alkaryloxy, halogen, trihalomethyl, S(O)R, SO 2 NRR', S03R, SR, NO 2 , NRR', OH, CN, C(O)R, OC(O)R, (CH 2 )nCO 2 R, or CONRR'; 5 n is 0-3; and, R and R' are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl or aryl. "Alkyl" refers to a straight-chain, branched or cyclic saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon. Preferably, the alkyl group 10 has 1 to 12 carbons. More preferably, it has from 1 to 7 carbons and most preferably, it is a lower alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbons. Typical alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, tertiary butyl, pentyl, hexyl, and the like. The alkyl group may be optionally 15 substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, -C(O)OR, cyano, unsubstituted alkoxy, =0, =S, NO 2 , halogen, NRR' and SR. "Alkenyl" refers to an alkyl group containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond. 20 "Alkynyl" refers to an alkyl group containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond. "Alkoxy" refers to an "-Oalkyl" group wherein the alkyl group may be optionally substituted with one or more halo groups. 25 "Aryl" refers to a group having at least one aromatic ring structure; that is, a one ring having a conjugated pi electron system and includes carbocyclic aryl, heterocyclic aryl and biaryl groups. The aryl group may be optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the 30 group consisting of halogen, trihalomethyl, hydroxyl, SR, nitro, cyano, alkoxy, alkyl and NRR'.

WO00/38519 11 PCT/US99/31232 "Alkaryl" refers to an alkyl that is covalently joined to an aryl group. Preferably, the alkyl is an unsubstituted lower alkyl. "Carbocyclic aryl" refers to an aryl group wherein the 5 ring atoms are carbon. "Heterocyclic aryl" refers to an aryl group having from 1 to 3 heteroatoms as ring atoms, the remainder of the ring atoms being carbon. Heteroatoms include oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen. The ring may be five-membered or six-membered. 10 Examples of heterocyclic aryl groups include furanyl, thienyl, pyridyl, pyrrolyl, N-alkylpyrrolyl, pyrimidyl, pyrazinyl, imidazolyl and the like. "Amide" refers to -C(O)NHRa, where Ra is alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl or hydrogen. 15 "Thioamide" refers to -C(S)NHRa "Amino" refers to an NRR' group in which both R and R' are hydrogen. "Thioether" refers to an -SRb group wherein Rb is alkyl, aryl or alkylaryl. 20 "Halogen" refers to fluorinem chlorine, bromine or iodine. "Sulfonyl" refers to -S(O) 2 Rc, where Rc is aryl, C(CN)=C-aryl, -CH 2 CN, alkyaryl, -SO 2 NRR' , -NH(alkyl) , NH(alkylaryl), or -NH(aryl). 25 Physiologically acceptable salts and prodrugs of the 3 heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinones are also within the scope of this invention. A "physiologically acceptable salt" refers to a salt that is non-deleterious to the physical well-being of a 30 patient to whom it is administered. The physiologically acceptable salts which the compounds of this invention may form include negatively or the positively charged species.

WO00/38519 12 PCTIUS99/31232 Examples of salts in which the compound forms the positively charged moiety include, without limitation, quaternary ammonium (defined elsewhere herein), salts such as the hydrochloride, sulfate, carbonate, lactate, tartrate, 5 maleate, succinate wherein the nitrogen atom of the quaternary ammonium group is a nitrogen of the selected compound of this invention which has reacted with the appropriate acid. Salts in which a compound of this invention forms the negatively charged species include, without 10 limitation, the sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium salts formed by the reaction of a carboxylic acid group in the compound with an appropriate base (e.g. sodium hydroxide (NaOH), potassium hydroxide (KOH), Calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2), etc.). 15 A "prodrug" refers to an agent which is converted into the parent drug in vivo. Prodrugs are often useful because, in some situations, they may be easier to administer than the parent drug. They may, for instance, be bioavailable by oral administration whereas the parent drug is not. The prodrug 20 may also have improved solubility in pharmaceutical compositions over the parent drug. An example, without limitation, of a prodrug would be a compound of the present invention which is administered as an ester (the "prodrug") to facilitate transmittal across a cell membrane where water 25 solubility is detrimental to mobility but which then is metabolically hydrolyzed to the carboxylic acid, the active entity, once inside the cell where water solubility is beneficial. A further example of a prodrug might be a short polypeptide bonded to a carboxy group wherein metabolic 30 removal of the polypeptide group releases the active compound.

WO00/38519 13 PCT/US99/31232 The 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone compounds of this invention may exist as the E or the Z isomers of a combination thereof. All of these configurations are within the scope of this invention. In preferred embodiments of 5 this invention, the 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinones are predominantly (greater than 90%) the Z-isomer. By "inhibit" is meant eliminate, reduce, contain, impede, prevent, slow, retard and/or restrict. In a presently preferred embodiment of this invention, inhibit 10 refers to the inhibition of angiogenesis or vasculogenesis. By "angiogenesis" activity is meant the formation of new blood vessels in a tissue. By "vasculogenesis" is meant the spread of new blood vessels through a tissue to form a vascular system. 15 In another aspect, the 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone compound of this invention is 3-[4-(2-carboxyethyl-3,5 dimethylpyrrol-2-yl)methylidenyl]l-2-indolinone (Structure 1). The 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone is 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone (Structure 2) 20 in yet another aspect of this invention.

CH

2

CH

2

CO

2 H HH H H 1 2 In a further aspect of this invention, a method is provided for treating cancer comprising administering to a 25 patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of another chemotherapeutic agent and a therapeutically effective amount of a 3-heteroarylidenyl-2- WO00/38519 14 PCT/US99/31232 indolinone wherein the 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone has the chemical structure: A / 4

CR

3 R5 11 R2 R6N

R

7 R1 wherein R

I

, R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and A are the same as 5 set forth above. In a presently preferred embodiment, the chemotherapeutic agent is a fluorinated pyrimidine. Again, physiologically acceptable salts or prodrugs of the 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolines are within the scope of 10 this combination chemotherapy aspect of the present invention. The term "method" refers to manners, means, techniques and procedures for accomplishing a given task including, but not limited to, those manners, means, techniques and 15 procedures either known to, or readily developed from known manners, means, techniques and procedures by, practitioners of the chemical, pharmacological, biological, biochemical and medical arts. With regard to cancer, the term "treating" simply means 20 that the life expectancy of an individual affected with a cancer will be increased, that one or more of the symptoms of the disease will be reduced and/or that quality of life will be enhanced. As used herein, "administer," "administering" or 25 "administration" refers to the delivery of a compound, salt or prodrug of the present invention or of a pharmaceutical WO00/38519 15 PCT/US99/31232 composition containing a compound, salt or prodrug of this invention to a patient for the purpose of treatment of cancer or the prevention or treatment of a PK-related disorder. "Comprising" as used herein in connection with 5 "administering" is intended to mean that drugs being administered pursuant to the present invention may be administered as simply a combination of a 3-heteroarylidenyl-2 indolinone compound and a chemotherapeutic agent alone or may be expanded to include additional drugs, such as, when the 10 chemotherapeutic agent is a fluorinated pyrimidine, leucovorin, which are known or expected to offer additional beneficial characteristics to the combination. In general, a "therapeutically effective amount" refers to that amount of a drug or its metabolite which is effective 15 to prevent, alleviate, reduce or ameliorate symptoms of disease or prolong the survival of the patient being treated. More particularly, in reference to the treatment of cancer, a therapeutically effective amount refers to that amount which has the effect of (1) reducing the size of (or 20 preferably eliminating) the tumor; (2) inhibiting (that is, slowing to some extent, preferably stopping) tumor metastasis; (3) inhibiting to some extent (that is slowing to some extent, preferably stopping) tumor growth; and/or, (4) relieving to some extent (or preferably eliminating) one or 25 more symptoms associated with the cancer. In addition to the above general definition, by a "therapeutically effective amount" of a chemotherapeutic agent is meant any amount administered in any manner and in any treatment regime as may be currently recognized in the 30 medical arts or as may come about as the result of future developments regarding the use of these agents. In a presently preferred embodiment of this invention, the WO00/38519 16 PCT/US99/31232 chemotherapeutic agent is a fluorinated pyrimidine, in particular, fluorouracil, and the treatment regimes are those known in the chemotherapeutic art for the administation of fluorouracil. 5 A "treatment regime" refers to specific quantities of selected chemotherapeutic agents (and, optionally, other agent such as the 3-heteroarylidenly-2-indolinone compound of this invention) administered at set times in a set manner over an established time period. For example, without 10 limitation, a common treatment regime for treating colorectal cancer with fluorouracil/leucovorin comprises administering 425 mg/m 2 (milligrams per square meter of body surface area, a manner of measuring chemotherapeutic agent dosage well known to those skilled in the art) flourouracil plus 20 mg/m 2 15 leucovorin (specific quantities of selected agents) daily for 5 days (set times) by intravenous push (set manner) repeated at 4 to 5 week intervals (established time period). When referring to "set times" of administration within a treatment regime, "consecutive days" means consectutive 20 calendar days; i.e., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. "Staggered" days means calendar days with other calendar days between them, e.g., without limitation, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, etc. Furthermore, with regard to a "therapeutically effective 25 amount of a 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone," the phrase refers to an amount of the compound sufficient to inhibit the growth, size and vascularization; i.e., angiogenesis and/or vasculogenesis, of tumors during the "recovery" periods, i.e., the periods in a treatment regime when no other 30 chemotherapeuic agent is being administered to a patient. A "patient" refers to any higher organism which is susceptible to a PK related disorder including in particular WO00/38519 17 PCT/US99/31232 cancer. Preferentially, "patient" refers to a mammal, especially a human being. "Fluorinated pyrimidine chemotherapeutic agents" are well known to those skilled in chemotherapeutic art; 5 examples, without limitation, of fluorinated pyrimidines which may be used with the compounds of this invention include, without limitation, carmofur, doxifluridine, fluorouracil, floxuridine, tegafur, capecitabine and uracil ftorafur (UFT). 10 In a presently preferred embodiment of this invention, the fluorinated pyrimidine chemotherapeutic agent is fluorouracil. It is also a presently preferred embodiment of this invention that, when the fluorinated pyrimidine 15 chemotherapeutic agent is fluorouracil, the above method for the treatment of cancer also comprises leucovorin. The 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone used to treat cancer incombination with other chemotherapeutic agents is selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxy-3-[(2,4 20 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone (Structure 3), 4-methyl-5-(2-oxo-l,2-dihydroindol-3-ylidenemethyl)-lH pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid (Structure 4), 4-methyl-5-(2-oxo 1,2-dihydroindol-3-ylidenemethyl)-lH-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (Structure 5), 3-(5-hydroxymethyl-3-methyl 25 1H-pyrrol-2-ylmethylene)-1,3-dihydroindole-2-one (Structure 6) and 4-methyl-5-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydroindol-3-ylidenemethyl) 1H-pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde (Structure 7) in yet another aspect of this invention.

WO 00/38519 18 PCT/US99/31232 N HO H N COOH 0I 0 N N H 3 4 N COOCH 3 N CH20H H H o 0 "N HH H 5 5 6 7 H CHO H In a further aspect of this invention, the 3 10 heteroarylidenly-2-indolinone compound used to treat cancer in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents is 3-[4-(2- WO 00/38519 19 PCT/US99/31232 carboxyethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrrol-2-yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone (Structure 1). In a still further aspect of this invention, the 3 heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone compound used to treat cancer 5 in combination with other chemotherpeutic agents is 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone (Structure 2). The cancer which may be treated using the above described method may be selected from the group consisting of breast cancer, gastric cancer, ovarian cancer, renal cancer, 10 hepatic cancer, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer, thyroid cancer, prostate cancer and colorectal cancer. Yet another aspect of this invention is a method for treating cancer comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of 15 fluorouracil and a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of 3-[4-(2 carboxyethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrrol-2-yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone and 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone. 20 In a preferred embodiment, the cancer is colorectal cancer. In another aspect of this invention, the above method for the treatment of cancer includes the use of leucovorin. The therapeutically effective amount of fluorouracil 25 comprises from about 300 to about 800 mg/m 2 , preferably from about 400 to about 500 mg/m 2 of the compound. The therapeutically effective amount of fluoruracil may be administered as an intravenous bolus injection or as a continuous intravenous infusion in yet another aspect of this 30 invention. The therapeutically effective amount of 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)-methylidenyl]-2-indolinone comprises WO 00/38519 20 PCT/US99/31232 from about 4 to about 190 mg/m 2 , preferrably from about 72 to 145 mg/m 2 of the compound. The therapeutically effective amount of leucovorin comprises from about 20 to about 500 mg/m 2 , preferrably from 5 about 20 to about 200 mg/m 2 of the compound. A still further aspect of this invention is a treatment regime comprising the administration of from about 400 to about 500 mg/m 2 fluorouracil on one or more days, which may be consecutive or staggered, after which from about 72 to 10 about 145 mg/m 2 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone are administered on one or more days, which days likewise may be consecutive or staggered. In another aspect, 20 mg/m 2 leucovorin may also be adminstered on the days on which fluorouracil is 15 administered. In a presently preferred embodiment of this invention, the above treatment regime is a four week treatment regime, fluorouracil (and, optionally, leucovorin) being administered as an intravenous bolus injection on days 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of 20 the first week of the treatment regime while the 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone being administered as an intravenous bolus injection twice a week during weeks 2, 3 and 4 of the treatment regime. Another aspect of this invention is a method for 25 treating cancer comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of 3 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone and a therapeutically effective amount of gemcitabine, another fluoropyrimidine compound. Gemcitabine has shown particular 30 effectiveness in the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer. Furthermore, in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents, e.g., paclitaxel, carboplatin, doxorubicin (in WO 00/38519 21 PCT/US99/31232 particular, liposomal doxorubicin) and topotecan, gemcitabine has shown substantial activity against other refractory solid tumor cancers including advanced ovarian cancer, small cell lung cancer and kidney cancer. The combination of 5 gemcitabine with 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone, alone or in further combination with additional chemotherapeutic agents such as those indentified above, should, for the reasons discussed with regard to fluoropyrimidines generally, provide additional solid tumor 10 inhibiting capacity without adding further toxicity. Combinations of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone with nucleoside analogs other than gemcitabine are also contemplated by the present invention. 15 Another pyrimidine analog which should benefit from combination with 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone is capecitabine which has shown effectiveness against metastatic breast cancer; such a combination is another aspect of this invention. 20 In addition, the chemotherapeutic combination of 3 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone with either of the pyrimidine chemotherapeutic agents 5-FU or UFT or derivatives, analogs or agents related thereto, is an aspect of this invention. 25 A further aspect of this invention is the combination of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone with carboplatin, oxaliplatin, cisplatin or related chemotherapeutic agents. Carboplatin and cisplatin are presently the pre-eminent drugs for the treatment of advanced 30 ovarian cancer while oxaliplatin is a first-line chemotherapeutic agent in metastatic colorectal cancer. The use of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyll-2-indolinone WO 00/38519 22 PCTIUS99/31232 in combination with carboplatin or cisplantin may permit a reduction in the amount of these two very toxic chemotherapeutic agents necessary to treat the cancer. In addition, combination of carboplatin or cisplatin with 5 paclitaxel has shown promise in the treatment of ovarian cancer. The addition of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone to this combination of chemotherapeutic agents could result in the same advantages discussed with regard to the above combinations. A presently 10 preferred chemotherapeutic combination is comprised of 3 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone, cisplatin and gemcitabine. A further aspect of this invention is the combination of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone with 15 paclitaxel (taxol), its synthetic analog docetaxel or polyglutamated taxanes. Paclitaxel has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of ovarian, breast, lung and AIDS related cancers. Paclitaxel/docetaxel work by a different mechanism than the compounds of this invention, that is, they 20 block a cell's ability to break down the mitotic spindle during mitosis. Thus, these drugs with their particular mode of action, combined with the anti-angiogenetic activity of 3 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone, could result in a potent tumoricidal/tumoristatic combination. 25 Yet another aspect of this invention is the combination of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone with CPT11 (irinotecan), a derivative of campothecin that is a topoisomerase I inhibitor and which has proven effective against colorectal cancer. Combination therapies with 30 chemotherapeutic agents related to CPT11 are also contemplated by this invention. Again, the combination of WO 00/38519 23 PCTIUS99/31232 modes of action could be of substantial benefit in the treatment of this form of cancer. A still further aspect of this invention is the combination of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 5 indolinone with thalidomide which is showing substantial chemotherapeutic utility particularly against refractory myelomas but also against glioblasoma multiforma,an extremely virulent brain cancer. Other cancer which may be responsive to this combination include prostate, breast and skin 10 (Kaposi's sarcoma) cancers. An aspect of this invention is a chemotherapeutic combination of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone with COX-2 inhibitors. The inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 prevents production of factors that prompt 15 angiogenesis. The combination would provide a two way attack on the vascularization essential to the vitality of cancer cells. A combination therapy consisting of 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone and tamoxifen 20 or derivatives thereof is as aspect of this invention. Tamoxifen interferes with the activity of estrogen which has been shown to promote the growth of breast cancer cells. The combination of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone, an anti-angiogenesis compound, with this "anti 25 estrogen" compound could provide a potent additional treatment for breast cancer. Another aspect of this invention is the combination of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone with leuprolide, a synthetic nonapeptide analog of naturally 30 ocurring gonadotropin-releasing hormone that has demonstrated effectiveness particularly aginst testicular cancer but also against ovarian and breast cancer. Combination therapy using WO 00/38519 24 PCT/US99/31232 agents related to leuprolide is also contemplated by this invention. Again, a substantial benefit could be gained by combining the two different mode of action compounds. The chemotherapeutic combination of 3-[(2,4 5 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone with angiostatin, endostatin or similar chemotherapeutic agents, which inhibit angiogenesis by apoptosis, is likewise an aspect of this invention. Apoptosis is programmed cell death. The combination of cell-killing anti-angiogenesis 10 with cell stasis anti-angiogenesis could be a powerful chemotherapeutic combination. In addition, a chemotherapeutic combination of 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone with a matrix metalloprotease inhibitor. MMPs having been shown to be 15 involved in many disease states including cancer. MMP inhibitors, such as, without limitation, AG3340, are showing tumoristatic efficacy againt solid tumor cancers such as non small cell lung cancer and hormone-refractory prostate cancer. The addition of an angiogenesis inhibitor could 20 provide a synergistic combination. The combination of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone with an interferon is another aspect of this invention. Interferon alpha, and its various subtypes (e.g., without limitation, interferons alpha A/2a, 25 alpha/2b, alpha B2/alpha 8) are well-established chemotherapeutic agents against such cancers as hairy-cell leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, kidney cancer, melanoma, low grade lymphomas, multiple myeloma and Kaposi's sarcoma. A further aspect of this invention is the 30 chemotherapeutic combination of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone with doxorubicin, daunorubicin and other anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic, and WO 00/38519 25 PCT/US99/31232 derivatives and formulations thereof such as, without limitation, liposomal doxorubicin. Doxorubicin is widely used in the treatment of malignant lymphomas, leukemias, squamous cell cancer of the head and neck, breast cancer and 5 thyroid cancer. Liposomal doxorubicin has been approved for the treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma. Tumor cells weakened by the anti-angiogenesis activity of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone could be much more susceptible to doxorubicin. Combination therapy using 3-[(2,4 10 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone and metoxantrone, a related chemotherapeutic agent, is specifically contemplated by this invention. Another chemotherapeutic combination which is an aspect of this invention is the combination of 3-[(2,4 15 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone with estramustine and chemotherapeutic agents related thereto, which has shown particular utility in the treatment of refractory prostate cancer. Estramustine causes cell death by interferring with DNA synthesis. Again the combination of 20 differing modes of action, DNA synthesis disruption and anti angiogenesis could provide a useful chemotherapeutic combination. Combination therapy using 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone and the vinca alkaloids 25 including, without limitation, vincristine and vinblastine is also contemplated by the present invention. A further aspect of this invention is a 3 heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxy-3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 30 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone (Structure 3), 4-methyl-5-(2 oxo-1,2-dihydroindol-3-ylidenemethyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid (Structure 4), 4-methyl-5-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydroindol-3- WO 00/38519 26 PCT/US99/3 1232 ylidenemethyl)-lH-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (Structure 5), 3-(5-hydroxymethyl-3-methyl-lH-pyrrol-2 ylmethylene)-l,3-dihydroindole-2-one (Structure 6) and 4 methyl-5-(2-oxo-l,2-dihydroindol-3-ylidenemethyl)-lH-pyrrole 5 2-carbaldehyde (Structure 7). Physiologically acceptable salts and prodrugs of the above compounds are within the scope of this invention. In another aspect, this present invention relates to a method of modulating the catalytic activity of PKs comprising 10 contacting the PK with a compound having one of the structures shown above. As used herein, the term "modulation" or "modulating" refers to the alteration of the catalytic activity of RTKs, CTKs and STKs. In particular, modulating refers to the 15 activation of the catalytic activity of RTKs, CTKs and STKs, preferably the activation or inhibition of the catalytic activity of RTKs, CTKs and STKs, depending on the concentration of the compound or salt to which the RTK, CTK or STK is exposed or, more preferably, the inhibition of the 20 catalytic activity of RTKs, CTKs and STKs. The term "catalytic activity" as used herein refers to the rate of phosphorylation of tyrosine under the influence, direct or indirect, of RTKs and/or CTKs or the phosphorylation of serine and threonine under the influence, 25 direct or indirect, of STKs. The term "contacting" as used herein refers to bringing a compound of this invention and a target PK together in such a manner that the compound can affect the catalytic activity of the PK, either directly; i.e., by interacting with the 30 kinase itself, or indirectly; i.e., by interacting with another molecule on which the catalytic activity of the kinase is dependent. Such "contacting" can be accomplished WO 00/38519 27 PCT/US99/31232 "in vitro," i.e., in a test tube, a petri dish or the like. In a test tube, contacting may involve only a compound and a PK of interest or it may involve whole cells. Cells may also be maintained or grown in cell culture dishes and contacted 5 with a compound in that environment. In this context, the ability of a particular compound to affect a PK related disorder; i.e., the IC 50 of the compound, defined below, can be determined before use of the compounds in vivo with more complex living organisms is attempted. For cells outside the 10 organism, multiple methods exist, and are well-known to those skilled in the art, to get the PKs in contact with the compounds including, but not limited to, direct cell microinjection and numerous transmembrane carrier techniques. The above-referenced PK is selected from the group 15 consisting of an RTK, a CTK or an STK in another aspect of this invention. Furthermore, it is an aspect of this invention that the receptor protein kinase whose catalytic activity is modulated by a compound of this invention is selected from the group 20 consisting of EGF, HER2, HER3, HER4, IR, IGF-1R, IRR, PDGFRX, PDGFRP, CSFIR, C-Kit, C-fms, Flk-1R, Flk4, KDR/Flk-1, Flt-l, FGFR-1R, FGFR-2R, FGFR-3R and FGFR-4R. In addition, it is an aspect of this invention that the cellular tyrosine kinase whose catalytic activity is 25 modulated by a compound of this invention is selected from the group consisting of Src, Frk, Btk, Csk, Abl, ZAP70, Fes, Fps, Fak, Jak, Ack, Yes, Fyn, Lyn, Lck, Blk, Hck, Fgr and Yrk. Another aspect of this invention is that the serine 30 threonine protein kinase whose catalytic activity is modulated by a compound of this invention is selected from the group consisting of CDK2 and Raf.

WO 00/38519 28 PCTIUS99/31232 In another aspect, this invention relates to a method for treating or preventing a PK-related disorder in a patient in need of such treatment comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of 5 the compounds described above. As used herein, "PK related disorder," "PK driven disorder," and "abnormal PK activity" all refer to a condition characterized by inappropriate; i.e., under or, more commonly, over, PK catalytic activity, where the 10 particular PK can be an RTK, a CTK or an STK. Inappropriate catalytic activity can arise as the result of either: (1) PK expression in cells which normally do not express PKs; (2) increased PK expression leading to unwanted cell proliferation, differentiation and/or growth; or, (3) 15 decreased PK expression leading to unwanted reductions in cell proliferation, differentiation and/or growth. Over activity of a PK refers to either amplification of the gene encoding a particular PK or production of a level of PK activity which can correlate with a cell proliferation, 20 differentiation and/or growth disorder (that is, as the level of the PK increases, the severity of one or more of the symptoms of the cellular disorder increases). Under-activity is, of course, the converse, wherein the severity of one or more symptoms of a cellular disorder increase as the level of 25 the PK activity decreases. "Treat," "treating" or "treatment" with regard to a PK related disorder refers to alleviating or abrogating the cause and/or the effects of a PK-related disorder. As used herein, the terms "prevent", "preventing" and 30 "prevention" refer to a method for barring an organism from acquiring a PK related disorder in the first place.

WO 00/38519 29 PCT/US99/31232 The PK related disorder may be selected from the group consisting of an RTK, a CTK and an STK related disorder in a further aspect of this invention. In yet another aspect of this invention, the above 5 referenced PK related disorder may be selected from the group consisting of an EGFR related disorder, a PDGFR related disorder, an IGFR related disorder and a flk related disorder. The above referenced protein kinase related disorder is 10 a cancer selected from the group consisting of squamous cell carcinoma, astrocytoma, glioblastoma, lung cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, small-cell lung cancer, colorectal cancer, gastrointestinal cancer and glioma in a 15 further aspect of this invention. The above referenced protein kinase related disorder is selected from the group consisting of diabetes, an autoimmune disorder, a hyperproliferation disorder, restenosis, fibrosis, psoriasis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, an 20 inflammatory disorder and angiogenesis in yet another aspect of this invention. Other disorders which might be treated with compounds of this invention include, without limitation, immunological and cardiolovascular disorders such as, for instance 25 aetherosclerosis. Pharmaceutical compositions of the above compounds are a further aspect of this invention. A "pharmaceutical composition" refers to a mixture of one or more of the compounds or drugs described herein, or 30 physiologically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, with other chemical components, such as physiologically acceptable carriers and excipients. The purpose of a pharmaceutical WO 00/38519 30 PCT/US99/31232 composition is to facilitate administration of a compound to an organism. As used herein, a "physiologically acceptable carrier" refers to a carrier or diluent that does not abrogate the 5 biological activity and properties of the administered compound while facilitating administration by, for example, stabilizing or solubilizing the compound. Preferably, the carrier does not cause significant irritation to the organism. 10 An "excipient" refers to a substance added to a pharmaceutical composition to further facilitate administration of a compound. Examples, without limitation, of excipients include calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, various sugars and types of starch, cellulose derivatives, 15 gelatin, vegetable oils, surfactants and polyethylene glycols. Yet another aspect of this invention is a method for inhibiting tumorigenic activity in a cell comprising contacting the cell with a 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone of 20 this invention. "Tumorigenic" activity, as used herein and as it relates to a cell, refers to both intracellular and extracellular biochemical activity which contributes to the formation of a neoplasm. 25 A "neoplasm" is an abnormal tissue that grows by cellular proliferation more rapidly than normal and continues to grow even after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease. A neoplasm partially or completely lacks structural organization and functional coordination with the normal 30 tissue and usually forms a distinct mass of tissue. Such masses may be benign (benign tumors) or malignant (solid tumor cancer). Malignant neoplasms are locally invasive and WO 00/38519 31 PCT/US99/31232 destructive and in many cases metastasize (spread to and invade and destroy tissues in areas of the affected organism remote from the site of origin). The process of neoplasm formation is generally referred to as "neoplasia"; i.e. 5 neoplasia is the biochemical process by which a neoplasm forms and grows. The terms "malignant neoplasm", "cancer", "tumor" and "solid tumor cancer" are used interchangeably herein to refer to the condition well known to those skilled in the art as 10 the life-threatening disease commonly referred to simply as "cancer". With regard to tumorigenic activity, "inhibit" or "inhibiting" refers to eliminating, reducing, containing, impeding, preventing, slowing, retarding and/or restricting 15 neoplasia. A "chemotherapeutic agent" refers to a chemical substance or drug used to treat a disease; the term is most often applied to such substances or drugs which are used primarily for the treatment of cancer. 20 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 1. INDICATIONS/TARGET DISEASES General The PKs whose catalytic activity is modulated by the compounds of this invention include protein tyrosine kinases 25 of which there are two types, receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) and cellular tyrosine kinases (CTKs), and serine threonine kinases (STKs). RTK mediated signal transduction, is initiated by extracellular interaction with a specific growth factor (ligand), followed by receptor dimerization, 30 transient stimulation of the intrinsic protein tyrosine kinase activity and phosphorylation. Binding sites are thereby created for intracellular signal transduction WO 00/38519 32 PCT/US99/31232 molecules and lead to the formation of complexes with a spectrum of cytoplasmic signaling molecules that facilitate the appropriate cellular response (e.g., cell division, metabolic effects on the extracellular microenvironment, 5 etc.). See, Schlessinger and Ullrich, 1992, Neuron 9:303 391. It has been shown that tyrosine phosphorylation sites on growth factor receptors function as high-affinity binding sites for SH2 (src homology) domains of signaling molecules. 10 Fantl et al., 1992, Cell 69:413-423; Songyang et al., 1994, Mol. Cell. Biol. 14:2777-2785); Songyang et al., 1993, Cell 72:767-778; and Koch et al., 1991, Science 252:668-678. Several intracellular substrate proteins that associate with RTKs have been identified. They may be divided into two 15 principal groups: (1) substrates which have a catalytic domain; and (2) substrates which lack such domain but which serve as adapters and associate with catalytically active molecules. Songyang et al., 1993, Cell 72:767-778. The specificity of the interactions between receptors and SH2 20 domains of their substrates is determined by the amino acid residues immediately surrounding the phosphorylated tyrosine residue. Differences in the binding affinities between SH2 domains and the amino acid sequences surrounding the phosphotyrosine residues on particular receptors are 25 consistent with the observed differences in their substrate phosphorylation profiles. Songyang et al., 1993, Cell 72:767-778. These observations suggest that the function of each RTK is determined not only by its pattern of expression and ligand availability but also by the array of downstream 30 signal transduction pathways that are activated by a particular receptor. Thus, phosphorylation provides an important regulatory step which determines the selectivity of WO 00/38519 33 PCT/US99/31232 signaling pathways recruited by specific growth factor receptors, as well as differentiation factor receptors. STKs, being primarily cytosolic, affect the internal biochemistry of the cell, often as a down-line response to a 5 PTK event. STKs have been implicated in the signaling process which initiates DNA synthesis and subsequent mitosis leading to cell proliferation. Thus, PK signal transduction results in, among other responses, cell proliferation, differentiation, growth and 10 metabolism. Abnormal cell proliferation may result in a wide array of disorders and diseases, including the development of neoplasia such as carcinoma, sarcoma, glioblastoma and hemangioma, disorders such as leukemia, psoriasis, arteriosclerosis, arthritis and diabetic retinopathy and 15 other disorders related to uncontrolled angiogenesis and/or vasculogenesis. A precise understanding of the mechanism by which the compounds of this invention inhibit PKs is not required in order to practice the present invention. However, while not 20 hereby being bound to any particular mechanism or theory, it is believed that the compounds interact with the amino acids in the catalytic region of PKs. PKs typically possess a bi lobate structure wherein ATP appears to bind in the cleft between the two lobes in a region where the amino acids are 25 conserved among PKs. Inhibitors of PKs are believed to bind by non-covalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding, van der Waals forces and ionic interactions in the same general region where the aforesaid ATP binds to the PKs. More specifically, it is thought that the 2-indolinone component 30 of the compounds of this invention binds in the general space normally occupied by the adenine ring of ATP. Specificity of a particular molecule for a particular PK may then arise as WO 00/38519 34 PCT/US99/31232 the result of additional interactions between the various substituents on the 2-indolinone core and the amino acid domains specific to particular PKs. Thus, different indolinone substituents may contribute to preferential 5 binding to particular PKs. The ability to select compounds active at different ATP (or other nucleotide) binding sites makes the compounds of this invention useful for targeting any protein with such a site. The compounds disclosed herein may thus have utility as in vitro assays for such proteins as 10 well as exhibiting in vivo therapeutic effects through interaction with such proteins. In another aspect, the protein kinase, the catalytic activity of which is modulated by contact with a compound of this invention, is a protein tyrosine kinase, more 15 particularly, a receptor protein tyrosine kinase. Among the receptor protein tyrosine kinases whose catalytic activity can be modulated with a compound of this invention, or salt thereof, are, without limitation, EGF, HER2, HER3, HER4, IR, IGF-1R, IRR, PDGFR, PDGFRP, CSFIR, C-Kit, C-fms, Flk-1R, 20 Flk4, KDR/Flk-1, Flt-l, FGFR-1R, FGFR-2R, FGFR-3R and FGFR-4R. The protein tyrosine kinase whose catalytic activity is modulated by contact with a compound of this invention, or a salt or a prodrug thereof, can also be a non-receptor or cellular protein tyrosine kinase (CTK). Thus, the catalytic 25 activity of CTKs such as, without limitation, Src, Frk, Btk, Csk, Abl, ZAP70, Fes, Fps, Fak, Jak, Ack, Yes, Fyn, Lyn, Lck, Blk, Hck, Fgr and Yrk, may be modulated by contact with a compound or salt of this invention. Still another group of PKs which may have their 30 catalytic activity modulated by contact with a compound of this invention are the serine-threonine protein kinases such as, without limitation, CDK2 and Raf.

WO 00/38519 35 PCTIUS99/31232 In another aspect, this invention relates to a method for treating or preventing a PK related disorder by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of this invention, or a salt or a prodrug thereof, 5 to an organism. It is also an aspect of this invention that a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound of this invention or a salt or prodrug thereof is administered to an organism for the purpose of preventing or treating a PK 10 related disorder. This invention is therefore directed to compounds which modulate PK signal transduction by affecting the enzymatic activity of RTKs, CTKs and/or STKs, thereby interfering with the signals transduced by such proteins. More particularly, 15 the present invention is directed to compounds which modulate RTK, CTK and/or STK mediated signal transduction pathways as a therapeutic approach to cure many kinds of solid tumors, including but not limited to carcinomas, sarcomas including Kaposi's sarcoma, erythroblastoma, glioblastoma, meningioma, 20 astrocytoma, melanoma and myoblastoma. Treatment or prevention of non-solid tumor cancers such as leukemia are also contemplated by this invention. Indications may include, but are not limited to brain cancers, bladder cancers, ovarian cancers, gastric cancers, pancreatic 25 cancers, colon cancers, blood cancers, lung cancers and bone cancers. Further examples, without limitation, of the types of disorders related to inappropriate PK activity that the compounds described herein may be useful in preventing, 30 treating and studying, are cell proliferative disorders, fibrotic disorders and metabolic disorders.

WO 00/38519 36 PCTIUS99/31232 Cell proliferative disorders, which may be prevented, treated or further studied by the present invention include cancer, blood vessel proliferative disorders and mesangial cell proliferative disorders. 5 Blood vessel proliferative disorders refer to disorders related to abnormal vasculogenesis (blood vessel formation) and angiogenesis (spreading of blood vessels). While vasculogenesis and angiogenesis play important roles in a variety of normal physiological processes such as embryonic 10 development, corpus luteum formation, wound healing and organ regeneration, they also play a pivotal role in cancer development where they result in the formation of new capillaries needed to keep a tumor alive. Other examples of blood vessel proliferation disorders include arthritis, where 15 new capillary blood vessels invade the joint and destroy cartilage, and ocular diseases, like diabetic retinopathy, where new capillaries in the retina invade the vitreous, bleed and cause blindness. Conversely, disorders related to the shrinkage, 20 contraction or closing of blood vessels, such as restenosis, are also implicated and may be treated or prevented by the methods of this invention. Fibrotic disorders refer to the abnormal formation of extracellular matrices. Examples of fibrotic disorders 25 include hepatic cirrhosis and mesangial cell proliferative disorders. Hepatic cirrhosis is characterized by the increase in extracellular matrix constituents resulting in the formation of a hepatic scar. An increased extracellular matrix resulting in a hepatic scar can also be caused by a 30 viral infection such as hepatitis. Lipocytes appear to play a major role in hepatic cirrhosis. Other fibrotic disorders implicated include atherosclerosis.

WO 00/38519 37 PCT/US99/31232 Mesangial cell proliferative disorders refer to disorders brought about by abnormal proliferation of mesangial cells. Mesangial proliferative disorders include various human renal diseases such as glomerulonephritis, 5 diabetic nephropathy and malignant nephrosclerosis as well as such disorders as thrombotic microangiopathy syndromes, transplant rejection, and glomerulopathies. The RTK PDGFR has been implicated in the maintenance of mesangial cell proliferation. Floege et al., 1993, Kidney International, 10 43:47S-54S. Many cancers are cell proliferative disorders and, as noted previously, PKs have been associated with cell proliferative disorders. Thus, it is not surprising that PKs such as, for example, members of the RTK family have been 15 associated with the development of cancer. Some of these receptors, like EGFR (Tuzi et al.,Br. J. Cancer, 1992, 63:227-233; Torp et al., 1992, APMIS 100:713-719) HER2/neu (Slamon et al., Science, 1989, 244:707-712) and PDGF-R (Kumabe et al., Oncogene,1992, 7:627-633) are over-expressed 20 in many tumors and/or persistently activated by autocrine loops. In fact, in the most common and severe cancers these receptor over-expressions (Akbasak and Suner-Akbasak et al.,J. Neurol. Sci., 1992, 111:119-133; Dickson et al., Cancer Treatment Res., 1992, 61:249-273; Korc et al., J. 25 Clin. Invest., 1992, 90:1352-1360) and autocrine loops (Lee and Donoghue, J. Cell. Biol., 1992, 118:1057-1070; Korc et al., supra; Akbasak and Suner-Akbasak et al., supra) have been demonstrated. For example, EGFR has been associated with squamous cell carcinoma, astrocytoma, glioblastoma, head 30 and neck cancer, lung cancer and bladder cancer. HER2 has been associated with breast, ovarian, gastric, lung, pancreas and bladder cancer. PDGFR has been associated with WO 00/38519 38 PCTUS99/31232 glioblastoma and melanoma as well as lung, ovarian and prostate cancer. The RTK c-met has also been associated with malignant tumor formation. For example, c-met has been associated with, among other cancers, colorectal, thyroid, 5 pancreatic, gastric and hepatocellular carcinomas and lymphomas. Additionally c-met has been linked to leukemia. Over-expression of the c-met gene has also been detected in patients with Hodgkins disease and Burkitts disease. Flk has likewise been associated with a broad spectrum 10 of tumors including, without limitation, mammary, ovarian and lung tumors as well as gliomas such as glioblastoma. IGF-IR, in addition to being implicated in nutritional support and in type-II diabetes, has also been associated with several types of cancers. For example, IGF-I has been 15 implicated as an autocrine growth stimulator for several tumor types, e.g. human breast cancer carcinoma cells (Arteaga et al., J. Clin. Invest., 1989, 84:1418-1423) and small lung tumor cells (Macauley et al., Cancer Res., 1989, 50:2511-2517). In addition, IGF-I, while integrally involved 20 in the normal growth and differentiation of the nervous system, also appears to be an autocrine stimulator of human gliomas. Sandberg-Nordqvist et al., Cancer Res., 1993, 53:2475-2478. The importance of IGF-IR and its ligands in cell proliferation is further supported by the fact that many 25 cell types in culture (fibroblasts, epithelial cells, smooth muscle cells, T-lymphocytes, myeloid cells, chondrocytes and osteoblasts (the stem cells of the bone marrow)) are stimulated to grow by IGF-I. Goldring and Goldring, Eukaryotic Gene Expression, 1991, 1:301-326. In a series of 30 recent publications, Baserga suggests that IGF-IR plays a central role in the mechanism of transformation and, as such, could be a preferred target for therapeutic interventions for WO 00/38519 39 PCTIUS99/31232 a broad spectrum of human malignancies. Baserga, Cancer Res., 1995, 55:249-252; Baserga, Cell, 1994, 79:927-930; Coppola et al., Mol. Cell. Biol., 1994, 14:4588-4595. STKs have been implicated in many types of cancer 5 including, notably, breast cancer (Cance, et al., Int. J. Cancer, 1993, 54:571-77). The association between abnormal PK activity and disease is not restricted to cancer. For example, RTKs have been associated with diseases such as psoriasis, diabetes 10 mellitus, endometriosis, angiogenesis, atheromatous plaque development, Alzheimer's disease, epidermal hyperproliferation, neurodegenerative diseases, age-related macular degeneration and hemangiomas. For example, EGFR has been indicated in corneal and dermal wound healing. Defects 15 in Insulin-R and IGF-1R are indicated in type-II diabetes mellitus. A more complete correlation between specific RTKs and their therapeutic indications is set forth in Plowman et al., DN&P, 1994, 7:334-339. As noted previously, not only RTKs but CTKs including, but 20 not limited to, src, abl, fps, yes, fyn, lyn, lck, blk, hck, fgr and yrk (reviewed by Bolen et al., FASEB J., 1993, 6:3403 3409) are involved in the proliferative and metabolic signal transduction pathway and thus could be expected, and have been shown, to be involved in many PTK-mediated disorders to which 25 the present invention is directed. For example, mutated src (v-src) has been shown to be an oncoprotein (pp 6 0v

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sr) in chicken. Moreover, its cellular homolog, the proto-oncogene pp60csrc transmits oncogenic signals of many receptors. Over expression of EGFR or HER2/neu in tumors leads to the 30 constitutive activation of pp60 csrc, which is characteristic of malignant cells but absent in normal cells. On the other hand, mice deficient in the expression of c-src exhibit an WO 00/38519 40 PCTIUS99/31232 osteopetrotic phenotype, indicating a key participation of c src in osteoclast function and a possible involvement in related disorders. Similarly, Zap70 has been implicated in T-cell signaling 5 which may relate to autoimmune disorders. STKs have been associated with inflamation, autoimmune disease, immunoresponses, and hyperproliferation disorders such as restenosis, fibrosis, psoriasis, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. LO PKs have also been implicated in embryo implantation. Thus, the compounds of this invention may provide an effective method of preventing such embryo implantation and thereby be useful as birth control agents. Finally, both RTKs and CTKs are currently suspected as .5 being involved in hyperimmune disorders. A method for identifying a chemical compound that modulates the catalytic activity of one or more of the above discussed protein kinases is another aspect of this invention. The method involves contacting cells expressing 0 the desired protein kinase with a compound of this invention (or its salt or prodrug) and monitoring the cells for any effect that the compound has on them. The effect may be any observable, either to the naked eye or through the use of instrumentation, change or absence of change in a cell 5 phenotype. The change or absence of change in the cell phenotype monitored may be, for example, without limitation, a change or absence of change in the catalytic activity of the protein kinase in the cells or a change or absence of change in the interaction of the protein kinase with a 0 natural binding partner.

WO 00/38519 41 PCT/US99/31232 VEGF and Flk-1/KDR in Angiogenesis and Colorectal Cancer Tumor cells stimulate quiescent endothelial cells to divide and form new blood vessels by releasing growth factors, which bind to nearby endothelial cells (a paracrine 5 mode of action). Binding of vascular endothelial growth factor ("VEGF") to one of its receptors begins the signaling cascade that regulates cellular events involved in new blood vessel formation. A number of receptor tyrosine kinases are thought to be 10 directly or indirectly involved in angiogenesis. The search for the receptor whose selective inhibition will prevent new blood vessel growth to support growing tumors has been the focus of basic research for the last ten years. Although there are multiple receptors whose expression is restricted 15 to endothelial cells (including Flk-l, Flt-l, Tie-1 and Tie 2), it is believed that the Flk-1 receptor plays a critical role in angiogenesis. The temporal and spatial patterns of expression of VEGF and its receptors support a role for these in normal 20 angiogenesis during embryonic development. VEGF, Flt-1 and Flk-1 have also been implicated in pathological angiogenesis to support the growth of many solid tumors, including gliomas, breast cancer, bladder cancer, colon carcinoma and other gastrointestinal tract cancers. A correlation has been 25 observed between VEGF expression and vessel density in breast tumors, renal cell carcinoma and colon cancer. In highly vascularized glioblastoma, transcripts for VEGF and its receptors were identified by in situ hybridization; transcripts were not detected in the less vascular, low grade 30 gliomas or in normal brain tissue. In this setting (supporting a paracrine mode of action), Flk-1 receptors were detected in the endothelial cells of the vessels while VEGF WO 00/38519 42 PCT/US99/31232 localized to the tumor cells. Expression of VEGF and its receptors has been shown for hematopoietic tumor cell lines including multiple myeloma. VEGF is mitogenic for endothelial cells in vitro. In 5 such a system, neutralizing antibodies against Flk-I inhibit mitogenesis. Similarly, ribozymes that cleave flk-1 or flt-I mRNAs reduce the growth of human microvasculature endothelial cells, presumably by decreasing the number of receptors on the cells. 10 A variety of in vivo techniques have been used to investigate the role of VEGF signaling in tumor angiogenesis. Flk-1 receptors which lack the intracellular kinase domain block the activation of the endogenous Flk-1 receptor activity in cultured cells, inhibiting the growth of tumors 15 implanted subcutaneously into nude mice. Any tumors that did form in this animal model contained significantly reduced vessel density. Also, reduction in VEGF expression with antisense constructs inhibits the growth of C6 rat glioma cells in nude mice with concurrent reduced blood vessel 20 density in these tumors and inhibits the growth of human melanoma cells in nude/SCID mice. Likewise, reduction of VEGF levels with neutralizing antibodies inhibits the growth of human rhabdomyosarcoma, glioblastoma multiforme and leiomyosarcoma in nude mice and fibrosarcoma in BALBc/nude 25 mice. Taken together, these results provide strong evidence for a critical role of VEGF signaling through Flk-1 in angiogenesis in solid tumor growth. An inhibitor of Flk-i may have therapeutic benefit in cancer patients.

WO 00/38519 43 PCT/US99/31232 2. PHARMACOLOGY Preclinical Studies with 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone 5 In a cellular-based assay, 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone has been found to inhibit the receptor phosphorylation that typically follows the interaction of VEGF with its receptor. In vitro studies of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone have 10 demonstrated its ability to inhibit Flk-1 autophosphorylation with IC 50 values of approximately 1 IM. In addition, 3 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone inhibits in vitro proliferation of endothelial cells induced by VEGF with IC 50 values of approximately 0.07 pM. In this assay, 3 15 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone exerts a time-dependent increase in potency, with detectable activity first observed after a 5-minute exposure to drug. One-hour exposure to 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone results in in vitro antiproliferative activity for 20 3 to 4 days thereafter. 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone has no direct inhibitory effects on a variety of tumor cell lines at concentrations up to 50 pM. In vivo studies of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 25 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone, in which a variety of tumor cell lines were subcutaneously implanted into immunocompromised mice, 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone demonstrates a significant suppression of tumor growth against a broad spectrum of tumor 30 types whose growth are driven by various growth factors such as PDGF, EGF and Her2. Daily intraperitoneal dosing (ranging from 12.5 - 25 mg/kg/day for 28 days) resulted in 30-80% inhibition of tumor growth. In initial studies, 3-[(2,4- WO 00/38519 44 PCT/US99/31232 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone administration was started on Day 1 after tumor implantation. Later studies, in which 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl] 2-indolinone administration was delayed until tumors were 5 grown to a volume of approximately 50 mm 3 , demonstrated equivalent efficacy in suppression of tumor growth. Dose response studies with 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone (at doses between 6.25 - 25 mg/kg/day) were conducted with human melanoma cells implanted 10 subcutaneously in athymic mice. Daily administration of 3 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone at doses as low as 1 mg/kg/day resulted in dose-dependent inhibition of these cells. Additional studies with intraperitoneal dosing of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 15 indolinone in athymic mice using less frequent administration (including twice weekly for four weeks) also resulted in equivalent tumor growth inhibition when compared to daily intraperitoneal administration (77% in twice weekly dosing versus 68% with daily dosing). 20 Daily administration of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone (25 mg/kg/day) was also shown to significantly inhibit the growth of tumor cells surgically implanted under the serosa of the colon. Treatment with 3 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone leads to 25 both decreased tumor size and decreased vascularization, as evidenced by the pale appearance of tumors in 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5yl)methylidenyl]2-indolinone-treated animals. Pharmacokinetics of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-vl)methyl idenyll]-2-indolinone. 30 Washout experiments in vitro have indicated a target half-life of 96 hours, suggesting a very tight competitive binding of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2- WO 00/38519 45 PCTIUS99/31232 indolinone to the ATP binding site of the receptor tyrosine kinase. The in vivo intravenous pharmacokinetics of 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone was characterized by rapid elimination of the parent compound 5 from the circulation in mice, rats and dogs. There was a slightly longer elimination half-life determined for the rat in comparison to mice and dogs. (Data not shown). Pharmacokinetics of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone in rats are dose-dependent at 10 higher intravenous doses. At doses between 29.5 - 97.9 mg/m 2 , the elimination half-life of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone linearly increases as the dose increased; the AUC increases 10-fold with only a 3-fold increase in dose. 15 Subchronic toxicokinetic studies (28 day toxicity studies) in rats and dogs indicated that the drug did not accumulate in plasma upon repeated administration. Whole body autoradiography using [14C]-3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone demonstrated 20 widespread tissue distribution of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone followed by rapid elimination following intravenous injection, with the highest levels present in the small intestinal contents and urine (with additional 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 25 indolinone observed in the liver, kidney, skin, testis, brown fat, harderian gland and nasal turbinates). Total dose recovered in 24 hours equaled 92% of the total administered dose, with 72% excreted in feces and 16% excreted in urine. Biliary excretion is thought to be the major route of 30 elimination. Studies with cold and [14C]-labeled 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone demonstrate WO 00/38519 46 PCTIUS99/31232 that the compound is rapidly metabolized following intravenous administration in rats. Radiometabolite profiling indicated that greater than 90% of [ 14 C]-3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyll-2-indolinone was 5 metabolized within 3 hours following intravenous administration. Data on metabolite identification suggest that one metabolite has added a carboxyl group to one of the methyl groups on the pyrrole ring, with a second metabolite adding a methyl to the carboxyl group. 10 Preliminary pharmacokinetic data from a Phase 1 study in patients with advanced malignancies in which patients were treated at doses between 4.4 - 190 mg/m 2 indicates that the drug has a half-life in humans of approximately 60 minutes. The alpha half-life is rapid, with a mean 5.8 ± 1.9 minutes. 15 The beta half-life or elimination phase has a mean value 43.4 ± 21.9 minutes with a range from 10-111 minutes. Clearance of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone from the systemic circulation is rapid, with a mean value 1857 ± 1016 liters of plasma cleared of 3-[(2,4 20 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone per day. Clearance was independent of dose at these levels. Individual clearance calculated based on BSA equaled 41.8 ± 22.1 L/hour/m2. After eight infusions of 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone, the rate of 25 clearance increases by 50 - 300% in all patients. The total distributive volume of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone, calculated by a one compartment model, is 53.6 ± 11.3 liters, indicating that the drug is distributed in the whole body fluid. At doses 30 tested in humans to date, AUC and Cs, increase linearly with dose.

WO 00/38519 47 PCT/US99/31232 The primary pathway for metabolism of 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone is through sequential oxidation reactions of the 5-methyl group on the pyrrol ring. Four metabolites are measurable in serum, all 5 of which involve serial oxidations of this methyl group on the pyrrol ring. Data from in vitro metabolism studies shows 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone is metabolized via P-450 liver enzymes, most probably via CYP1A2 and CYP3A4, both of which are inducible enzymes. In 10 particular, CYP3A4 is induced by many xenobiotics, including dexamethasone which is administered as a premedication prior to all 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone injections. Fluorouracil and Fluorouracil/Leucovorin - General 15 The chemical structure of fluorouracil is 5-fluoro-2,4 (lH,3H)-pyrimidinedione. While the precise mode of action of fluorouracil is not clear, the drug is thought to function as an antimetabolite in at least three ways. In one aspect, as its deoxyribonucleotide derivative, 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine 20 5'-phosphate (F-dUMP), the drug inhibits thymidylate synthetase which results in inhibition of methylation of deoxyuridylic acid to thymidylic acid. This, in turn, interferes with the synthesis of DNA. In a second aspect, fluorouracil is found to be incorporated into RNA to a an extent which, although small, 25 is sufficient to have a major effect on both the processing and functions of the RNA. Finally, in a third aspect, fluorouracil has been shown to block uracil phosphatase thus inhibiting utilization of preformed uracil in RNA synthesis (Goodman and Gilman's, "The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics", 1985, 30 pages 1268-1271). Fluorouracil can be administered alone or in combination with other drugs. The most common combination involves the use WO 00/38519 48 PCT/US99/31232 of leucovorin (folinic acid). Leucovorin potentiates the cytotoxic effect of fluorouracil by, it is thought, increasing the extracellular concentration of reduced folates which in turn appears to stabilize the covalent ternary complex formed 5 by (F-dUMP), 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate and thymidine synthetase. The stabilization of this complex enhances inhibition of the synthetase, thereby increasing the efficacy of fluorouracil. Other chemotherapeutic combinations with fluorouracil for 10 the treatment of advanced stage colorectal cancer which have been utilized include, without limitation, combination of fluorouracil with: methotrexate, alone (Blijham, G., et al., J. Clin Oncol., 1996, 14(8):2266-73) and in combination with leucovorin (Romero, A. 0., et al., Am. J. Clin. Onocol., 1998, 15 21(1):94-8); interferon alfa-2a (Greco, F. A., et al., J. Clin. Oncol., 1996, 14(10):2674-81); interferon alpha 2b plus leucovorin (Kohne, C. H., Oncology, 1997, 54(2):96-101): platinum compounds, such as cisplatin and oxaliplatin, in combination with leucovorin (Scheithauer, W., et al., Cancer, 20 1994, 73(6):1562-68); carboplatin plus methotrexate (prior to fluorouracil administration) (Pronzato, P., J. Chemother., 1998, 10(3):254-57);and Bleiberg, H. and Gramont, A., Semin. Oncol., 1998, 25(2 Suppl. 5):32-39): lavamisole (Bandealy, M. T., Clin. Cancer Res., 1998, 4(4):935-38); methyl lomustine 25 and leucovorin (Jones, Jr., D. V., Cancer, 1995, 76(10):1709 14); and, irinotecan, a topoisomerase-I inhibitor, (after pretreatment with fluorouracil/leucovorin) (Rougier, P. et al., J. Clin. Oncol., 1997, 15(1):251-260). While use of the above combinations is increasing, none 30 of them at present appear to provide a clear advantage over fluorouracil alone or fluorouracil in combination with leucovorin; that latter remains the standard initial WO 00/38519 49 PCT/US99/31232 treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. As a single agent, it produces response rates of about 15% with a median survival of six months. In combination with leucovorin, the activity of the fluorouracil is increased 5 such that response rates of about 20% and median survival times in advanced (Stage D) colorectal cancer of 11 - 13 months are observed (Wolmark, N., et al., J. Clin. Oncol., 1993, 11:1879-1887). Fluorouracil may be adminstered by either intravenous 10 bolus injection or continuous infusion. The volume of distribution is slightly larger than the extracellular space. Intravenous bolus doses of 370 to 720 mg/m 2 produce an elimination half-life of 8 to 14 minutes with plasma levels below 1 AM within 2 hours, an approximate threshold 15 for cytotoxic effects. Less than 10% of the drug is excreted in urine, while the balance is cleared through metabolic pathways. Frequently used administration schedules include short bolus injections over three to five days every 3-4 weeks, 20 continuous intravenous infusions of 96 - 120 hour duration every 4 weeks, and weekly infusions for six weeks out of every eight weeks. The incidence of serious clinical toxicity tends to increase with higher systemic exposure (for example, with higher steady-state plasma concentrations during constant 25 infusions and higher AUC with bolus administration). Notably, each of the above schedules of treatment includes substantial intervals during which no fluorouracil is administered. This is due primarily to the inherent toxicity of fluorouracil, which is exacerbated by the 30 addition of leucovorin. Unfortunately, this time interval substantially reduces the efficacy of fluorouracil. That is, initial treatment of a patient with fluorouracil or WO 00/38519 50 PCTIUS99/31232 fluorouracil/leucovorin produces about a three log unit (three orders of magnitude or 1000-fold) reduction in tumor number and size. However, during the no-treatment "recovery" period, tumor number and size rebound to the extent of about 5 two log units (100-fold). Thus, the overall effect of a course of treatment with fluorouracil is only about one log unit (an approximately 10-fold decrease in tumor number and size) per administration of fluorouracil. Not only does prolonged treatment with fluorouracil cause a problem with 10 regard to cost of treatment, patient quality of life, etc., it can result in secondary resistance to the drug. The methods of this invention are directed to maintaining a more substantial portion of the effect of each administration of fluorouracil during the recovery period. Subsequent 15 administrations in the full course of treatment will thus be confronted with tumors of reduced size and number, thus improving the overall effectiveness of fluorouracil. Clinical Trials with Fluorouracil and Fluorouracil/Leucovorin in Advanced Colorectal Cancer 20 Frequently used continuous infusion schedules include short-bolus injections over three to five days every 3-4 weeks, continuous intravenous infusions of 96 - 120 hours every 4 weeks, and weekly infusions for six weeks out of every eight weeks. The incidence of serious clinical toxicity tends 25 to increase with higher systemic exposure (for example, with higher steady-state plasma concentrations during constant infusions and higher AUC with bolus administration). In a randomized clinical study conducted by the Mayo Clinic and the North Central Cancer Treatment Group 30 (Mayo/NCCTG) in patients with advanced metastatic colorectal cancer, three treatment regimens were compared: Leucovorin (leucovorin) 200 mg/m 2 and fluorouracil 370 mg/m 2 versus WO 00/38519 51 PCT/US99/31232 leucovorin 20 mg/m 2 and fluorouracil 425 mg/m 2 versus fluorouracil 500 mg/m 2 . All drugs were administered by slow intravenous infusion daily for 5 days repeated every 28-35 days. Response rates were 26% (p = 0.04 versus fluorouracil 5 alone), 43% (p = 0.001 versus fluorouracil alone) and 10% for the high dose leucovorin, low dose leucovorin and fluorouracil alone groups respectively. Respective median survival times were 12.2 months (p =0.037), 12 months (p = 0.050), and 7.7 months. The low dose leucovorin regimen gave 10 a statistically significant improvement in weight gain of more than 5%, relief of symptoms, and improvement in performance status. The high dose leucovorin regimen gave a statistically significant improvement in performance status and trended toward improvement in weight gain and in relief 15 of symptoms but these were not statistically significant. In a second Mayo/NCCTG randomized clinical study the fluorouracil alone arm was replaced by a regimen of sequentially administered methotrexate (MTX), fluorouracil, and leucovorin. Response rates with leucovorin 200 mg/m 2 and 20 fluorouracil 370 mg/m 2 versus leucovorin 20 mg/m 2 and fluorouracil 425 mg/m 2 versus sequential MTX and fluorouracil and leucovorin were respectively 31% (p = <.01), 42% (p = <.01), and 14%. Respective median survival times were 12.7 months (p = <.04), 12.7 months (p = <.01), and 8.4 months. No 25 statistically significant difference in weight gain of more than 5% or in improvement in performance status was seen between the treatment arms. In a third study comparing outcome and toxicities of low (20 mg/m 2 ) and high-dose (200 mg/m 2 ) leucovorin, patients 30 received a 1-hour infusion of 400 mg/m2/day fluorouracil in addition to leucovorin every 4 weeks. The two groups were matched with no statistically significant differences in WO 00/38519 52 PCT/US99/31232 gender ratio, site of primary tumor, performance status, and tumor extent. Toxicity in the two regimens was low and not significantly different between the two groups. Overall median survival was not significantly different between the 5 two groups: 346 days for those patients receiving low-dose leucovorin and 323 days in those patients receiving high-dose leucovorin. At 1 year, the test of equivalence was significant (p < 0.01), demonstrating an absence of more than 20% benefit in 1-year survival for the high-dose regimen. The 10 use of high-dose leucovorin combined with fluorouracil in the 5-day regimen does not significantly improve overall survival for patients who have metastatic colorectal cancer. Finally, in a fourth large randomized study, two of the most common schedules of fluorouracil/leucovorin were 15 compared in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, as each of these dosage administration schedules was demonstrated to be superior to single-agent bolus fluorouracil in previous controlled trials. Three hundred seventy-two patients with metastatic colorectal cancer were 20 stratified according to performance status, and presence and location of any measurable indicator lesion(s) and randomized to receive chemotherapy with one of the two regimens: (1) intensive-course fluorouracil plus low-dose leucovorin (fluorouracil 425 mg/m 2 plus leucovorin 20 mg/m 2 intravenous 25 [IV] push daily for 5 days with courses repeated at 4- to 5 week intervals); or (2) weekly fluorouracil plus high-dose leucovorin (fluorouracil 600 mg/m 2 IV push plus leucovorin 500 mg/m 2 as a 2-hour infusion weekly for 6 weeks with courses repeated every 8 weeks). There were no significant 30 differences in therapeutic efficacy between the two fluorouracil/leucovorin regimens tested with respect to the following parameters: objective tumor response (35% v 31%), WO 00/38519 53 PCT/US99/31232 survival (median, 9.3 v 10.7 months), and palliative effects (as assessed by relief of symptoms, improved performance status, and weight gain). There were significant (P < .05) differences in toxicity, with more leukopenia and stomatitis 5 seen with the intensive-course regimen (Day 1-5), and more diarrhea and increased requirement for hospitalization to manage toxicity with the weekly regimen. Intensive-course fluorouracil plus low-dose leucovorin appeared to have a superior therapeutic index compared with weekly fluorouracil 10 plus high-dose leucovorin using the dosage administration schedules applied in this study based on similar therapeutic effectiveness, but with a decreased need for hospitalization to manage chemotherapy toxicity. 3. PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND USES 15 A compound of the present invention, a prodrug thereof or a physiologically acceptable salt of either the compound or its prodrug, can be administered as such to a human patient or it can be administered in pharmaceutical compositions in which the foregoing materials are mixed with 20 suitable carriers or excipient(s). Techniques for formulation and administration of drugs may be found in "Remington's Pharmacological Sciences," Mack Publishing Co., Easton, PA, latest edition. Routes of Administration. 25 General Suitable routes of administration may include, without limitation, oral, rectal, transmucosal or intestinal administration or intramuscular, subcutaneous, intramedullary, intrathecal, direct intraventricular, 30 intravenous, intraperitoneal, intranasal, or intraocular injections. The preferred routes of administration are oral and parenteral.

WO 00/38519 54 PCT/US99/31232 Alternatively, one may administer the compound in a local rather than systemic manner, for example, via injection of the compound directly into a solid tumor, often in a depot or sustained release formulation. 5 Furthermore, one may administer the drug in a targeted drug delivery system, for example, in a liposome coated with tumor-specific antibody. The liposomes will be targeted to and taken up selectively by the tumor. Composition/Formulation 10 General Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may be manufactured by processes well known in the art; e.g., by means of conventional mixing, dissolving, granulating, dragee-making, levigating, emulsifying, encapsulating, 15 entrapping or lyophilizing processes. Pharmaceutical compositions for use in accordance with the present invention may be formulated in conventional manner using one or more physiologically acceptable carriers comprising excipients and auxiliaries which facilitate 20 processing of the active compounds into preparations which can be used pharmaceutically. Proper formulation is dependent upon the route of administration chosen. For injection, the compounds of the invention may be formulated in aqueous solutions, preferably in 25 physiologically compatible buffers such as Hanks' solution, Ringer's solution, or physiological saline buffer. For transmucosal administration, penetrants appropriate to the barrier to be permeated are used in the formulation. Such penetrants are generally known in the art. 30 For oral administration, the compounds can be formulated by combining the active compounds with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers well known in the art. Such carriers WO 00/38519 55 PCT/US99/31232 enable the compounds of the invention to be formulated as tablets, pills, lozenges, dragees, capsules, liquids, gels, syrups, slurries, suspensions and the like, for oral ingestion by a patient. Pharmaceutical preparations for oral 5 use can be made using a solid excipient, optionally grinding the resulting mixture, and processing the mixture of granules, after adding other suitable auxiliaries if desired, to obtain tablets or dragee cores. Useful excipients are, in particular, fillers such as sugars, including lactose, 10 sucrose, mannitol, or sorbitol; cellulose preparations such as, for example, maize starch, wheat starch, rice starch and potato starch and other materials such as gelatin, gum tragacanth, methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, and/or polyvinylpyrrolidone 15 (PVP). If desired, disintegrating agents may be added, such as cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone, agar, or alginic acid. A salt such as sodium alginate may also be used. Dragee cores are provided with suitable coatings. For this purpose, concentrated sugar solutions may be used which 20 may optionally contain gum arabic, talc, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, carbopol gel, polyethylene glycol, and/or titanium dioxide, lacquer solutions, and suitable organic solvents or solvent mixtures. Dyestuffs or pigments may be added to the tablets or dragee coatings for identification or 25 to characterize different combinations of active compound doses. Pharmaceutical compositions which can be used orally include push-fit capsules made of gelatin, as well as soft, sealed capsules made of gelatin and a plasticizer, such as 30 glycerol or sorbitol. The push-fit capsules can contain the active ingredients in admixture with a filler such as lactose, a binder such as starch, and/or a lubricant such as WO 00/38519 56 PCT/US99/31232 talc or magnesium stearate and, optionally, stabilizers. In soft capsules, the active compounds may be dissolved or suspended in suitable liquids, such as fatty oils, liquid paraffin, or liquid polyethylene glycols. Stabilizers may be 5 added in these formulations, also. For administration by inhalation, the compounds for use according to the present invention are conveniently delivered in the form of an aerosol spray using a pressurized pack or a nebulizer and a suitable propellant, e.g., without 10 limitation, dichlorodifluoromethane, trichlorofluoromethane, dichlorotetra- fluoroethane or carbon dioxide. In the case of a pressurized aerosol, the dosage unit may be controlled by providing a valve to deliver a metered amount. Capsules and cartridges of, for example, gelatin for use in an inhaler 15 or insufflator may be formulated containing a powder mix of the compound and a suitable powder base such as lactose or starch. The compounds may also be formulated for parenteral administration, e.g., by bolus injection or continuous 20 infusion. Formulations for injection may be presented in unit dosage form, e.g., in ampoules or in multi-dose containers, with an added preservative. The compositions may take such forms as suspensions, solutions or emulsions in oily or aqueous vehicles, and may contain formulating materials such 25 as suspending, stabilizing and/or dispersing agents. Pharmaceutical compositions for parenteral administration include aqueous solutions of a water soluble form, such as, without limitation, a salt, of the active compound. Additionally, suspensions of the active compounds 30 may be prepared in a lipophilic vehicle. Suitable lipophilic vehicles include fatty oils such as sesame oil, synthetic fatty acid esters such as ethyl oleate and triglycerides, or WO 00/38519 57 PCT/US99/31232 materials such as liposomes. Aqueous injection suspensions may contain substances which increase the viscosity of the suspension, such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sorbitol, or dextran. Optionally, the suspension may also contain 5 suitable stabilizers and/or agents that increase the solubility of the compounds to allow for the preparation of highly concentrated solutions. Alternatively, the active ingredient may be in powder form for constitution with a suitable vehicle, e.g., sterile, 10 pyrogen-free water, before use. The compounds may also be formulated in rectal compositions such as suppositories or retention enemas, using, e.g., conventional suppository bases such as cocoa butter or other glycerides. 15 In addition to the fomulations described previously, the compounds may also be formulated as depot preparations. Such long acting formulations may be administered by implantation (for example, subcutaneously or intramuscularly) or by intramuscular injection. A compound of this invention may be 20 formulated for this route of administration with suitable polymeric or hydrophobic materials (for instance, in an emulsion with a pharamcologically acceptable oil), with ion exchange resins, or as a sparingly soluble derivative such as, without limitation, a sparingly soluble salt. 25 A non-limiting example of a pharmaceutical carrier for the hydrophobic compounds of the invention is a cosolvent system comprising benzyl alcohol, a nonpolar surfactant, a water-miscible organic polymer and an aqueous phase such as the VPD co-solvent system. VPD is a solution of 3% w/v 30 benzyl alcohol, 8% w/v of the nonpolar surfactant Polysorbate 80TM, and 65% w/v polyethylene glycol 300, made up to volume in absolute ethanol. The VPD co-solvent system (VPD:D5W) WO 00/38519 58 PCT/US99/31232 consists of VPD diluted 1:1 with a 5% dextrose in water solution. This co-solvent system dissolves hydrophobic compounds well, and itself produces low toxicity upon systemic administration. The proportions of such a co 5 solvent system may be varied considerably without destroying its solubility and toxicity characteristics. Furthermore, the identity of the co-solvent components may be varied: for example, other low-toxicity nonpolar surfactants may be used instead of Polysorbate 8 0TM; the fraction size of 10 polyethylene glycol may be varied; other biocompatible polymers may replace polyethylene glycol, e.g., polyvinyl pyrrolidone; and other sugars or polysaccharides may substitute for dextrose. Alternatively, other delivery systems for hydrophobic 15 pharmaceutical compounds may be employed. Liposomes and emulsions are well known examples of delivery vehicles or carriers for hydrophobic drugs. In addition, certain organic solvents such as dimethylsulfoxide also may be employed, although often at the cost of greater toxicity. 20 Additionally, the compounds may be delivered using a sustained-release system, such as semi-permeable matrices of solid hydrophobic polymers containing the therapeutic agent. Various sustained-release materials have been established and are well known by those skilled in the art. Sustained 25 release capsules may, depending on their chemical nature, release the compounds for a few weeks up to over 100 days. Depending on the chemical nature and the biological stability of the therapeutic reagent, additional strategies for protein stabilization may be employed. 30 The pharmaceutical compositions herein also may comprise suitable solid or gel phase carriers or excipients. Examples of such carriers or excipients include, but are not limited WO 00/38519 59 PCT/US99/31232 to, calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, various sugars, starches, cellulose derivatives, gelatin, and polymers such as polyethylene glycols. 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]l-2-indolinone 5 composition. This compound may be formulated as any of the compositions and formulations described above. A presently preferred formulation, however, is comprised of 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone in sufficient 10 sterile parenteral solution to afford a 4.5 mg/ml final concentration. Additional components of the formulation include polyethylene glycol 400; polyoxyl 35 castor oil (Cremophor®); benzyl alcohol and dehydrated alcohol. It should be noted that this formulation, since it contains 15 Cremophor®, is not compatible with standard PVC-lined syringes, intravenous bags and administration sets. Fluorouracil/Leucovorin composition Fluorouracil is commercially available in compositions and formulations which are known to those skilled in the 20 chemotherapeutic art and may be administered in the methods of this invention as those compositions/formulations. Examples of such compositions/formulations are shown in the Package Insert which accompanies commercial fluorouracil and which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth 25 herein. The use of any other or different composition/formulation as such may be developed or become available in the future is also within the scope of this invention. Likewise, leucovorin is also commercially available in 30 compositions/formulations known to those in the chemotherapeutic art and may also be administered in the methods of this invention as those compositions/formulations.

WO 00/38519 60 PCT/US99/31232 Examples of such compositions/formulations are shown in the Package Insert that accompanies commercial leucovorin and which is incorporated as if fully set forth herein. As above, any other or different composition/formulation as such 5 may be developed or become available in the future is also within the scope of this invention. DOSAGE General Pharmaceutical compositions suitable for use in the 10 present invention include compositions wherein the active ingredients are contained in an amount sufficient to achieve the intended purpose; i.e., the modulation of PK activity or the treatment or prevention of a PK-related disorder. More specifically, a therapeutically effective amount 15 means an amount of compound effective to prevent, alleviate or ameliorate symptoms of disease or prolong the survival of the subject being treated. Determination of a therapeutically effective amount is well within the capability of those skilled in the art, 20 especially in light of the detailed disclosure provided herein. For any compound used in the methods of the invention, the therapeutically effective amount or dose can be estimated initially from cell culture assays. Then, the dosage can be 25 formulated for use in animal models so as to achieve a circulating concentration range that includes the IC, 0 as determined in cell culture (i.e., the concentration of the test compound which achieves a half-maximal inhibition of the PK activity). Such information can then be used to more 30 accurately determine useful doses in humans. Toxicity and therapeutic efficacy of the compounds described herein can be determined by standard pharmaceutical WO 00/38519 61 PCT/US99/31232 procedures in cell cultures or experimental animals, e.g., by determining the IC,0 and the LD, 0 (both of which are discussed elsewhere herein) for a subject compound. The data obtained from these cell culture assays and animal studies can be used 5 in formulating a range of dosage for use in humans. The dosage may vary depending upon the dosage form employed and the route of administration utilized. The exact formulation, route of administration and dosage can be chosen by the individual physician in view of the patient's condition. 10 (See e.g., Fingl, et al., 1975, in "The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics", Ch. 1 p.1). Dosage amount and interval may be adjusted individually to provide plasma levels of the active species, which are sufficient to maintain the kinase modulating effects. These 15 plasma levels are referred to as minimal effective concentrations (MECs). The MEC will vary for each compound but can be estimated from in vitro data; e.g., the concentration necessary to achieve 50-90% inhibition of a kinase may be ascertained using the assays described herein. 20 Dosages necessary to achieve the MEC will depend on individual characteristics and route of administration. HPLC assays or bioassays can be used to determine plasma concentrations. Dosage intervals can also be determined using MEC value. 25 Compounds should be administered using a regimen that maintains plasma levels above the MEC for 10-90% of the time, preferably between 30-90% and most preferably between 50-90%. In cases of local administration or selective uptake, the effective local concentration of the drug may not be 30 related to plasma concentration and other procedures known in the art may be employed to determine the correct dosage amount and interval.

WO 00/38519 62 PCT/US99/31232 The amount of a composition administered will, of course, be dependent on the subject being treated, the severity of the affliction, the manner of administration, the judgment of the prescribing physician, etc. 5 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]l-2-indolinone dosage. Based on the pharmacological data obtained regarding 3 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone(see above), the compound may be administered in doses ranging 10 from about 4 mg/m 2 to about 195 mg/m 2 . In a presently preferred embodiment, the dosage is between about 72.5 mg/m 2 and about 145 mg/m 2 . The dilution described in the above composition section may be administered to a patient at a rate of from about 50 15 to about 350 cc/hour. Preferable, the rate is from about 150 to about 250 cc/hour. Most preferably, it is from about 175 to about 225 cc/hour. By "about," wherever the term appears herein, is meant ±10%; i.e., about 175 cc/hour means from 157.5 cc/hour to 20 192.5 cc/hour, etc. In a presently preferred embodiment, the 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyll-2-indolinone dose is administered during rest periods when no fluorouracil or fluorouracil/leucovorin is being administered to a patient. 25 As was made evident by the examples in the Pharmacology section, above, fluorouracil or fluorouracil/leucovorin may be administered in numerous treatment regimes, the choice of which is within the knowledge and expertise of the treating physician. 30 Fluorouracil and Fluorouracil/Leucovorin dosage As can be seen in the clinical studies with fluorouracil and fluorouracil/leucovorin described above, there are WO 00/38519 63 PCT/US99/31232 currently a variety of schedules used for administration of fluorouracil or fluorouracil/leucovorin in advanced colorectal cancer. However, there is a remarkable lack of difference in the outcome using various administration doses 5 and schedules of fluorouracil and fluorouracil/leucovorin, with most regimens producing leukopenia, diarrhea and mucositis to a varying degree. Thus, while fluoruracil may be administered in doses ranging from about 300 mg/m 2 to about 800 mg/m 2 , schedules of fluorouracil which provide a dose 10 intensity of approximately 400 -500 mg/m 2 /week are presently considered to be optimal therapy. When leucovorin is included in the treatment, differences in clinical outcome for low and high dose leucovorin are minimal which, given the additional toxicity of the high dose regimen, the low dose 15 regimen presently appears most appropriate. Thus, while the fluorouracil or fluorouracil/leucovorin may, within the scope of this invention, be administered in any presently approved manner or in any manner found in the future to be efficacious, given the above data, a presently 20 preferred embodiment of this invention is to administer fluorouracil at a dose of about 400 to 500 mg/m 2 as a bolus intravenous injection on day 1-5 of a 4 week cycle. The 4 week cycle may be repeated as necessary or until adverse side effects as recognized by the physician conducting the 25 treatment are encountered. Leucovorin may be administered with the fluorouracil. Leucovorin may be administered in doses of from about 20 to about 500 mg/m 2 , preferably from about 20 to about 200 mg/m 2 and in a presently preferred embodiment of this invention as 30 a low-dose administration of about 20 mg/m 2 , also as a bolus injection, with each administration of fluorouracil.

WO 00/38519 64 PCT/US99/31232 Fluorouracil or fluorouracil/leucovorin in combination with 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]l-2 indolinone It is an aspect of this invention that, when 3-[(2,4 5 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone is administered in combination with fluorouracil or fluorouracil/leucovorin, the compounds may be administered simultaneously, sequentially, continuously, intermittantly, etc. in accordance with a treatment regime calculated to take 10 maximum advantage of the characteristics of each of the components. In a presently prefred embodiment 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone is administered on days when no fluorouracil or fluorouracil/leucovorin is administered. Thus, in one 15 embodiment of this invention, the above-described dose of 3 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone is administered in any pattern desired; e.g., without limitation, on each day, every other day, every third day, etc. of a treatment regime selected for fluorouracil or 20 fluorouracil/leucovorin on which fluorouracil or fluorouracil/leucovorin is not administered. The 3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone may be administered as a bolus intravenous injection or as a continuous intravenous infusion. However, based upon in 25 vitro data, 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone may be administered over a relatively short time period (5 to 30 minutes) and exert antiproliferative activity on the endothelial cells for 3 to 4 days thereafter. Likewise, the in vivo data demonstrate that dosing with 3 30 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone at 3 to 4 day intervals was sufficient to inhibit tumor growth without toxicity. Furthermore, no cumulative toxicity was WO 00/38519 65 PCT/US99/31232 observed in Phase I dose escalation studies in patients treated with up to 52 weeks of treatment. Thus, in a presently preferred embodiment of this invention, the indicated dose of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl] 5 2-indolinone is administered twice weekly in weeks 2-4 of each four week treatment regime. Based on the disclosures herein, 3-[(2,4-Dimethylpyrrol 5-yl) methylene]-2-indolinone might be expected to work in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents as well. For 10 instance, the combination of 3-[(2,4-Dimethylpyrrol-5-yl) methylene]-2-indolinone with other alkylating agents might afford synergistic activity without concomitant increased toxicity. Such alkylating agents could include, without limitation, the alkyl sulfonates; e.g., busulfan (used for 15 treatment of chronic granulocytic leukemia), improsulfan and piposulfan; the aziridines; e.g., benzodepa, carboquone, meturedepa, and uredepa; the ethyleneimines and methylmelamines; e.g., altretamine, triethylenemelamine, triethylenephosphoramide, triethylenethiophosphoramide and 20 trimethylolmelamine and the nitrogen mustards; e.g., chlorambucil (used in treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, primary macroglobulinemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), cyclophosphamide (used in treatment of Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma, neuroblastoma, breast cancer, 25 ovarian cancer, lung cancer, Wilm's tumor and rhabdomyosarcoma), estramustine, ifosfamide, novembrichin, prednimustine and uracil mustard (for primary thrombocytosis, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and ovarian cancer); and the triazines; e.g., dacarbazine (used for soft 30 tissue sarcoma). Likewise, 3-[(2,4-Dimethylpyrrol-5-yl) methylene]-2 indolinone could have a beneficial effect in combination with WO 00/38519 66 PCTUS99/31232 other antimetabolite chemotherapeutic agents such as, without limitation, folic acid analogs (e.g., methotrexate (used in treating acute lymphocytic leukemia, choriocarcinoma, mycosis fungoides, breast, neck and head and lung cancer, osteogenic 5 sarcoma) and pteropterin) the purine analogs such as mercaptopurine and thioguanine which find use in the treatment of acute granulocytic, acute lymphocytic and chronic granulocytic leukemias). 3-[(2,4-Dimethylpyrrol-5-yl) methylene]-2-indolinone 10 could also prove effective in combination with natural product chemotherapeutic agents such as, without limitation, the vinca alkaloids (vinblastine (used for breast and testicular cancer), vincristine, vindesine), the epipodophylotoxins (etoposide, teniposide (both used in the 15 treatment of testicular cancer and Kaposi's sarcoma)), the antibiotic chemotherapeutic agents (daunorubicin, doxorubicin, bleomycin, mitomycin (used for stomach, cervix, colon, breast, bladder and pancreatic cancer), dactinomycin, plicamycin, bleomycin (used for skin, esophagus and 20 genitourinary tract cancer) and the enzymatic chemotherapeutic agents such as L-Asparaginase. Based on the disclosures of this invention, 3-[(2,4 Dimethylpyrrol-5-yl) methylene]-2-indolinone might also benefit the activity of chemotherapeutic agents such as 25 platinum coordination complexes (cisplatin, etc.), substituted ureas (hyroxyurea), methylhydrazine derivatives (procarbazine), adrenocortical suppressants (mitotane, aminoglutethimide) as well as hormones and antagonists such as adrenocorticosteroids (prednisone), progestins 30 (hydroxyprogesterone caproate), estrogens (diethylstilbestrol), antiestrogens (tamoxifen) and androgens (testosterone propionate).

WO 00/38519 67 PCTUS99/31232 Finally, the combination of 3-[(2,4-Dimethylpyrrol-5-yl) methylene]-2-indolinone with mitoxantrone or paclitaxel might be expected to display especially beneficial results in the treatment of solid tumors or leukemias such as, without 5 limitation, acute myelogenous (nonlymphocytic) leukemia. It is to be understood that, while the above description relates to the use of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylene] 2-indolinone in combination with fluorouracil or fluorouracil/leucovorin, other compounds of this invention, 10 in particular 3-[4-(2-carboxyethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrrol-2 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone, in combination with fluorouracil or fluorouracil/leucovorin are also within the scope and spirit of this invention. PACKAGING 15 The compositions may, if desired, be presented in a pack or dispenser device, such as an FDA approved kit, which may contain one or more unit dosage forms containing the active ingredient. The pack may for example comprise metal or plastic foil, such as a blister pack. The pack or dispenser 20 device may be accompanied by instructions for administration. The pack or dispenser may also be accompanied by a notice associated with the container in a form prescribed by a governmental agency regulating the manufacture, use or sale of pharmaceuticals, which notice is reflective of approval by 25 the agency of the form of the compositions or of human or veterinary administration. Such notice, for example, may be of the labeling approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for prescription drugs or of an approved product insert. Compositions comprising a compound of the 30 invention formulated in a compatible pharmaceutical carrier may also be prepared, placed in an appropriate container, and labeled for treatment of an indicated condition. Suitable WO 00/38519 68 PCTIUS99/31232 conditions indicated on the label may include treatment of a tumor, inhibition of angiogenesis, treatment of fibrosis, diabetes, and the like. 4. SYNTHESIS 5 The compounds of this invention, as well as the precursor 2-oxindoles and aldehydes, may be readily synthesized using techniques well known in the chemical arts. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other synthetic pathways for forming the compounds of the invention 10 are available and that the following is offered by way of example and not limitation. 1. 4-Methyl-5-(2-oxo-l,2-dihydroindol-3-ylidenemethyl) 1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester Phosphorus oxychloride (0.186 mL, 1.44 mmol) was added 15 dropwise to a solution of dimethyformamide (0.15 mL, 1.44 mmol) in dichloromethane (4mL) at 0 oC. The mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred for 30 minutes and then cooled to 00 C. 4-Methyl-2-pyrrolecarboxylate methyl ester (100 mg, 0.72 mmol) was added portion-wise and the mixture was 20 then stirred at 40-500 C for 4 hours. Sodium hydroxide (10% aqueous solution, 2 ml) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 30 minutes. The basic solution was then extracted with ethyl acetate (3X) and the organic layer was washed with brine to pH 6-7, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and 25 concentrated under vacuum to give 115.9 mg (96%) of 4-methyl 5-formyl-2-pyrrolecarboxylate methyl ester as a yellow oil. A mixture of oxindole (105 mg, 0.79 mmol), 4-methyl-5 formyl-2-pyrrolecarboxylate methyl ester (110 mg, 0.67mmol) and piperidine (2 drops) in ethanol (2 mL) was stirred at 90 30 oC for 3 hours. The precipitate was collected by vacuum filtration, washed with ethanol and dried under vacuum to yield 153.2 mg (81%) of 4-methyl-5-(2-oxo-l,2-dihydroindol-3- WO 00/38519 69 PCT/US99/31232 ylidenomethyl)-lH-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester. 'HNMR (360 MHz, DMSO-d6) : 13.98(s, br, 1H, NH), 10.97 (s, br, 1H, NH), 7.82, (d, J=7.6Hz, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H, H vinyl), 7.2 (dt, J= 1.2, 7.7HZ, 1H), 7.01 (dt, J=1.2, 7.7 5 Hz, 1H), 6.90 (d, J= 7.6 Hz, 1H), 6.77 (d, J= 2Hz, 1H). MS (ES) 283 [M+1] (100%). 2. 4-Methyl-5-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydroindol-3 ylidenemethyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid Phosphorus oxychloride (0.66 mL, 7.2 mmol) was added 10 dropwise to an ice-cold solution of dimethylforamide (0.6 mL, 7.2 mmol) in dichloromethane (30 mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes and then cooled in an ice-bath. 4-methyl-2-pyrrolecarboxylate ethyl ester (919 mg, 6 mmol) was added slowly to the reaction mixture. The 15 resulting reaction mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 2.4 hours. The mixture was then cooled in an ice-bath and 2N sodium hydroxide was added and the mixture stirred for 30 minutes. The aqueous mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2X), the organic layers combined and 20 washed with brine and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum. The pink solid which was obtained was dried under vacuum at room temperature for 3 days to yield 1.05g (96%) of 4-methyl-5-formyl-2 pyrrolecarboxylate ethyl ester. The product was used without 25 further purification. MS (APCI) [M-1] + 180 (80%), [M-34]' 146 (100%) A mixture of 4-methyl-5-formyl-2-pyrrolecarboxylate ethyl ester (543.57 mg, 3 mmol) in 2N sodium hydroxide (1.2 g in 15 mL of water) was refluxed for 1/2 hour. The reaction 30 mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured into ice water. It was then acidified to pH -3.5 with 2N hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate (2X). The organic WO 00/38519 70 PCTIUS99/31232 layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum. The solid obtained was dried under vacuum at 40 oC for 2 hours to yield 410 mg (89%) of 4-methyl-5-formyl-2-pyrrolecarboxylic acid as a 5 white solid. A mixture of oxindole (133.15 mg, 1 mmol), 4-methyl-5 formyl-2-pyrrolecarboxylic acid (153.14 mg, 1 mmol), piperidine (2 drops) in ethanol (2 mL) was refluxed for 3 hours. The precipitate was collected by vacuum filtration, washed with 10 ethanol, neutralized with 2N hydrochloric acid, washed with water and dried to yield 268.5 mg (100%) of 4-methyl-5-(2-oxo 1,2-dihydroindol-3-ylidenemethyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid as an orange/red solid. 1NMR (360 MHz, DMSO-d6) : 13.84 (s, br, 1H, NH), 12.84 15 (s, br, 1H, COOH), 10.98 (s, br, 1H, NH), 7.82(d, J= 7.5Hz, 1H), 7.67 (s, 1H, H-vinyl), 7.18 (t, J= 7.5Hz, 1H), 7.01 (t, J= 7.5Hz, 1H), 6.88(d, J= 7.5Hz, 1H), 6.71 (d, J= 2.2Hz, 1H), 2.32 (s, 3H, CH 3 ). MS (negative mode) 266.8 [M-1]'. 20 3. 3-(5-Hydroxymethyl-3-melthyl-1H-pyrrol-2 vlmethylene)-1,3-dihydroindol-2-one and 4. 4-Methyl-5-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-indol-3 ylidenomethyl)-1H-pyrrol-2-carboxaldehyde To a suspension of 4-methyl-5-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydroindol-3 25 ylidenemethyl)-lH-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid 4.02g, 15 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) was slowly added oxalyl chloride (3.80g, 30mmol) at 00 C. After addition was complete, the resultant suspension was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. Sodium borohydride (l.14g, 30mmol) was then added 30 portionwise to the mixture and the suspension was further stirred at room temperature for 1 day. At that thme, a second portion of 1.14 g of sodium borohydride was added followed by WO 00/38519 71 PCT/US99/31232 10 mL of dimethylformamide to dissolve the solids and the reaction mixture was stirred for another day at room temperature. Ice water was added to the ice-cold reaction mixture until no more gas evolved. The aqueous layer was 5 extracted with ethyl acetate. The precipitate which formed between the organic and aqueous layer was filtered, washed with water and ethyl acetate and dried to give 2.5g (60%) of a red solid. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated and purified on a silica 10 gel column eluting with ethyl acetate-hexane to give 340 mg (9%) of 3-(5-hydroxymethyl-3-methyl-lH- pyrrol-2-ylmethylone) 1,3-dihydroindol-2-one as a yellow solid and 540 mg (14% of 4 methyl-5-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydroindol-3-ylidenemethyl) -lH-pyrrole-2 carbaldehydeas an orange solid. 15 3-(5-Hydroxymethyl-3-methyl-lH-pyrrol-2-ylmethylene) 1,3-dihydroindol-2-one: 'HNMR (360 MHz, DMSO-d6) : 13.39 (s, br, 1H, NH), 10-69 (s, br, 1H, NH), 7.70(d, J= 7.6Hz, 1 H), 7.56(s, 1 H. H-vinyl), 7.09 (t, J= 7.6Hz, 1 H), 6.96 (t, J= 7.6Hz, 1H), 6.86 (d, J= 7.6Hz, 1 H), 6.06 (d, J=2.1 Hz, 1H), 20 5.33 (t, J=5,6Hz, 1H, OH), 4.51 (d, J=5,6Hz,2H, CH2OH), 2.31 (s, 3H, CH) . MS 251 [M-1] (100%) M.p. >350 oC 4-Methyl-5-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydroindol-3-ylidenemethyl) -lH 25 pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde: 1 HNMR (360 MHz, DMSO-d6) 6: 13.87 (s, br, 1H. NH), 11.05 (s, br, 1H, NH), 9.61(s, 1H CHO), 7.85 (d, J=7.5Hz, 1H), 7.71(s, 1H, H-vinyl), 7.23(t, J=7.5Hz, 1H), 7.03, (t, J= 7.5Hz,lH), 6.97 (d, J=2.2Hz, 1H), 6.9(d, J=7.5Hz, 1H), 2.36 (s, 3H, CH 3 ). 30 MS 237.4 [M-OH] 0 9100%) M.p. 267.3-268.4 oC.

WO 00/38519 72 PCT/US99/31232 5. BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION It will be appreciated that, in any given series of compounds, a spectrum of biological activities will be obtained. In its preferred embodiments, this invention relates 5 to novel 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinones demonstrating the ability to modulate RTK, CTK, and STK activity. The following assays are employed to select those compounds demonstrating the optimal degree of the desired activity. Assay Procedures. 10 The following in vitro assays may be used to determine the level of activity and effect of the different compounds of the present invention on one or more of the PKs. Similar assays can be designed along the same lines for any PK using techniques Well known in the art. 15 The cellular/catalytic assays described herein are performed in an ELISA format. The general procedure is as follows: a compound is introduced to cells expressing the test kinase, either naturally or recombinantly, for a selected period of time after which, if the test kinase is a 20 receptor, a ligand known to activate the receptor is added. The cells are lysed and the lysate is transferred to the wells of an ELISA plate previously coated with a specific antibody recognizing the substrate of the enzymatic phosphorylation reaction. Non-substrate components of the 25 cell lysate are washed away and the amount of phosphorylation on the substrate is detected with an antibody specifically recognizing phosphotyrosine compared with control cells that were not contacted with a test compound. The cellular/biologic assays described herein measure the amount 30 of DNA made in response to activation of a test kinase, which is a general measure of a proliferative response. The general procedure for this assay is as follows: a compound is WO 00/38519 73 PCTUS99/31232 introduced to cells expressing the test kinase, either naturally or recombinantly, for a selected period of time after which, if the test kinase is a receptor, a ligand known to activate the receptor is added. After incubation at least 5 overnight, a DNA labeling reagent such as Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) or 3H-thymidine is added. The amount of labeled DNA is detected with either an anti-BrdU antibody or by measuring radioactivity and is compared to control cells not contacted with a test compound. 10 Cellular/Catalytic Assays Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) may be used to detect and measure the presence of PK activity. The ELISA may be conducted according to known protocols which are described in, for example, Voller, et al., 1980, "Enzyme 15 Linked Immunosorbent Assay," In: Manual of Clinical Immunology, 2d ed., edited by Rose and Friedman, pp 359-371 Am. Soc. Of Microbiology, Washington, D.C. The disclosed protocol may be adapted for determining activity with respect to a specific PK. That is, the 20 preferred protocols for conducting the ELISA experiments for specific PKs is provided below. However, adaptation of these protocols for determining a compound's activity for other members of the RTK family, as well as for CTKs and STKs, is well within the scope of knowledge of those skilled in the 25 art. FLK-1 Assay An ELISA assay is conducted to measure the kinase activity of the FLK-1 receptor and more specifically, the inhibition or activation of TK activity on the FLK-1 30 receptor. Specifically, the following assay can be conducted to measure kinase activity of the FLK-1 receptor in cells genetically engineered to express Flk-l.

WO 00/38519 74 PCTIUS99/31232 Materials and Reagents. a. Corning 96-well ELISA plates (Corning Catalog No. 25805-96); b. Cappel goat anti-rabbit IgG (catalog no. 55641); 5 c. PBS (Gibco Catalog No. 450-1300EB); d. TBSW Buffer (50 mM Tris (pH 7.2), 150 mM NaCI and 0.1% Tween-20); e. Ethanolamine stock (10% ethanolamine (pH 7.0), stored at 4 0 C); 10 f. HNTG buffer (20mM HEPES buffer (pH 7.5), 150mM NaCI, 0.2% Triton X-100, and 10% glycerol); g. EDTA (0.5 M (pH 7.0) as a 100X stock); h. Sodium orthovanadate (0.5 M as a 100X stock); i. Sodium pyrophosphate (0.2 M as a 100X stock); 15 j. NUNC 96 well V bottom polypropylene plates (Applied Scientific Catalog No. AS-72092); k. NIH3T3 C7#3 Cells (FLK-1 expressing cells); 1. DMEM with lX high glucose L-Glutamine (catalog No. 11965-050); 20 m. FBS, Gibco (catalog no. 16000-028); n. L-glutamine, Gibco (catalog no. 25030-016); o. VEGF, PeproTech, Inc. (catalog no. 100-20)(kept as 1 tg/100 pl stock in Milli-Q dH 2 0 and stored at -200 C; p. Affinity purified anti-FLK-1 antiserum; 25 q. UB40 monoclonal antibody specific for phosphotyrosine (see, Fendley, et al., 1990, Cancer Research 50:1550-1558); r. EIA grade Goat anti-mouse IgG-POD (BioRad catalog no. 172-1011); 30 s. 2,2-azino-bis(3-ethylbenz-thiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS) solution (100mM citric acid (anhydrous), 250 mM Na 2

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4 (pH 4.0), 0.5 mg/ml ABTS (Sigma catalog no. A-1888)), WO 00/38519 75 PCT/US99/31232 solution should be stored in dark at 40 C until ready for use; t. H202 (30% solution)(Fisher catalog no. H325); u. ABTS/ H 2 0 2 (15ml ABTS solution, 2 pl H 2 0 2 ) prepared 5 5 minutes before use and left at room temperature; v. 0.2 M HC1 stock in H 2 0; w. dimethylsulfoxide (100%)(Sigma Catalog No. D-8418); and y. Trypsin-EDTA (Gibco BRL Catalog No. 25200-049). 10 Protocol. 1. Coat Corning 96-well ELISA plates with 1.0 tg per well Cappel Anti-rabbit IgG antibody in 0.1M Na 2

CO

3 pH 9.6. Bring final volume to 150 pl per well. Store plates overnight at 4 0 C. Plates can be kept up to two weeks when 15 stored at 4 0 C. 2. Grow cells in Growth media (DMEM, supplemented with 2.0 mM L-Glutamine, 10% FBS) in suitable culture dishes until confluent at 37 0 C, 5% CO 2 *. 3. Harvest cells by trypsinization and seed in Corning 20 25850 polystyrene 96-well round bottom cell plates, 25,000 cells/well in 200 pl of growth media. 4. Grow cells at least one day at 37 0 C, 5% CO 2 . 5. Wash cells with D-PBS 1X. 6. Add 200 pi/well of starvation media (DMEM, 2.0mM 1 25 Glutamine, 0.1% FBS). Incubate overnight at 37 0 C, 5% CO 2 . 7. Dilute Compounds 1:20 in polypropylene 96 well plates using starvation media. Dilute dimethylsulfoxide 1:20 for use in control wells. 8. Remove starvation media from 96 well cell culture 30 plates and add 162 pi of fresh starvation media to each well. 9. Add 18 pl of 1:20 diluted compound dilution (from step 7) to each well plus the 1:20 dimethylsulfoxide dilution WO 00/38519 76 PCT/US99/31232 to the control wells (+/- VEGF), for a final dilution of 1:200 after cell stimulation. Final dimethylsulfoxide is 0.5%. Incubate the plate at 37 0 C, 5% CO 2 for two hours. 10. Remove unbound antibody from ELISA plates by 5 inverting plate to remove liquid. Wash 3 times with TBSW + 0.5% ethanolamine, pH 7.0. Pat the plate on a paper towel to remove excess liquid and bubbles. 11. Block plates with TBSW + 0.5% ethanolamine, pH 7.0, 150 [l per well. Incubate plate thirty minutes while shaking 10 on a microtiter plate shaker. 12. Wash plate 3 times as described in step 10. 13. Add 0.5 pg/well affinity purified anti-FLU-1 polyclonal rabbit antiserum. Bring final volume to 150 l/well with TBSW + 0.5% ethanolamine pH 7.0. Incubate plate 15 for thirty minutes while shaking. 14. Add 180 pl starvation medium to the cells and stimulate cells with 20 pl/well 10.0 mM sodium orthovanadate and 500 ng/ml VEGF (resulting in a final concentration of 1.0 mM sodium orthovanadate and 50 ng/ml VEGF per well) for eight 20 minutes at 37 0 C, 5% CO 2 . Negative control wells receive only starvation medium. 15. After eight minutes, media should be removed from the cells and washed one time with 200 pl/well PBS. 16. Lyse cells in 150 pl/well HNTG while shaking at 25 room temperature for five minutes. HNTG formulation includes sodium ortho vanadate, sodium pyrophosphate and EDTA. 17. Wash ELISA plate three times as described in step 10. 18. Transfer cell lysates from the cell plate to ELISA plate and incubate while shaking for two hours. To transfer 30 cell lysate pipette up and down while scrapping the wells. 19. Wash plate three times as described in step 10.

WO 00/38519 77 PCT/US99/31232 20. Incubate ELISA plate with 0.02 tg/well UB40 in TBSW + 05% ethanolamine. Bring final volume to 150 tl/well. Incubate while shaking for 30 minutes. 21. Wash plate three times as described in step 10. 5 22. Incubate ELISA plate with 1:10,000 diluted EIA grade goat anti-mouse IgG conjugated horseradish peroxidase in TBSW plus 0.5% ethanolamine, pH 7.0. Bring final volume to 150 tl/well. Incubate while shaking for thirty minutes. 23. Wash plate as described in step 10. 10 24. Add 100 l of ABTS/H 2 0 2 solution to well. Incubate ten minutes while shaking. 25. Add 100 pl of 0.2 M HC1 for 0.1 M HCl final concentration to stop the color development reaction. Shake 1 minute at room temperature. Remove bubbles with slow 15 stream of air and read the ELISA plate in an ELISA plate reader at 410 nm. EGF Receptor-HER2 Chimeric Receptor Assay In Whole Cells. HER2 kinase activity in whole EGFR-NIH3T3 cells are 20 measured as described below: Materials and Reagents. a. EGF: stock concentration: 16.5 ILM; EGF 201, TOYOBO, Co., Ltd. Japan. b. 05-101 (UBI) (a monoclonal antibody 25 recognizing an EGFR extracellular domain). c. Anti-phosphotyrosine antibody (anti-Ptyr) (polyclonal)(see, Fendley, et al., supra). d. Detection antibody: Goat anti-rabbit lgG horseradish peroxidase conjugate, TAGO, Inc., Burlingame, CA.

WO 00/38519 78 PCT/US99/31232 e. TBST buffer: Tris-HC1, pH 7.2 50 mM NaCI 150 mM Triton X-100 0.1 5 f. HNTG 5X stock: HEPES 0.1 M NaCI 0.75 M Glycerol 50% 10 Triton X-100 1.0% g. ABTS stock: Citric Acid 100 mM Na 2

HPO

4 250 mM HC1, conc. 0.5 mM 15 ABTS* 0.5mg/ml * (2,2'-azinobis(3 ethylbenzthiazolinesulfonic acid)). Keep solution in dark at 4 0 C until use. 20 h. Stock reagents of: EDTA 100 mM pH 7.0 Na 3

VO

4 0.5 M Na 4

(P

2 0 7 ) 0.2 M 25 Procedure. Pre-coat ELISA Plate 1. Coat ELISA plates (Corning, 96 well, Cat. #25805-96) with 05-101 antibody at 0.5 tg per well in PBS, 100 Il final volume/well, and store overnight at 4 0 C. Coated 30 plates are good for up to 10 days when stored at 4 0 C. 2. On day of use, remove coating buffer and replace with 100 pl blocking buffer (5% Carnation Instant Non-Fat Dry Milk in PBS). Incubate the plate, shaking, at room temperature (about 23 0 C to 25 0 C) for 30 minutes. Just 35 prior to use, remove blocking buffer and wash plate 4 times with TBST buffer.

WO 00/38519 79 PCT/US99/31232 Seeding Cells 1. An NIH3T3 cell line overexpressing a chimeric receptor containing the EGFR extracellular domain and intracellular HER2 kinase domain can be used for this assay. 5 2. Choose dishes having 80-90% confluence for the experiment. Trypsinize cells and stop reaction by adding 10% fetal bovine serum. Suspend cells in DMEM medium (10% CS DMEM medium) and centrifuge once at 1500 rpm, at room temperature for 5 minutes. 10 3. Resuspend cells in seeding medium (DMEM, 0.5% bovine serum), and count the cells using trypan blue. Viability above 90% is acceptable. Seed cells in DMEM medium (0.5% bovine serum) at a density of 10,000 cells per well, 100 tl per well, in a 96 well microtiter plate. Incubate 15 seeded cells in 5% CO 2 at 37 0 C for about 40 hours. Assay Procedures 1. Check seeded cells for contamination using an inverted microscope. Dilute drug stock (10 mg/ml in DMSO) 1:10 in DMEM medium, then transfer 5 tl to a TBST well for a 20 final drug dilution of 1:200 and a final DMSO concentration of 1%. Control wells receive DMSO alone. Incubate in 5% CO 2 at 37 0 C for two hours. 2. Prepare EGF ligand: dilute stock EGF in DMEM so that upon transfer of 10 tl dilute EGF (1:12 dilution), 25 100 nM final concentration is attained. 3. Prepare fresh HNTG* sufficient for 100 tl per well; and place on ice. HNTG* (10 ml): HNTG stock 2.0 ml 30 milli-Q H 2 0 7.3 ml EDTA, 100 mM, pH 7.0 0.5 ml Na 3

VO

4 (0.5 M) 0.1 ml Na 4

(P

2 0 7 ) (0.2 M) 0.1 ml WO 00/38519 80 PCT/US99/31232 4. After 120 minutes incubation with drug, add prepared SGF ligand to cells, 10 [l per well, to a final concentration of 100 nM. Control wells receive DMEM alone. Incubate with shaking, at room temperature, for 5 minutes. 5 5. Remove drug, EGF, and DMEM. Wash cells twice with PBS. Transfer HNTG* to cells, 100 il per well. Place on ice for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, remove blocking buffer from other ELISA plate and wash with TBST as described above. 6. With a pipette tip securely fitted to a 10 micropipettor, scrape cells from plate and homogenize cell material by repeatedly aspirating and dispensing the HNTG* lysis buffer. Transfer lysate to a coated, blocked, and washed ELISA plate. Incubate shaking at room temperature for one hour. 15 7. Remove lysate and wash 4 times with TBST. Transfer freshly diluted anti-Ptyr antibody to ELISA plate at 100 p4i per well. Incubate shaking at room temperature for 30 minutes in the presence of the anti-Ptyr antiserum (1:3000 dilution in TBST). 20 8. Remove the anti-Ptyr antibody and wash 4 times with TBST. Transfer the freshly diluted TAGO anti-rabbit IgG antibody to the ELISA plate at 100 gl per well. Incubate shaking at room temperature for 30 minutes (anti-rabbit IgG antibody: 1:3000 dilution in TBST). 25 9. Remove TAGO detection antibody and wash 4 times with TBST. Transfer freshly prepared ABTS/H 2 0 2 solution to ELISA plate, 100 gl per well. Incubate shaking at room temperature for 20 minutes. (ABTS/H 2 0 2 solution: 1.0 .l 30%

H

2 0 2 in 10 ml ABTS stock). 30 10. Stop reaction by adding 50 p4l 5N H 2

SO

4 (optional), and determine O.D. at 410 nm.

WO 00/38519 81 PCT/US99/31232 11. The maximal phosphotyrosine signal is determined by subtracting the value of the negative controls from the positive controls. The percent inhibition of phosphotyrosine content for extract-containing wells is then 5 calculated, after subtraction of the negative controls. PDGF-R Assay All cell culture media, glutamine, and fetal bovine serum can be purchased from Gibco Life Technologies (Grand Island, NY) unless otherwise specified. All cells are grown 10 in a humid atmosphere of 90-95% air and 5-10% CO 2 at 37 0 C. All cell lines are routinely subcultured twice a week and are negative for mycoplasma as determined by the Mycotect method (Gibco). For ELISA assays, cells (U1242, obtained from Joseph 15 Schlessinger, NYU) are grown to 80-90% confluency in growth medium (MEM with 10% FBS, NEAA, 1 mM NaPyr and 2 mM GLN) and seeded in 96-well tissue culture plates in 0.5% serum at 25,000 to 30,000 cells per well. After overnight incubation in 0.5% serum-containing medium, cells are changed to serum 20 free medium and treated with test compound for 2 hr in a 5% C0 2 , 37 0 C incubator. Cells are then stimulated with ligand for 5-10 minute followed by lysis with HNTG (20 mM Hepes, 150 mM NaCl, 10% glycerol, 5 mM EDTA, 5 mM Na 3

VO

4 , 0.2% Triton X 100, and 2 mM NaPyr). Cell lysates (0.5 mg/well in PBS) are 25 transferred to ELISA plates previously coated with receptor specific antibody and which had been blocked with 5% milk in TBST (50 mM Tris-HC1 pH 7.2, 150 mM NaCl and 0.1% Triton X 100) at room temperature for 30 min. Lysates are incubated with shaking for 1 hour at room temperature. The plates are 30 washed with TBST four times and then incubated with polyclonal anti-phosphotyrosine antibody at room temperature for 30 minutes. Excess anti-phosphotyrosine antibody is WO 00/38519 82 PCTIUS99/31232 removed by rinsing the plate with TBST four times. Goat anti-rabbit IgG antibody is added to the ELISA plate for 30 min at room temperature followed by rinsing with TBST four more times. ABTS (100 mM citric acid, 250 mM Na 2

HPO

4 and 0.5 5 mg/mL 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)) plus H 2 0 2 (1.2 mL 30% H 2 0 2 to 10 ml ABTS) is added to the ELISA plates to start color development. Absorbance at 410 nm with a reference wavelength of 630 nm is recorded about 15 to 30 min after ABTS addition. 10 IGF-1 RECEPTOR Assay The following protocol may be used to measure phosphotyrosine level on IGF-1 receptor, which indicates IGF 1 receptor tyrosine kinase activity. Materials and Reagents. 15 a. The cell line used in this assay is 3T3/IGF-lR, a cell line genetically engineered to overexpresses IGF-1 receptor. b. NIH3T3/IGF-lR is grown in an incubator with 5% CO 2 at 37 0 C. The growth media is DMEM + 10% FBS (heat 20 inactivated)+ 2mM L-glutamine. c. Affinity purified anti-IGF-1R antibody 17-69. d. D-PBS:

KH

2

PO

4 0.20 g/l

KH

2

PO

4 2.16 g/l 25 KCl 0.20 g/l NaCl 8.00 g/l (pH 7.2) e. Blocking Buffer: TBST plus 5% Milk (Carnation Instant Non-Fat Dry Milk). 30 f. TBST buffer: Tris-HCl 50 mM NaCl 150mM (pH 7.2/HC1 10ON) Triton X-100 0.1% Stock solution of TBS (10X) is prepared, and Triton 35 X-100 is added to the buffer during dilution.

WO 00/38519 83 PCTIUS99/31232 g. HNTG buffer: HEPES 20 mM NaCl 150 mM (pH 7.2/HC1 1N) Glycerol 10% 5 Triton X-100 0.2% Stock solution (5X) is prepared and kept at 4 0 C. h. EDTA/HC1: 0.5 M pH 7.0 (NaOH) as 100X stock. i. Na 3

VO

4 : 0.5 M as 100X stock and aliquots are kept 10 at 80 0 C. j. Na 4

P

2 0 7 : 0.2 M as 100X stock. k. Insulin-like growth factor-1 from Promega (Cat# G5111). 1. Rabbit polyclonal anti-phosphotyrosine antiserum. 15 m. Goat anti-rabbit IgG, POD conjugate (detection antibody), Tago (Cat. No. 4520, Lot No. 1802): Tago, Inc., Burlingame, CA. n. ABTS (2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzthiazolinesulfonic acid)) solution: 20 Citric acid 100 mM Na 2

HPO

4 250 mM (pH 4.0/1 N HCl) ABTS 0.5 mg/ml ABTS solution should be kept in dark and 4 0 C. The solution should be discarded when it turns green. 25 o. Hydrogen Peroxide: 30% solution is kept in the dark and at 4 0 C. Procedure. All the following steps are conducted at room 30 temperature unless specifically indicated otherwise. All ELISA plate washings are performed by rinsing the plate with tap water three times, followed by one TBST rinse. Pat plate dry with paper towels.

WO 00/38519 84 PCTIUS99/31232 Cell Seeding: 1. The cells, grown in tissue culture dish (Corning 25020-100) to 80-90% confluence, are harvested with Trypsin-EDTA (0.25%, 0.5 ml/D-100, GIBCO). 5 2. Resuspend the cells in fresh DMEM + 10% FBS + 2mM L-Glutamine, and transfer to 96-well tissue culture plate (Corning, 25806-96) at 20,000 cells/well (100 l/well). Incubate for 1 day then replace medium to serum-free medium (90/ l) and incubate in 5% CO 2 and 37 0 C overnight. 10 ELISA Plate Coating and Blocking: 1. Coat the ELISA plate (Corning 25805-96) with Anti-IGF-1R Antibody at 0.5 pg/well in 100 [Il PBS at least 2 hours. 2. Remove the coating solution, and replace with 15 100 pl Blocking Buffer, and shake for 30 minutes. Remove the blocking buffer and wash the plate just before adding lysate. Assay Procedures: 1. The drugs are tested under serum-free condition. 2. Dilute drug stock (in 100% DMSO) 1:10 with DMEM in 20 96-well poly-propylene plate, and transfer 10 p4l/well of this solution to the cells to achieve final drug dilution 1:100, and final DMSO concentration of 1.0%. Incubate the cells in 5% CO 2 at 37 0 C for 2 hours. 3. Prepare fresh cell lysis buffer (HNTG*) 25 HNTG 2 ml EDTA 0.1 ml Na 3

VO

4 0.1 ml Na 4

(P

2 0 7 ) 0.1 ml H20 7.3 ml 30 4. After drug incubation for two hours, transfer 10 il/well of 200nM IGF-1 Ligand in PBS to the cells (Final Conc. is 20 nM), and incubate at 5% CO 2 at 37 0 C for 10 minutes.

WO 00/38519 85 PCT/US99/31232 5. Remove media and add 100 tl/well HNTG* and shake for 10 minutes. Look at cells under microscope to see if they are adequately lysed. 6. Use a 12-channel pipette to scrape the cells from 5 the plate, and homogenize the lysate by repeated aspiration and dispensing. Transfer all the lysate to the antibody coated ELISA plate, and shake for 1 hour. 7. Remove the lysate, wash the plate, transfer anti pTyr (1:3,000 with TBST) 100 l/well, and shake for 30 10 minutes. 8. Remove anti-pTyr, wash the plate, transfer TAGO (1:3,000 with TBST) 100 tl/well, and shake for 30 minutes. 9. Remove detection antibody, wash the plate, and transfer fresh ABTS/H 2 0 2 (1.2 tl H 2 0 2 to 10 ml ABTS) 100 15 tl/well to the plate to start color development. Measure OD at 410 nm with a reference wavelength of 630 nm in Dynatec MR5000. EGFR Assay EGF Receptor kinase activity in cells genetically 20 engineered to express human EGF-R can be measured as described below: Materials and Reagents. a. EGF Ligand: stock concentration = 16.5 gM; EGF 201, TOYOBO, Co., Ltd. Japan. 25 b. 05-101 (UBI) (a monoclonal antibody recognizing an EGFR extracellular domain). c. Anti-phosphotyosine antibody (anti-Ptyr) (polyclonal). d. Detection antibody: Goat anti-rabbit lgG horse 30 radish peroxidase conjugate, TAGO, Inc., Burlingame, CA.

WO 00/38519 86 PCTIUS99/31232 e. TBST buffer: Tris-HC1, pH 7 50 mM NaCI 150 mM Triton X-100 0.1 5 f. HNTG 5X stock: HEPES 0.1 M NaCI 0.75 M Glycerol 50 Triton X-100 1.0% 10 g. ABTS stock: Citric Acid 100 mM Na 3

VO

4 250 mM HC1, conc. 4.0 pH ABTS* 0.5 mg/ml 15 Keep solution in dark at 4 0 C until used. h. Stock reagents of: EDTA 100 mM pH 7.0 Na 3

VO

4 0.5 M Na 4

(P

2 0 7 ) 0.2 M 20 Procedure Pre-coat ELISA Plate 1. Coat ELISA plates (Corning, 96 well, Cat. #25805 96) with 05-101 antibody at 0.5 tg per well in PBS, 150 tl final volume/well, and store overnight at 4 0 C. Coated plates 25 are good for up to 10 days when stored at 4 0 C. 2. On day of use, remove coating buffer and replace with blocking buffer (5% Carnation Instant NonFat Dry Milk in PBS). Incubate the plate, shaking, at room temperature (about 23 0 C to 25 0 C) for 30 minutes. Just prior to use, remove 30 blocking buffer and wash plate 4 times with TBST buffer. Seeding Cells 1. NIH 3T3/C7 cell line (Honegger, et al., Cell 51:199-209, 1987) can be use for this assay. 2. Choose dishes having 80-90% confluence for the 35 experiment. Trypsinize cells and stop reaction by adding 10% CS DMEM medium. Suspend cells in DMEM medium (10% CS DMEM WO 00/38519 87 PCT/US99/31232 medium) and centrifuge once at 1000 rpm at room temperature for 5 minutes. 3. Resuspend cells in seeding medium (DMEM, 0.5% bovine serum), and count the cells using trypan blue. 5 Viability above 90% is acceptable. Seed cells in DMEM medium (0.5% bovine serum) at a density of 10,000 cells per well, 100 p1l per well, in a 96 well microtiter plate. Incubate seeded cells in 5% CO 2 at 37 0 C for about 40 hours. Assay Procedures 10 1. Check seeded cells for contamination using an inverted microscope. Dilute test compounds stock (10 mg/ml in DMSO) 1:10 in DMEM medium, then transfer 5 l to a test well for a test compounds drug dilution of 1:200 and a final DMSO concentration of 1%. Control wells receive DMSO alone. 15 Incubate in 5% CO 2 at 37 0 C for one hour. 2. Prepare EGF ligand: dilute stock EGF in DMEM so that upon transfer of 10 pl dilute EGF (1:12 dilution), 25 nM final concentration is attained. 3. Prepare fresh 10 ml HNTG* sufficient for 100 pl per 20 well wherein HNTG* comprises: HNTG stock (2.0 ml), milli-Q

H

2 0 (7.3 ml), EDTA, 100 mM, pH 7.0 (0.5 ml), Na 3

VO

4 0.5 M (0.1 ml) and Na 4

(P

2 0 7 ), 0.2 M (0.1 ml). 4. Place on ice. 5. After two hours incubation with drug, add prepared 25 EGF ligand to cells, 10 pl per well, to yield a final concentration of 25 nM. Control wells receive DMEM alone. Incubate, shaking, at room temperature, for 5 minutes. 6. Remove test compound, EGF, and DMEM. Wash cells twice with PBS. Transfer HNTG* to cells, 100 pl per well. 30 Place on ice for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, remove blocking buffer from other ELISA plate and wash with TBST as described above.

WO 00/38519 88 PCT/US99/31232 7. With a pipette tip securely fitted to a micropipettor, scrape cells from plate and homogenize cell material by repeatedly aspirating and dispensing the HNTG* lysis buffer. Transfer lysate to a coated, blocked, and 5 washed ELISA plate. Incubate shaking at room temperature for one hour. 8. Remove lysate and wash 4 times with TBST. Transfer freshly diluted anti-Ptyr antibody to ELISA plate at 100 tl per well. Incubate shaking at room temperature for 30 10 minutes in the presence of the anti-Ptyr antiserum (1:3000 dilution in TBST). 9. Remove the anti-Ptyr antibody and wash 4 times with TBST. Transfer the freshly diluted TAGO 30 anti-rabbit IgG antibody to the ELISA plate at 100 il per well. Incubate 15 shaking at room temperature for 30 minutes (anti-rabbit IgG antibody: 1:3000 dilution in TBST). 10. Remove detection antibody and wash 4 times with TBST. Transfer freshly prepared ABTS/H 2 0 2 solution to ELISA plate, 100 il per well. Incubate at room temperature for 20 20 minutes. ABTS/H 2 0 2 solution: 1.2 pl 30% H 2 0 2 in 10 ml ABTS stock. 11. Stop reaction by adding 50 pLl 5N H 2 S0 4 (optional), and determine O.D. at 410 nm. 12. The maximal phosphotyrosine signal is determined by 25 subtracting the value of the negative controls from the positive controls. The percent inhibition of phosphotyrosine content for extract-containing wells is then calculated, after subtraction of the negative controls. Met Autophosphorylation Assay 30 This assay determines Met tyrosine kinase activity by analyzing Met protein tyrosine kinase levels on the Met receptor.

WO 00/38519 89 PCT/US99/31232 Reagents a. HNTG (5X stock solution): Dissolve 23.83 g HEPES and 43.83 g NaCI in about 350 ml dH20. Adjust pH to 7.2 with HCI or NaOH, add 500 ml glycerol and 10 ml Triton X-100, mix, 5 add dH20 to 1 L total volume. To make 1 L of 1X working solution add 200 ml 5X stock solution to 800 ml dH20, check and adjust pH as necessary, store at 4 0 C. b. PBS (Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline), Gibco Cat. # 450-1300EB (1X solution). 10 c. Blocking Buffer: in 500 ml dH20 place 100 g BSA, 12.1 g Tris-pH7.5, 58.44 g NaCl and 10 ml Tween-20, dilute to 1 L total volume. d. Kinase Buffer: To 500 ml dH20 add 12.1 g TRIS (pH 7.2), 58.4 g NaCl, 40.7 g MgCl 2 and 1.9 g EGTA; bring to 1 L 15 total volume with dH 2 0. e. PMSF (Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride), Sigma Cat. # P-7626, to 435.5 mg, add 100% ethanol to 25 ml total volume, vortex. f. ATP (Bacterial Source), Sigma Cat. # A-7699, store 20 powder at -20 0 C; to make up solution for use, dissolve 3.31 mg in 1 ml dH20. g. RC-20H HRPO Conjugated Anti-Phosphotyrosine, Transduction Laboratories Cat. # E120H. h. Pierce 1-Step TM Turbo TMB-ELISA (3,3',5,5' 25 tetramethylbenzidine, Pierce Cat. # 34022. i. H2SO0 4 , add 1 ml conc. (18 N) to 35 ml dH 2 0. j. TRIS HCL, Fischer Cat. # BP152-5; to 121.14 g of material, add 600 ml MilliQ H 2 0, adjust pH to 7.5 (or 7.2) with HC1, bring volume to 1 L with MilliQ H 2 0. 30 k. NaCl, Fischer Cat. # S271-10, make up 5M solution. 1. Tween-20, Fischer Cat. # S337-500.

WO 00/38519 90 PCTIUS99/31232 m. Na 3

VO

4 , Fischer Cat. # S454-50, to 1.8 g material add 80 ml MilliQ H 2 0, adjust pH to 10.0 with HC1 or NaOH, boil in microwave, cool, check pH, repeat procedure until pH stable at 10.0, add MilliQ H 2 0 to 100 ml total volume, make 1 5 ml aliquots and store at -800C. n. MgC1 2 , Fischer Cat. # M33-500, make up lM solution. o. HEPES, Fischer Cat. # BP310-500, to 200 ml MilliQ

H

2 0, add 59.6 g material, adjust pH to 7.5, bring volume to 250 ml total, sterile filter. 10 p. Albumin, Bovine (BSA), Sigma Cat. # A-4503, to 30 grams material add sterile distilled water to make total volume of 300 ml, store at 4 0 C. q. TBST Buffer: to approx. 900 ml dH 2 0 in a 1 L graduated cylinder add 6.057 g TRIS and 8.766 g NaCl, when 15 dissolved, adjust pH to 7.2 with HC1, add 1.0 ml Triton X-100 and bring to 1 L total volume with dH20. r. Goat Affinity purified antibody Rabbit IgG (whole molecule), Cappel Cat. # 55641. s. Anti h-Met (C-28) rabbit polyclonal IgG antibody, 20 Santa Cruz Chemical Cat. # SC-161. t. Transiently Transfected EGFR/Met chimeric cells (EMR) (Komada, et al., Oncogene, 8:2381-2390 (1993). u. Sodium Carbonate Buffer, (Na 2

CO

4 , Fischer Cat. # S495) : to 10.6 g material add 800 ml MilliQ H 2 0, when 25 dissolved adjust pH to 9.6 with NaOH, bring up to 1 L total volume with MilliQ H20, filter, store at 4 0 C. Procedure All of the following steps are conducted at room temperature unless it is specifically indicated otherwise. 30 All ELISA plate washing is by rinsing 4X with TBST.

WO00/38519 91 PCTIUS99/31232 EMR Lysis This procedure can be performed the night before or immediately prior to the start of receptor capture. 1. Quick thaw lysates in a 370 C waterbath with a 5 swirling motion until the last crystals disappear. 2. Lyse cell pellet with 1X HNTG containing 1 mM PMSF. Use 3 ml of HNTG per 15 cm dish of cells. Add 1/2 the calculated HNTG volume, vortex the tube for 1 min., add the remaining amount of HNTG, vortex for another min. 10 3. Balance tubes, centrifuge at 10,000 x g for 10 min at 4 0 C. 4. Pool supernatants, remove an aliquot for protein determination. 5. Quick freeze pooled sample in dry ice/ethanol bath. 15 This step is performed regardless of whether lysate will be stored overnight or used immediately following protein determination. 6. Perform protein determination using standard bicinchoninic acid (BCA) method (BCA Assay Reagent Kit from 20 Pierce Chemical Cat. # 23225). ELISA Procedure 1. Coat Corning 96 well ELISA plates with 5 tg per well Goat anti-Rabbit antibody in Carbonate Buffer for a total well volume of 50 pl. Store overnight at 4 0 C. 25 2. Remove unbound Goat anti-rabbit antibody by inverting plate to remove liquid. 3. Add 150 tl of Blocking Buffer to each well. Incubate for 30 min. with shaking. 4. Wash 4X with TBST. Pat plate on a paper towel to 30 remove excess liquid and bubbles. 5. Add 1pg per well of Rabbit anti-Met antibody diluted in TBST for a total well volume of 100 pl.

WO 00/38519 92 PCTIUS99/31232 6. Dilute lysate in HNTG (90 pg lysate/100l) 7. Add 100 pl of diluted lysate to each well. Shake for 60 min. 8. Wash 4X with TBST. Pat on paper towel to remove 5 excess liquid and bubbles. 9. Add 50 pl of 1X lysate buffer per well. 10. Dilute compounds/extracts 1:10 in lX Kinase Buffer in a polypropylene 96 well plate. 11. Transfer 5.5 pl of diluted compound to ELISA plate 10 wells. Incubate at room temperature with shaking for 20 min. 12. Add 5.5 pl of 60 tM ATP solution per well. Negative controls do not receive any ATP. Incubate for 90 min., with shaking. 13. Wash 4X with TBST. Pat plate on paper towel to 15 remove excess liquid and bubbles. 14. Add 100 pl per well of RC20 (1:3000 dilution in Blocking Buffer). Incubate 30 min. with shaking. 15. Wash 4X with TBST. Pat plate on paper towel to remove excess liquid and bubbles. 20 16. Add 100 pl per well of Turbo-TMB. Incubate with shaking for 30-60 min. 17. Add 100 pl per well of IM H 2

SO

4 to stop reaction. 18. Read assay on Dynatech MR7000 ELISA reader. Test Filter = 450 nm, reference filter = 410 nm. 25 Biochemical src assay This assay is used to determine src protein kinase activity measuring phosphorylation of a biotinylated peptide as the readout. Materials and Reagents: 30 a. Yeast transformed with src (Sugen, Inc., Redwood City, California).

WO 00/38519 93 PCTIUS99/31232 b. Cell lysates: Yeast cells expressing src are pelleted, washed once with water, re-pelleted and stored at 80 0 C until use. c. N-terminus biotinylated EEEYEEYEEEYEEEYEEEY is 5 prepared by standard procedures well known to those skilled in the art. d. DMSO: Sigma, St. Louis, MO. e. 96 Well ELISA Plate: Corning 96 Well Easy Wash, Modified flat Bottom Plate, Corning Cat. #25805-96. 10 f. NUNC 96-well V-bottom polypropylene plates for dilution of compounds: Applied Scientific Cat. # A-72092. g. Vecastain ELITE ABC reagent: Vector, Burlingame, CA. h. Anti-src (327) mab: Schizosaccharomyces Pombe is 15 used to express recombinant Src (Superti-Furga, et al., EMBO J., 12:2625-2634; Superti-Furga, et al., Nature Biochem., 14:600-605). S. Pombe strain SP200 (h-s leul.32 ura4 ade210) is grown as described and transformations are pRSP expression plasmids are done by the lithium acetate method (Superti 20 Furga, supra). Cells are grown in the presence of 1 pM thiamine to repress expression from the nmtl promoter or in the absence of thiamine to induce expression. i. Monoclonal anti-phosphotyrosine, UBI 05-321 (UB40 may be used instead). 25 j. Turbo TMB-ELISA peroxidase substrate: Pierce Chemical. Buffer Solutions a. PBS (Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline): GIBCO PBS, GIBCO Cat. # 450-1300EB. 30 b. Blocking Buffer: 5% Non-fat milk (Carnation) in

PBS.

WO 00/38519 94 PCT/US99/31232 c. Carbonate Buffer: Na 2

CO

4 from Fischer, Cat. # S495, make up 100 mM stock solution. d. Kinase Buffer: 1.0 ml (from 1M stock solution) MgCl 2 ; 0.2 ml (from a lM stock solution) MnCl 2 ; 0.2 ml (from 5 a 1M stock solution) DTT; 5.0 ml (from a lM stock solution) HEPES; 0.1 ml TX-100; bring to 10 ml total volume with MilliQ

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2 0. e. Lysis Buffer: 5.0 HEPES (from lM stock solution.); 2.74 ml NaCI (from 5M stock solution); 10 ml glycerol; 1.0 ml 10 TX-100; 0.4 ml EDTA (from a 100 mM stock solution); 1.0 ml PMSF (from a 100 mM stock solution); 0.1 ml Na 3

VO

4 (from a 0.1 M stock solution); bring to 100 ml total volume with MilliQ H 2 0. f. ATP: Sigma Cat. # A-7699, make up 10 mM stock 15 solution (5.51 mg/ml). g TRIS-HC1: Fischer Cat. # BP 152-5, to 600 ml MilliQ H20 add 121.14 g material, adjust pH to 7.5 with HC1, bring to 1 L total volume with MilliQ H 2 0. h. NaCl: Fischer Cat. # S271-10, Make up 5M stock 20 solution with MilliQ H 2 0. i. NaVO 4 : Fischer Cat. # S454-50; to 80 ml MilliQ H20, add 1.8 g material; adjust pH to 10.0 with HCl or NaOH; boil in a microwave; cool; check pH, repeat pH adjustment until pH remains stable after heating/cooling cycle; bring to 25 100 ml total volume with MilliQ H 2 0; make 1 ml aliquots and store at -80 0 C. j. MgC1 2 : Fischer Cat. # M33-500, make up IM stock solution with MilliQ H20. k. HEPES: Fischer Cat. # BP 310-500; to 200 ml MilliQ 30 H 2 0, add 59.6 g material, adjust pH to 7.5, bring to 250 ml total volume with MilliQ H 2 0, sterile filter (lM stock solution).

WO 00/38519 95 PCT/US99/31232 1. TBST Buffer: TBST Buffer: To 900 ml dH20 add 6.057 g TRIS and 8.766 g NaCI; adjust pH to 7.2 with HC1, add 1.0 ml Triton-X100; bring to 1 L total volume with dH20. m. MnC1 2 : Fischer Cat. # M87-100, make up lM stock 5 solution with MilliQ H 2 0. n. DTT: Fischer Cat. # BP172-5. o. TBS (TRIS Buffered Saline): to 900 ml MilliQ H 2 0 add 6.057 g TRIS and 8.777 g NaCl; bring to 1 L total volume with MilliQ H20. 10 p. Kinase Reaction Mixture: Amount per assay plate (100 wells): 1.0 ml Kinase Buffer, 200 tg GST-( , bring to final volume of 8.0 ml with MilliQ H 2 0. q. Biotin labeled EEEYEEYEEEYEEEYEEEY: Make peptide stock solution (1mM, 2.98 mg/ml) in water fresh just before 15 use. r. Vectastain ELITE ABC reagent: To prepare 14 ml of working reagent, add 1 drop of reagent A to 15 ml TBST and invert tube several times to mix. Then add 1 drop of reagent B. Put tube on orbital shaker at room temperature and mix 20 for 30 minutes. Procedures Preparation of src coated ELISA plate. 1. Coat ELISA plate with 0.5 pg/well anti-src mab in 100 l of pH 9.6 sodium carbonate buffer; hold at 4 0 C 25 overnight. 2. Wash wells once with PBS. 3. Block plate with 0.15 ml 5% milk in PBS for 30 min. at room temperature. 4. Wash plate 5X with PBS. 30 5. Add 10 jg/well of src transformed yeast lysates diluted in Lysis Buffer (0.1 ml total volume per well).

WO 00/38519 96 PCT/US99/31232 (Amount of lysate may vary between batches.) Shake plate for 20 minutes at room temperature. Preparation of phosphotyrosine antibody-coated ELISA plate. 5 1. 4G10 plate: coat 0.5 pg/well 4010 in 100 pl PBS overnight at 4oC and block with 150 pl of 5% milk in PBS for 30 minutes at room temperature. Kinase assay procedure. 1. Remove unbound proteins from plates and wash plates 10 5X with PBS. 2. Add 0.08 ml Kinase Reaction Mixture per well (containing 10 pl of 10X Kinase Buffer and 10 p.M (final concentration) biotin-EEEYEEYEEEYEEEYEEEY per well diluted in water. 15 3. Add 10 pl of compound diluted in water containing 10% DMSO and pre-incubate for 15 minutes at room temperature. 4. Start kinase reaction by adding 10 pl/well of 0.05 mM ATP in water (5 pM ATP final). 5. Shake ELISA plate for 15 min. at room temperature. 20 6. Stop kinase reaction by adding 10 pl of 0.5 M EDTA per well. 7. Transfer 90 pl supernatant to a blocked 4G10 coated ELISA plate. 8. Incubate for 30 min. while shaking at room 25 temperature. 9. Wash plate 5X with TBST. 10. Incubate with Vectastain ELITE ABC reagent (100 p1l/well) for 30 min. at room temperature. 11. Wash the wells 5X with TBST. 30 12. Develop with Turbo TMB.

WO00/38519 97 PCTIUS99/31232 Biochemical ick Assay This assay is used to determine ick protein kinase activities measuring phosphorylation of GST-( as the readout. Materials and Reagents 5 a. Yeast transformed with Ick. Schizosaccharomyces Pombe is used to express recombinant Lck (Superti-Furga, et al., EMBO J, 12:2625-2634; Superti-Furga, et al., Nature Biotech., 14:600-605). S. Pombe strain SP200 (h-s leul.32 ura4 ade210) is grown as described and transformations with 10 pRSP expression plasmids are done by the lithium acetate method (Superti-Furga, supra). Cells are grown in the presence of 1 pM thiamine to induce expression. b. Cell lysates: Yeast cells expressing lck are pelleted, washed once in water, re-pelleted and stored frozen 15 at -80 0 C until use. c. GST-4: DNA encoding for GST-4 fusion protein for expression in bacteria obtained from Arthur Weiss of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of California, San Francisco. Transformed bacteria are grown 20 overnight while shaking at 25 0 C. GST-( is purified by glutathione affinity chromatography, Pharmacia, Alameda, CA. d. DMSO: Sigma, St. Louis, MO. e. 96-Well ELISA plate: Corning 96 Well Easy Wash, Modified Flat Bottom Plate, Corning Cat. #25805-96. 25 f. NUNC 96-well V-bottom polypropylene plates for dilution of compounds: Applied Scientific Cat. # AS-72092. g. Purified Rabbit anti-GST antiserum: Amrad Corporation (Australia) Cat. #90001605. h. Goat anti-Rabbit-IgG-HRP: Amersham Cat. # V010301. 30 i. Sheep ant-mouse IgG (H+L): Jackson Labs Cat. # 5215-005-003.

WO 00/38519 98 PCTIUS99/31232 j. Anti-Lck (3A5) mab: Santa Cruz Biotechnology Cat # sc-433. k. Monoclonal anti-phosphotyrosine UBI 05-321 (UB40 may be used instead). 5 Buffer solutions a. PBS (Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline) lX solution: GIBCO PBS, GIBCO Cat. # 450-1300EB. b. Blocking Buffer: 100 g. BSA, 12.1 g. TRIS (pH7.5), 58.44 g NaCl, 10 ml Tween-20, bring up to 1 L total volume 10 with MilliQ H2O. c. Carbonate Buffer: Na 2

CO

4 from Fischer, Cat. # S495; make up 100 mM solution with MilliQ H 2 0. d. Kinase Buffer: 1.0 ml (from lM stock solution) MgCl 2 ; 0.2 ml (from a 1M stock solution) MnCl 2 ; 0.2 ml (from 15 a 1M stock solution) DTT; 5.0 ml (from a 1M stock solution) HEPES; 0.1 ml TX-100; bring to 10 ml total volume with MilliQ

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2 0. e. Lysis Buffer: 5.0 HEPES (from lM stock solution.); 2.74 ml NaCl (from 5M stock solution); 10 ml glycerol; 1.0 ml 20 TX-100; 0.4 ml EDTA (from a 100 mM stock solution); 1.0 ml PMSF (from a 100 mM stock solution); 0.1 ml Na 3

VO

4 (from a 0.1 M stock solution); bring to 100 ml total volume with MilliQ H 2 0. f. ATP: Sigma Cat. # A-7699, make up 10 mM stock 25 solution (5.51 mg/ml). g TRIS-HCl: Fischer Cat. # BP 152-5, to 600 ml MilliQ H 2 0 add 121.14 g material, adjust pH to 7.5 with HC1, bring to 1 L total volume with MilliQ H 2 0. h. NaCl: Fischer Cat. # S271-10, Make up SM stock 30 solution with MilliQ H 2 0. i Na 3

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4 : Fischer Cat. # S454-50; to 80 ml MilliQ

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2 0, add 1.8 g material; adjust pH to 10.0 with HC1 or NaOH; WO 00/38519 99 PCTUS99/31232 boil in a microwave; cool; check pH, repeat pH adjustment until pH remains stable after heating/cooling cycle; bring to 100 ml total volume with MilliQ H 2 0; make 1 ml aliquots and store at -80 0 C. 5 j. MgCl 2 : Fischer Cat. # M33-500, make up IM stock solution with MilliQ H 2 0. k. HEPES: Fischer Cat. # BP 310-500; to 200 ml MilliQ H20, add 59.6 g material, adjust pH to 7.5, bring to 250 ml total volume with MilliQ H 2 0, sterile filter (1IM stock 10 solution). 1. Albumin, Bovine (BSA), Sigma Cat. # A4503; to 150 ml MilliQ H 2 0 add 30 g material, bring 300 ml total volume with MilliQ H20, filter through 0.22 gm filter, store at 40C. m. TBST Buffer: To 900 ml dH20 add 6.057 g TRIS and 15 8.766 g NaCl; adjust pH to 7.2 with HCl, add 1.0 ml Triton X100; bring to 1 L total volume with dH20. n. MnC12: Fischer Cat. # M87-100, make up IM stock solution with MilliQ H 2 0. o. DTT: Fischer Cat. # BP172-5. 20 p. TBS (TRIS Buffered Saline): to 900 ml MilliQ H 2 0 add 6.057 g TRIS and 8.777 g NaCl; bring to 1 L total volume with MilliQ H 2 0. q Kinase Reaction Mixture: Amount per assay plate (100 wells): 1.0 ml Kinase Buffer, 200 gg GST-(, bring to 25 final volume of 8.0 ml with MilliQ H 2 0. Procedures Preparation of Lck coated ELISA plate 1. Coat 2.0 ig/well Sheep anti-mouse IgG in 100 p1l of pH 9.6 sodium carbonate buffer at 4 0 C overnight. 30 2. Wash well once with PBS. 3. Block plate with 0.15 ml of blocking Buffer for 30 min. at room temp.

WO 00/38519 100 PCT/US99/31232 4. Wash plate 5X with PBS. 5. Add 0.5 pg/well of anti-lck (mab 3A5) in 0.1 ml PBS at room temperature for 1-2 hours. 6. Wash plate 5X with PBS. 5 7. Add 20 jg/well of ick transformed yeast lysates diluted in Lysis Buffer (0.1 ml total volume per well). Shake plate at 4oC overnight to prevent loss of activity. Preparation of phosphotyrosine antibody-coated ELISA plate 10 1. UB40 plate: 1.0 jg/well UB40 in 100 il of PBS overnight at 40C and block with 150 pl of Blocking Buffer for at least 1 hour. Kinase assay procedure 1. Remove unbound proteins from plates and wash plates 15 5X with PBS. 2. Add 0.08 ml Kinase Reaction Mixture per well (containing 10 pl of 10X Kinase Buffer and 2 pg GST-( per well diluted with water). 3. Add 10 Il of compound diluted in water containing 20 10% DMSO and pre-incubate for 15 minutes at room temperature. 4. Start kinase reaction by adding 10pl/well of 0.1 mM ATP in water (10 pM ATP final). 5. Shake ELISA plate for 60 min. at room temperature. 6. Stop kinase reaction by adding 10 pl of 0.5 M EDTA 25 per well. 7. Transfer 90 jil supernatant to a blocked 4G10 coated ELISA plate from section B, above. 8. Incubate while shaking for 30 min. at room temperature. 30 9. Wash plate 5X with TBST.

WO 00/38519 101 PCT/US99/31232 10. Incubate with Rabbit anti-GST antibody at 1:5000 dilution in 100 pl TBST for 30 min. at room temperature. 11. Wash the wells 5X with TBST. 12. Incubate with Goat anti-Rabbit-IgG-HRP at 1:20,000 5 dilution in 100 pl of TBST for 30 min. at room temperature. 13. Wash the wells 5X with TBST. 14. Develop with Turbo TMB. Assay measuring phosphorylating function of RAF The following assay reports the amount of RAF-catalyzed 10 phosphorylation of its target protein MEK as well as MEK's target MAPK. The RAF gene sequence is described in Bonner et al., 1985, Molec. Cell. Biol., 5:1400-1407, and is readily accessible in multiple gene sequence data banks. Construction of the nucleic acid vector and cell lines 15 utilized for this portion of the invention are fully described in Morrison et al., 1988, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 85:8855-8859. Materials and Reagents 1. Sf9 (Spodoptera frugiperda) cells; GIBCO-BRL, 20 Gaithersburg, MD. 2. RIPA buffer: 20 mM Tris/HCl pH 7.4, 137 mM NaCl, 10% glycerol, 1 mM PMSF, 5 mg/L Aprotenin, 0.5 % Triton X 100; 3. Thioredoxin-MEK fusion protein (T-MEK): T-MEK 25 expression and purification by affinity chromatography are performed according to the manufacturer's procedures. Catalog# K 350-01 and R 350-40, Invitrogen Corp., San Diego, CA 4. His-MAPK (ERK 2); His-tagged MAPK is expressed in 30 XL1 Blue cells transformed with pUC18 vector encoding His MAPK. His-MAPK is purified by Ni-affinity chromatography. Cat# 27-4949-01, Pharmacia, Alameda, CA, as described herein.

WO 00/38519 102 PCT/US99/31232 5. Sheep anti mouse IgG: Jackson laboratories, West Grove, PA. Catalog, # 515-006-008, Lot# 28563 6. RAF-1 protein kinase specific antibody: URP2653 from UBI. 5 7. Coating buffer: PBS; phosphate buffered saline, GIBCO-BRL, Gaithersburg, MD. 8. Wash buffer: TBST (50 mM Tris/HCL pH 7.2, 150 mM NaCl, 0.1 % Triton X-100). 9. Block buffer: TBST, 0.1 % ethanolamine pH 7.4 10 10. DMSO, Sigma, St. Louis, MO 11. Kinase buffer (KB): 20 mM HEPES/HC1 pH 7.2, 150 mM NaCl, 0.1 % Triton X-100, 1 mM PMSF, 5 mg/L Aprotenin, 75 mM sodium orthovanadate, 0.5 MM DTT and 10 mM MgC1 2 . 12. ATP mix: 100 mM MgCl 2 , 300 mM ATP, 10 mCi y 33 P ATP 15 (Dupont-NEN)/mL. 13 Stop solution: 1% phosphoric acid; Fisher, Pittsburgh, PA. 14. Wallac Cellulose Phosphate Filter mats; Wallac, Turku, Finnland. 20 15. Filter wash solution: 1% phosphoric acid, Fisher, Pittsburgh, PA. 16. Tomtec plate harvester, Wallac, Turku, Finnland. 17. Wallac beta plate reader # 1205, Wallac, Turku, Finnland. 25 18. NUNC 96-well V bottom polypropylene plates for compounds Applied Scientific Catalog # AS-72092. Procedure All of the following steps are conducted at room temperature unless specifically indicated otherwise. 30 1. ELISA plate coating: ELISA wells are coated with 100 ml of Sheep anti mouse affinity purified antiserum (1 WO 00/38519 103 PCT/US99/31232 mg/100 mL coating buffer) over night at 40 C. ELISA plates can be used for two weeks when stored at 40 C. 2. Invert the plate and remove liquid. Add 100 mL of blocking solution and incubate for 30 min. 5 3. Remove blocking solution and wash four times with wash buffer. Pat the plate on a paper towel to remove excess liquid. 4. Add 1 mg of antibody specific for RAF-1 to each well and incubate for 1 hour. Wash as described in step 3. 10 5. Thaw lysates from RAS/RAF infected Sf9 cells and dilute with TBST to 10 mg/100 mL. Add 10 mg of diluted lysate to the wells and incubate for 1 hour. Shake the plate during incubation. Negative controls receive no lysate. Lysates from RAS/RAF infected Sf9 insect cells are prepared 15 after cells are infected with recombinant baculoviruses at a MOI of 5 for each virus, and harvested 48 hours later. The cells are washed once with PBS and lysed in RIPA buffer. Insoluble material is removed by centrifugation (5 min at 10,000 x g). Aliquots of lysates are frozen in dry 20 ice/ethanol and stored at -80 oC until use. 6. Remove non-bound material and wash as outlined above (step 3). 7. Add 2 mg of T-MEK and 2 mg of His-MAEPK per well and adjust the volume to 40 ml with kinase buffer. Methods 25 for purifying T-MEK and MAPK from cell extracts are provided herein by example. 8. Pre-dilute compounds (stock solution 10 mg/ml DMSO) or extracts 20 fold in TBST plus 1% DMSO. Add 5 ml of the pre-diluted compounds/extracts to the wells described in step 30 6. Incubate for 20 min. Controls receive no drug.

WO 00/38519 104 PCT/US99/31232 9. Start the kinase reaction by addition of 5 ml ATP mix; Shake the plates on an ELISA plate shaker during incubation. 10. Stop the kinase reaction after 60 min by addition 5 of 30 mL stop solution to each well. 11. Place the phosphocellulose mat and the ELISA plate in the Tomtec plate harvester. Harvest and wash the filter with the filter wash solution according to the manufacturer's recommendation. Dry the filter mats. Seal the filter mats 10 and place them in the holder. Insert the holder into radioactive detection apparatus and quantify the radioactive phosphorous on the filter mats. Alternatively, 40 mL aliquots from individual wells of the assay plate can be transferred to the corresponding 15 positions on the phosphocellulose filter mat. After air drying the filters, put the filters in a tray. Gently rock the tray, changing the wash solution at 15 min intervals for 1 hour. Air-dry the filter mats. Seal the filter mats and place them in a holder suitable for measuring the radioactive 20 phosphorous in the samples. Insert the holder into a detection device and quantify the radioactive phosphorous on the filter mats. CDK2/Cyclin A - Inhibition Assay This assay analyzes the protein kinase activity of CDK2 25 in exogenous substrate. Reagents A. Buffer A: (80 mM Tris ( pH 7.2), 40 mM MgC1 2 ), 4.84 g. Tris (F.W. =121.1 g/mol), 4.07 g. MgCl 2 (F.W.=203.31 g/mol) dissolved in 500 ml H 2 0. Adjust pH to 7.2 with HC1. 30 B. Histone H1 solution (0.45 mg/ml Histone H1 and 20 mM HEPES pH 7.2: 5 mg Histone H1 (Boehinger Mannheim) in 11.111 ml 20 mM HEPES pH 7.2 (477 mg HEPES (F.W.= 238.3 WO 00/38519 105 PCTIUS99/31232 g/mol) dissolved in 100 ml ddH20, stored in 1 ml aliquots at -800 C. C. ATP solution (60 tM ATP, 300 pg/ml BSA, 3 mM DTT): 120 jl 10 mM ATP, 600 tl 10 mg/ml BSA to 20 ml, stored in 1 5 ml aliquots at -800 C. D. CDK2 solution: cdk2/cyclin A in 10 mM HEPES pH 7.2, 25 mM NaCl, 0.5 mM DTT, 10% glycerol, stored in 9 pl aliquots at -800 C. 10 Protocol 1. Prepare solutions of inhibitors at three times the desired final assay concentration in ddH 2 0/15% DMSO by volume. 2. Dispense 20 pl of inhibitors to wells of 15 polypropylene 96-well plates (or 20 tl 15% DMSO for positive and negative controls). 3. Thaw Histone H1 solution (1 ml/plate), ATP solution (1 ml/plate plus 1 aliquot for negative control), and CDK2 solution (9 l/plate). Keep CDK2 on ice until use. Aliquot 20 CDK2 solution appropriately to avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles. 4. Dilute 9 tl CDK2 solution into 2.1 ml Buffer A (per plate). Mix. Dispense 20 p1l into each well. 5. Mix 1 ml Histone H1 solution with 1 ml ATP solution 25 (per plate) into a 10 ml screw cap tube. Add y 7 33 P ATP to a concentration of 0.15 pCi/20pl (0.15 RCi/well in assay). Mix carefully to avoid BSA frothing. Add 20 il to appropriate wells. Mix plates on plate shaker. For negative control, mix ATP solution with an equal amount of 20 mM HEPES pH 7.2 and 30 add y 33 P ATP to a concentration of 0.15 RCi/20pl solution. Add 20 p1l to appropriate wells.

WO 00/38519 106 PCT/US99/31232 6. Let reactions proceed for 60 minutes. 7. Add 35 pl 10% TCA to each well. Mix plates on plate shaker. 8. Spot 40 tl of each sample onto P30 filter mat 5 squares. Allow mats to dry (approx. 10-20 minutes). 9 Wash filter mats 4 X 10 minutes with 250 ml 1% phosphoric acid (10 ml phosphoric acid per liter ddH 2 0). 10. Count filter mats with beta plate reader. Cellular/Biologic Assays 10 PDGF-Induced BrdU Incorporation Assay Materials and Reagents (1) PDGF: human PDGF B/B; 1276-956, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (2) BrdU Labeling Reagent: 10 mM, in PBS (pH7.4), Cat. 15 No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (3) FixDenat: fixation solution (ready to use), Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (4) Anti-BrdU-POD: mouse monoclonal antibody conjugated with peroxidase, Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, 20 Germany. (5) TMB Substrate Solution: tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), ready to use, Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (6) PBS Washing Solution : 1X PBS, pH 7.4 (Sugen, Inc., 25 Redwood City, California). (7) Albumin, Bovine (BSA): fraction V powder; A-8551, Sigma Chemical Co., USA. (8) 3T3 cell line genetically engineered to express human PDGF-R. 30 Protocol WO 00/38519 107 PCT/US99/31232 (1) Cells are seeded at 8000 cells/well in DMEM,.10% CS, 2mM Gln in a 96 well plate. Cells are incubated overnight at 37 0 C in 5% CO 2 . (2) After 24 hours, the cells are washed with PBS, and 5 then are serum starved in serum free medium (0%CS DMEM with 0.1% BSA) for 24 hours. (3) On day 3, ligand (PDGF, 3.8 nM, prepared in DMEM with 0.1% BSA) and test compounds are added to the cells simultaneously. The negative control wells receive serum 10 free DMEM with 0.1% BSA only; the positive control cells receive the ligand (PDGF) but no test compound. Test compounds are prepared in serum free DMEM with ligand in a 96 well plate, and serially diluted for 7 test concentrations. (4) After 20 hours of ligand activation, diluted BrdU 15 labeling reagent (1:100 in DMEM, 0.1% BSA) is added and the cells are incubated with BrdU (final concentration=10 pM) for 1.5 hours. (5) After incubation with labeling reagent, the medium is removed by decanting and tapping the inverted plate on a 20 paper towel. FixDenat solution is added (50 pl/well) and the plates are incubated at room temperature for 45 minutes on a plate shaker. (6) The FixDenat solution is thoroughly removed by decanting and tapping the inverted plate on a paper towel. 25 Milk is added (5% dehydrated milk in PBS, 200 pl/well) as a blocking solution and the plate is incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker. (7) The blocking solution is removed by decanting and the wells are washed once with PBS. Anti-BrdU-POD solution 30 (1:100 dilution in PBS, 1% BSA) is added (100 l/well) and the plate is incubated for 90 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker.

WO 00/38519 108 PCT/US99/31232 (8) The antibody conjugate is thoroughly removed by decanting and rinsing the wells 5 times with PBS, and the plate is dried by inverting and tapping on a paper towel. (9) TMB substrate solution is added (100 l/well) and 5 incubated for 20 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker until color development is sufficient for photometric detection. (10) The absorbance of the samples are measured at 410 nm (in "dual wavelength" mode with a filter reading at 490 10 nm, as a reference wavelength) on a Dynatech ELISA plate reader. EGF-Induced BrdU Incorporation Assay Materials and Reagents (1) EGF: mouse EGF, 201; Toyobo, Co., Ltd.. Japan. 15 (2) BrdU Labeling Reagent: 10 mM, in PBS (pH7.4), Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (3) FixDenat: fixation solution (ready to use), Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (4) Anti-BrdU-POD: mouse monoclonal antibody conjugated 20 with peroxidase, Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (5) TMB Substrate Solution: tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), ready to use, Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. 25 (6) PBS Washing Solution : 1X PBS, pH 7.4 (Sugen, Inc., Redwood City, California). (7) Albumin, Bovine (BSA): fraction V powder; A-8551, Sigma Chemical Co., USA. (8) 3T3 cell line genetically engineered to express 30 human EGF-R.

WO 00/38519 109 PCT/US99/31232 Protocol (1) Cells are seeded at 8000 cells/well in 10% CS, 2mM Gln in DMEM, in a 96 well plate. Cells are incubated overnight at 37 0 C in 5% CO 2 . 5 (2) After 24 hours, the cells are washed with PBS, and then are serum starved in serum free medium (0% CS DMEM with 0.1% BSA) for 24 hours. (3) On day 3, ligand (EGF, 2 nM, prepared in DMEM with 0.1% BSA) and test compounds are added to the cells 10 simultaneously. The negative control wells receive serum free DMEM with 0.1% BSA only; the positive control cells receive the ligand (EGF) but no test compound. Test compounds are prepared in serum free DMEM with ligand in a 96 well plate, and serially diluted for 7 test concentrations. 15 (4) After 20 hours of ligand activation, diluted BrdU labeling reagent (1:100 in DMEM, 0.1% BSA) is added and the cells are incubated with BrdU (final concentration = 10 pM) for 1.5 hours. (5) After incubation with labeling reagent, the medium 20 is removed by decanting and tapping the inverted plate on a paper towel. FixDenat solution is added (50 tl/well) and the plates are incubated at room temperature for 45 minutes on a plate shaker. (6) The FixDenat solution is thoroughly removed by 25 decanting and tapping the inverted plate on a paper towel. Milk is added (5% dehydrated milk in PBS, 200 tl/well) as a blocking solution and the plate is incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker. (7) The blocking solution is removed by decanting and 30 the wells are washed once with PBS. Anti-BrdU-POD solution (1:100 dilution in PBS, 1% BSA) is added (100 l/well) and WO00/38519 110 PCTIUS99/31232 the plate is incubated for 90 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker. (8) The antibody conjugate is thoroughly removed by decanting and rinsing the wells 5 times with PBS, and the 5 plate is dried by inverting and tapping on a paper towel. (9) TMB substrate solution is added (100 l/well) and incubated for 20 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker until color development is sufficient for photometric detection. 10 (10) The absorbance of the samples are measured at 410 nm (in "dual wavelength" mode with a filter reading at 490 nm, as a reference wavelength) on a Dynatech ELISA plate reader. EGF-Induced Her2-Driven BrdU Incorporation 15 Materials and Reagents (1) EGF: mouse EGF, 201; Toyobo, Co., Ltd. Japan (2) BrdU Labeling Reagent: 10 mM, in PBS (pH7.4), Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (3) FixDenat: fixation solution (ready to use), Cat. 20 No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (4) Anti-BrdU-POD: mouse monoclonal antibody conjugated with peroxidase, Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (5) TMB Substrate Solution: tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), 25 ready to use, Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (6) PBS Washing Solution: IX PBS, pH 7.4, made in house. (7) Albumin, Bovine (BSA): fraction V powder; A-8551, 30 Sigma Chemical Co., USA.

WO00/38519 111 PCT/US99/31232 (8) 3T3 cell line engineered to express a chimeric receptor having the extra-cellular domain of EGF-R and the intra-cellular domain of Her2. Protocol 5 (1) Cells are seeded at 8000 cells/well in DMEM, 10% CS, 2mM Gln in a 96- well plate. Cells are incubated overnight at 370 C in 5% CO 2 . (2) After 24 hours, the cells are washed with PBS, and then are serum starved in serum free medium (0% CS DMEM with 10 0.1% BSA) for 24 hours. (3) On day 3, ligand (EGF = 2 nM, prepared in DMEM with 0.1% BSA) and test compounds are added to the cells simultaneously. The negative control wells receive serum free DMEM with 0.1% BSA only; the positive control cells 15 receive the ligand (EGF) but no test compound. Test compounds are prepared in serum free DMEM with ligand in a 96 well plate, and serially diluted for 7 test concentrations. (4) After 20 hours of ligand activation, diluted BrdU labeling reagent (1:100 in DMEM, 0.1% BSA) is added and the 20 cells are incubated with BrdU (final concentration = 10 tM) for 1.5 hours. (5) After incubation with labeling reagent, the medium is removed by decanting and tapping the inverted plate on a paper towel. FixDenat solution is added (50 pl/well) and the 25 plates are incubated at room temperature for 45 minutes on a plate shaker. (6) The FixDenat solution is thoroughly removed by decanting and tapping the inverted plate on a paper towel. Milk is added (5% dehydrated milk in PBS, 200 pl/well) as a 30 blocking solution and the plate is incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker.

WO00/38519 112 PCT/US99/31232 (7) The blocking solution is removed by decanting and the wells are washed once with PBS. Anti-BrdU-POD solution (1:100 dilution in PBS, 1% BSA) is added (100 l/well) and the plate is incubated for 90 minutes at room temperature on 5 a plate shaker. (8) The antibody conjugate is thoroughly removed by decanting and rinsing the wells 5 times with PBS, and the plate is dried by inverting and tapping on a paper towel. (9) TMB substrate solution is added (100 il/well) and 10 incubated for 20 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker until color development is sufficient for photometric detection. (10) The absorbance of the samples are measured at 410 nm (in "dual wavelength" mode with a filter reading at 490 15 nm, as a reference wavelength) on a Dynatech ELISA plate reader. IGFl-Induced BrdU Incorporation Assay Materials and Reagents (1) IGF1 Ligand: human, recombinant; G511, Promega Corp, 20 USA. (2) BrdU Labeling Reagent: 10 mM, in PBS (pH7.4), Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (3) FixDenat: fixation solution (ready to use), Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. 25 (4) Anti-BrdU-POD: mouse monoclonal antibody conjugated with peroxidase, Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany. (5) TMB Substrate Solution: tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), ready to use, Cat. No. 1 647 229, Boehringer Mannheim, 30 Germany. (6) PBS Washing Solution: 1X PBS, pH 7.4 (Sugen, Inc., Redwood City, California).

WO00/38519 113 PCT/US99/31232 (7) Albumin, Bovine (BSA): fraction V powder; A-8551, Sigma Chemical Co., USA. (8) 3T3 cell line genetically engineered to express human IGF-1 receptor. 5 Protocol (1) Cells are seeded at 8000 cells/well in DMEM, 10% CS, 2mM Gln in a 96- well plate. Cells are incubated overnight at 37 0 C in 5% CO 2 . (2) After 24 hours, the cells are washed with PBS, and 10 then are serum starved in serum free medium (0%CS DMEM with 0.1% BSA) for 24 hours. (3) On day 3, ligand (IGF1 = 3.3 nM, prepared in DMEM with 0.1% BSA) and test compounds are added to the cells simultaneously. The negative control wells receive serum 15 free DMEM with 0.1% BSA only; the positive control cells receive the ligand (IGF1) but no test compound. Test compounds are prepared in serum free DMEM with ligand in a 96 well plate, and serially diluted for 7 test concentrations. (4) After 16 hours of ligand activation, diluted BrdU 20 labeling reagent (1:100 in DMEM, 0.1% BSA) is added and the cells are incubated with BrdU (final concentration=10 gM) for 1.5 hours. (5) After incubation with labeling reagent, the medium is removed by decanting and tapping the inverted plate on a 25 paper towel. FixDenat solution is added (50 p1l/well) and the plates are incubated at room temperature for 45 minutes on a plate shaker. (6) The FixDenat solution is thoroughly removed by decanting and tapping the inverted plate on a paper towel. 30 Milk is added (5% dehydrated milk in PBS, 200 pl/well) as a blocking solution and the plate is incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker.

WO00/38519 114 PCT/US99/31232 (7) The blocking solution is removed by decanting and the wells are washed once with PBS. Anti-BrdU-POD solution (1:100 dilution in PBS, 1% BSA) is added (100 pl/well) and the plate is incubated for 90 minutes at room temperature on 5 a plate shaker. (8) The antibody conjugate is thoroughly removed by decanting and rinsing the wells 5 times with PBS, and the plate is dried by inverting and tapping on a paper towel. (9) TMB substrate solution is added (100 pl/well) and 10 incubated for 20 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker until color development is sufficient for photometric detection. (10) The absorbance of the samples are measured at 410 nm (in "dual wavelength" mode with a filter reading at 490 15 nm, as a reference wavelength) on a Dynatech ELISA plate reader. FGF-Induced BrdU incorporation Assay This assay measures FGF-induced DNA synthesis in 3Tc7/EGFr cells that express endogenous FGF receptors. 20 Materials and Reagents 1. FGF: human FGF2/bFGF (Gibco BRL, No. 13256-029). 2. BrdU Labeling reagent, (10 mM PBS (pH 7.4), Boehringer Mannheim Cat No. 1 647 229). 3. Fixdenat fixation solution (Boehringer Mannheim Cat 25 No. 1 647 229). 4. Anti-BrdU-POD (mouse monoclonal antibody conjugated with peroxidase, Boehringer Mannheim Cat. No. 1 647 229). 5. TMB (tetramethylbenzidine, Boehringer Mannheim Cat. No. 1 647 229). 30 6. PBS washing solution, pH 7.4 (Sugen, Inc.). 7. Albumin, bovine (BSA), fraction V powder (Sigma Chemical Co., Cat. No. A-8551) WO00/38519 115 PCT/US99/31232 Procedure 1. 3T3 engineered cell line: 3T3c7/EGFr. 2. Cells are seeded at 8,000 cells/well in DMEM, 10% CS and 2 mM Gln in a 96-well plate. Incubate 24 hours at 370 5 C in 5% CO 2 . 3. After 24 hours, wash cells with PBS then serum starve in serum free medium (0% DMEM, 0.1% BSA) for 24 hours. 4. Add ligand (FGF2 (1.5 nM in DMEM with 0.1% BSA) and test compound simultaneously. Negative control wells receive 10 serum free DMEM with 0.1% BSA only; positive control wells receive FGF2 ligand but no test compound. Test compounds are prepared in serum-free DMEM with ligand in a 96-well plate and serially diluted to make seven (7) test concentrations. 5. After 20 hours, add diluted BrdU labeling reagent 15 (1:100 BrdU:DMEM, 0.1% BSA, final concentration is 10 VtM) to the cells and incubate for 1.5 hours. 6. Decant medium. Remove traces of material with paper towel. Add FixDenat (50 gl/well) and incubate at room temperature for 45 minutes on a plate shaker. 20 7. Remove Fixdenat solution. Add blocking solution (5% dehydrated milk in PBS (200 pl/well)) and incubate for 30 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker. 8. Decant blocking solution; wash wells once with PBS. Add anti-BrdU-POD solution (1:100 dilution in PBS, 0.1% 25 BSA); incubate for 90 minutes at room temperature on a plate shaker. 9. Decant antibody conjugate; rinse wells 5 times with PBS. Dry plate by inverting on paper towel and tapping. 10. Add TMB solution (100 pl/well); incubate 20 minutes 30 at room temperature on a plate shaker until color development is sufficient for photometric detection.

WO 00/38519 116 PCT/US99/31232 11. Measure absorbance at 410 nM on a Dynatech ELISA plate reader using "Dual wavelength" mode with a filter at 490 nM. Biochemical EGFR Assay 5 This assay measures the in vitro kinase activity of EGFR using ELISA. Materials And Reagents 1. Corning 96-well Elisa plates (Corning Catalog No. 25805-96). 10 2. SUMO1 monoclonal anti-EGFR antibody (Biochemistry Lab, SUGEN, Inc.). 3. PBS (Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline, Gibco Catalog No. 450-1300EB). 4. TBST Buffer 15 Reagent M.W. Working Amount Concentration per L Tris 121.14 50 mM 6.057 g NaCl 58.44 150 mM 8.766 g Triton X-100 NA 0.1% 1.0 ml 20 5. Blocking Buffer: Reagent M.W. Working Amount per Concentration 100 ml Carnation Instant 5% 5.0 g 25 Non-Fat Milk PBS NA NA 100 ml 6. A431 cell lysate (Screening Lab, SUGEN, Inc.) 7. TBS Buffer: 30 Reagent M.W. Working Amount Concentration per L Tris 121.14 50 mM 6.057 g NaCl 58.44 150 mM 8.766 g 35 8. TBS + 10% DMSO Reagent M.W. Working Amount Concentration per L Tris 121.14 50 mM 1.514 g NaCl 58.44 150 mM 2.192 g 40 DMSO NA 10% 25 ml WO 00/38519 117 PCT/US99/31232 9. Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP, from Equine muscle, Sigma Cat. No. A-5394). Prepare a 1.0 mM solution in dH20. This reagent 5 should be made up immediately prior to use and kept on ice. 10. MnC1 2 . Prepare a 1.0 M stock solution in dH20. 11. ATP/MnC1 2 phosphorylation mix Reagent Stock Amount Working 10 solution per 10 ml Concentration ATP 1.0 mM 300 pl 30 pM MnC1 2 1.0 M 500 p1 50 mM dH20 9.2 ml 15 This reagent should be prepared immediately before use and kept on ice 12. NUNC 96-well V bottom polypropylene plates (Applied Scientific Cat. No. AS-72092). 13. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) 20 Prepare 200 mM working solution in dH20. Adjust to pH 8.0 with 10 N NaOH. 14. Rabbit polyclonal anti-phosphotyrosine serum (Biochemistry Lab, SUGEN, Inc.) 15. Goat anti-rabbit IgG peroxidase conjugate 25 (Biosource Cat. No. ALI0404) 16. ABTS (2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6 sulfonic acid), Sigma Cat. No. A-1888). Reagent M.W. Working Amount Concentration per L 30 Citric Acid 192.12 100 mM 19.21 g Na2HPO4 141.96 250 mM 35.49 g ABTS NA 0.5 mg/ml 500 mg Mix first two ingredients in about 900 ml dH20, adjust 35 pH to 4.0 with phosphoric acid. Add ABTS, cover, let sit WO00/38519 118 PCT/US99/31232 about 0.5 hr., filter. The solution should be kept in the dark at 40 C until ready to use. 17. Hydrogen peroxide 30% solution (Fisher Cat. No. H325) 5 18. ABTS/H 2 0 2 Mix 15 ml ABTS solution and 2.0 Ll H 2 0 2 . Prepare 5 minutes before use. 19. 0.2 M HC1 Procedure 10 1. Coat Corning 96 well ELISA plates with 0.5 gg SUMO1 in 100 il PBS per well, store overnight at 40 C. 2. Remove unbound SUMO1 from wells by inverting plate to remove liquid. Wash lx with dH 2 0. Pat the plate on a paper towel to remove excess liquid. 15 3. Add 150 tl of Blocking Buffer to each well. Incubate for 30 min. at room temperature with shaking. 4. Wash plate 3x with deionized water, then once with TBST. Pat plate on a paper towel to remove excess liquid and bubbles. 20 5. Dilute lysate in PBS (7 tg lysate/100 l PBS). 6. Add 100 l of diluted lysate to each well. Shake at room temperature for 60 min. 7. Wash plates as described in 4, above. 8. Add 120 pl TBS to ELISA plate containing captured 25 EGFR. 9. Dilute test compound 1:10 in TBS in 96-well polypropylene plates (ie. 10 tl compound + 90 pl TBS). 10. Add 13.5 tl diluted test compound to ELISA plate. To control wells (wells which do not receive any test 30 compound), add 13.5 tl TBS + 10% DMSO.

WO00/38519 119 PCT/US99/31232 11. Incubate for 30 minutes while shaking at room temperature. 12. Add 15 pl phosphorylation mix directly to all wells except negative control well which does not receive ATP/MnC1 2 5 (final well volume should be approximately 150 ~l with 3 gM ATP/5 mM MnC1 2 final concentration in each well.) Incubate 5 minutes while shaking. 13. After 5 minutes, stop reaction by adding 16.5 tl of 200 mM EDTA (pH 8.0) to each well, shaking continuously. 10 After the EDTA has been added, shake for 1 min. 14. Wash 4x with deionized water, twice with TBST. 15. Add 100 gl anti-phosphotyrosine (1:3000 dilution in TBST) per well. Incubate 30-45 min. at room temperature, with shaking. 15 16. Wash as described in 4, above. 17. Add 100 gl Biosource Goat anti-rabbit IgG peroxidase conjugate (1:2000 dilution in TBST) to each well. Incubate 30 min. at room temperature, with shaking. 18. Wash as described in 4, above. 20 19. Add 100 gl of ABTS/H 2 0 2 solution to each well. 20. Incubate 5 to 10 minutes with shaking. Remove any bubbles. 21. If necessary stop reaction with the addition of 100 pl 0.2 M HC1 per well. 25 22. Read assay on Dynatech MR7000 ELISA reader. Test Filter: 410 nM Reference Filter: 630 Nm. Biochemical PDGFR Assay This assay measures the in vitro kinase activity of PDGFR using ELISA. 30 Materials and Reagents Unless otherwise noted, the preparation of working solution of the following reagents is the same as that for WO 00/38519 120 PCTIUS99/31232 the Biochemical EGFR assay, above. 1. Corning 96-well Elisa plates (Corning Catalog No. 25805-96). 2. 28D4C10 monoclonal anti-PDGFR antibody 5 (Biochemistry Lab, SUGEN, Inc.). 3. PBS (Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline, Gibco Catalog No. 450-1300EB) 4. TBST Buffer. 5. Blocking Buffer. 10 6. PDGFR-3 expressing NIH 3T3 cell lysate (Screening Lab, SUGEN, Inc.). 7. TBS Buffer. 8. TBS + 10% DMSO. 9. Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP, from Equine muscle, 15 Sigma Cat. No. A-5394). 10. MnC1 2 . 11. Kinase buffer phosphorylation mix. Reagent Stock Amount Working solution per 10 ml Concentration 20 Tris 1 M 250 tl 25 mM NaCl 5 M 200 il 100 mM MnC1 2 1 M 100 [tl 10 mM TX-100 100 mM 50 tl 0.5 mM 25 12. NUNC 96-well V bottom polypropylene plates (Applied Scientific Cat. No. AS-72092). 13. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). 14. Rabbit polyclonal anti-phosphotyrosine serum (Biochemistry Lab, SUGEN, Inc.). 30 15. Goat anti-rabbit IgG peroxidase conjugate (Biosource Cat. No. ALI0404). 16. 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS, Sigma Cat. No. A-1888).

WO 00/38519 121 PCT/US99/31232 17. Hydrogen peroxide 30% solution (Fisher Cat. No. H325). 18. ABTS/H 2 0 2 . 19. 0.2 M HC1. 5 Procedure 1. Coat Corning 96 well ELISA plates with 0.5 pg 28D4C10 in 100 tl PBS per well, store overnight at 40 C. 2. Remove unbound 28D4C10 from wells by inverting plate to remove liquid. Wash lx with dH 2 0. Pat the plate on a 10 paper towel to remove excess liquid. 3. Add 150 il of Blocking Buffer to each well. Incubate for 30 min. at room temperature with shaking. 4. Wash plate 3x with deionized water, then once with TBST. Pat plate on a paper towel to remove excess liquid and 15 bubbles. 5. Dilute lysate in HNTG (10 gg lysate/100 il HNTG) 6. Add 100 il of diluted lysate to each well. Shake at room temperature for 60 min. 7. Wash plates as described in 4, above. 20 8. Add 80 pl working kinase buffer mix to ELISA plate containing captured PDGFR. 9. Dilute test compound 1:10 in TBS in 96-well polypropylene plates (i.e., 10 RIl compound + 90 pl TBS). 10. Add 10 Il diluted test compound to ELISA plate. To 25 control wells (wells which do not receive any test compound), add 10 gIl TBS + 10% DMSO. 11. Incubate for 30.minutes while shaking at room temperature. 12. Add 10 il ATP directly to all wells except negative 30 control well (final well volume should be approximately 100 WO 00/38519 122 PCT/US99/31232 pl with 20 pM ATP in each well.) Incubate 30 minutes while shaking. 13. After 30 minutes, stop reaction by adding 10 p1l of 200 mM EDTA (pH 8.0) to each well. 5 14. Wash 4x with deionized water, twice with TBST. 15. Add 100 [pl anti-phosphotyrosine (1:3000 dilution in TBST) per well. Incubate 30-45 min. at room temperature, with shaking. 16. Wash as described in 4, above. 10 17. Add 100 pl Biosource Goat anti-rabbit IgG peroxidase conjugate (1:2000 dilution in TBST) to each well. Incubate 30 min. at room temperature, with shaking. 18. Wash as described in 4, above. 19. Add 100 l of ABTS/H 2 0 2 solution to each well. 15 20. Incubate 10 to 30 minutes with shaking. Remove any bubbles. 21. If necessary stop reaction with the addition of 100 pl 0.2 M HC1 per well. 22. Read assay on Dynatech MR7000 ELISA reader: test 20 filter: 410 nM, reference filter: 630 nM. Biochemical FGFR Assay This assay measures in vitro kinase activity of the Myc GyrB-FGFR fusion protein using ELISA. Materials And Reagents 25 1. HNTG Reagent M.W. 5x Stock Amount 1x Working Concentration per L Concentration HEPES 238.3 100 mM 23.83 g 20 mM NaCl 58.44 750 mM 43.83 g 150 mM 30 Glycerol NA 50% 500 ml 10% Triton X-100 NA 5% 10 ml 1.0% To make a liter of 5x stock solution, dissolve HEPES and NaCl in about 350 ml dH 2 0, adjust pH to 7.2 with HC1 or NaOH WO 00/38519 123 PCT/US99/31232 (depending on the HEPES that is used), add glycerol, Triton X-100 and then dH20 to volume. 2. PBS (Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline, Gibco Catalog # 450-1300EB). 5 3. Blocking Buffer. 4. Kinase Buffer. Reagent M.W. 10x Stock lx Working Concentration Concentration HEPES (pH 7.2) 238.3 500 mM 50 mM 10 MnC1 2 20 mM 2 mM MgC1 2 203.32 200 mM 10 mM Triton-X-100 1 % 0.1% DTT 380.35 5 mM 0.5 mM 15 5. Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF, Sigma, Cat. No. P-7626): Working solution: 100 mM in ethanol. 6. ATP (Bacterial source, Sigma Cat. No. A-7699) Use 3.31 mg per ml MilliQ H 2 0 for a stock 20 concentration of 6 mM. 7. Biotin conjugated anti-phosphotyrosine mab (clone 4G10, Upstate Biotechnology Inc. Cat. No. 16-103, Ser. No. 14495). 8. Vectastain Elite ABC reagent (Avidin peroxidase 25 conjugate, Vector Laboratories Cat. No. PK-6 100). 9. ABTS Solution. 10. Hydrogen peroxide 30% solution ( Fisher Catalog # H325). 11. ABTS/H 2 0 2 . 30 12. 0.2 M HC1. 13. TRIS HC1 (Fischer Cat. No. BP 152-5). Prepare 1.0 mM solution in MilliQ H 2 0, adjust pH to 7.2 with HC1. 14. NaCl (Fisher Cat. No. S271-10). 35 Prepare 5 M solution in MilliQ H 2 0.

WO 00/38519 124 PCT/US99/31232 15. MgCl 2 (Fisher Cat. No. M33-500) Prepare 1 M solution in MilliQ H20. 16. HEPES (Fisher Cat. No. BP310-500). Prepare 1 M solution in MilliQ H20, adjust pH to 5 7.5, sterile filter. 17. TBST Buffer. 18. Sodium Carbonate Buffer (Fisher Cat. No. S495). Prepare 0.1 M solution in MilliQ H 2 0, adjust pH to 9.6 with NaOH, filter. 10 19. Dithiothreitol (DTT, Fisher Cat. No. BP172-25). Prepare 0.5 mM working solution in MilliQ H20 just prior to use. Store at -200 C until used, discard any leftover. 20. MnC1 2 . 15 21. Triton X-100. 22. Goat c-Rabbit IgG (Cappel). 23. Affinity purified Rabbit a GST GyrB (Biochemistry Lab. SUGEN, Inc.). Procedure 20 All of the following steps are conducted at room temperature unless otherwise indicated. 1. Coat Corning 96-well ELISA plates with 2 Vg Goat x Rabbit antibody per well in Carbonate Buffer such that total well volume is 100 Vl. Store overnight at 40 C. 25 2. Remove unbound Goat a-Rabbit antibody by inverting plate to remove liquid. Pat plate on a paper towel to remove excess liquid and bubbles 3. Add 150 [L Blocking Buffer (5% Low Fat Milk in PBS) to each well. Incubate while shaking on a micro-titer plate 30 shaker for 30 min. 4. Wash 4x with TBST. Pat plate on a paper towel to remove excess liquid and bubbles.

WO 00/38519 125 PCT/US99/31232 5. Add 0.5 tg Rabbit a-GyrB antibody per well. Dilute antibody in DPBS to a final volume of 100 il per well. Incubate with shaking on a micro-titer plate shaker at room temperature for 1 hour. 5 6. Wash 4x with TBST as described in step 4. 7. Add 2 pg COS/FGFR cell lysate (Myc-GyrB-FGFR source) in HNTG to each well to give a final volume of 100 [pil per well. Incubate with shaking on a micro-titer plate shaker for 1 hour. 10 8. Wash 4X with TBST as described in step 4. 9. Add 80 pl of lx kinase buffer per well. 10. Dilute test compound 1:10 in lx kinase buffer + 1% DMSO in a polypropylene 96 well plate. 11. Transfer 10 l of diluted test compound solution 15 and control wells from polypropylene plate wells to the corresponding ELISA plate wells, incubate with shaking on a micro-titer plate shaker for 20 minutes. 12. Add 10 l of 70 pM ATP diluted in kinase buffer to positive control and test wells (Final ATP concentration is 7 20 tM/well). Add 10 p1 lx kinase buffer to negative control wells. Incubate with shaking on a micro-titer plate shaker for 15 min. 13. Stop kinase reaction by adding 5 pi 0.5 M EDTA to all wells. 25 14. Wash 4x with TBST as described in step 4. 15. Add 100 l biotin conjugated a-phosphotyrosine mab (b4G10) diluted in TBST to each well. Incubate with shaking on a micro-titer plate shaker for 30 minutes. 16. Prepare Vectastain ABC reagent. Add 1 drop reagent 30 A to 15 ml TBST. Mix by inverting tube several times. Add 1 drop reagent B and mix again.

WO 00/38519 126 PCT/US99/31232 17. Wash 4x with TBST as described in step 4. 18. Add 100 Il ABC HRP reagent to each well. Incubate with shaking on a micro-titer plate shaker for 30 minutes. 19. Wash 4x with TBST as described in step 4. 5 20. Add 100 pl of ABTS/H 2 0 2 solution to each well. 22. Incubate 5 to 15 minutes with shaking. Remove any bubbles. 23. If necessary stop reaction by adding 1 00 pl of 0.2M HCl/well. 10 24. Read assay on Dynatech MR7000 ELISA Plate Reader; test filter: 410 nM, reference filter: 630 nM. Biochemical FLK-1 Assay This assay evaluates flk-1 autophosphorylation activity in vitro using ELISA. 15 Materials And Reagents 1. 15 cm tissue culture dishes 2. Flk-1/NIH cells: NIH fibroblast line over expressing human flk-i clone 3 (SUGEN, Inc., obtained from MPI, Martinsried, Germany). 20 3. Growth medium: DMEM plus heat inactivated 10% FBS and 2 mM Glutamine (Gibco-BRL). 4. Starvation medium: DMEM plus 0.5% heat-inactivated FBS, 2 mM Glutamine (Gibco-BRL). 5. Corning 96-well ELISA plates (Corning Cat. No. 25 25805-96). 6. L4 or E38 monoclonal antibody specific for flk-1; Purified by Protein-A agarose affinity chromatography (SUGEN, Inc.). 7. PBS (Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline) Gibco 30 Cat. No. 450-1300EB). 8. HNTG (see BIOCHEMICAL FGFR for preparation). 9. Pierce BCA protein determination kit.

WO 00/38519 127 PCT/US99/31232 10. Blocking buffer 11. TBST (pH 7.0) 12. Kinase Buffer 13. Kinase Stop Solution: 200 mM EDTA. 5 14. Biotinylated 4G10, specific for phosphotyrosine (UBI, Cat. No. No. 16-103). 15. AB kit (Vector Laboratories Cat. No. PK 4000). 16. DMSO 17. NUNC 96-well V bottom polypropylene plates (Applied 10 Scientific Cat. No. AS-72092). 18. Turbo-TMB (Pierce). 19. Turbo-TMB stop solution: 1 M H 2

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4 . 20. ATP (Sigma Cat. No. A-7699). 21. 20% DMSO in TBS (pH 7.0). 15 Procedure Cell Growth and Lysate Preparation 1. Seed cell into growth medium and grow for 2-3 days to 90-100% confluency at 370 C and 5% CO 2 . Do not exceed passage #20. 20 2. Remove the medium and wash the cells twice with PBS. Lyse with HNTG lysis buffer. Collect all lysates and vortex mix them for 20-30 seconds. 3. Remove insoluble material by centrifugation (5-10 min at about 10,000 xg). 25 4. Determine the protein concentration using BCA kit. 5. Partition lysate into 1 mg aliquots, store at -800 C. Assay Procedure 1. Coat Corning 96-well ELISA plates with 2 tg/well 30 purified L4 (or E 38) in 100 tl of PBS. Store overnight at 40 C.

WO 00/38519 128 PCT/US99/31232 2. Remove unbound proteins from wells by inverting the plate to remove the liquid. Wash one time with dH20, pat plate on paper towel to remove excess liquid. 3. Block plates with 150 pl blocking buffer per well. 5 Incubate for 45-60 minutes with shaking at 40 C. 4. Remove the blocking buffer and wash the ELISA plate three times with dH 2 0 and one time with TBST. Pat plate on paper towel to remove excess liquid. 5. Dilute lysate in PBS to give final concentration of 10 50 tg/100 pl. Add 100 l of diluted lysate to each well. Incubate with shaking at 40 C overnight. 6. Remove unbound proteins from wells by inverting the plate. Wash as in step 4. 7. Add 80 pl of kinase buffer to wells (90 tl to 15 negative control wells). 8. Dilute test compounds (normally 10-fold) into wells of a polypropylene plate containing 20% DMSO in TBS. 9. Add 10 tl of the diluted compounds to the ELISA wells containing immobilized flk-1 and shake. Control wells 20 receive no compounds. 10. From stock 1 mM ATP, prepare 0.3 mM ATP solution in dH 2 0 (alternatively, kinase buffer may be used). 11. Add 10 il of 0.3 mM ATP to all wells except the negative controls. Incubate for 60 min. at room temperature 25 with shaking. 12. After 1 hr stop the kinase reaction by adding 11 Il 200 mM EDTA. Shake for 1-2 min. 13. Wash the ELISA plate 4 times with dH 2 0 and twice with TBST. 30 14. Add 100 [il of 1:5000 biotinylated 4G10:TBST to all wells. Incubate 45 min with shaking at room temperature.

WO 00/38519 129 PCTIUS99/31232 15. While the above is incubating, add 50 pl of solutions A & B from the ABC kit to 10 ml of TBST. These solutions must be combined approximately 30 min prior to use. 16. Wash plates as in step 4. 5 17. Add 100 pl of the preformed A & B complex to all wells. Incubate 30 min with shaking at room temperature. 18. Wash plates as in step 4. 19. Add 100 il turbo-TMB. Shake at room temperature for 10- 15 min. 10 20. When the color in the positive control wells reaches an absorbance of about 0.35 - 0.4, stop the reaction with 100 l of turbo-TMB stop solution. 21. Read plates on Dynatech MR7000 ELISA reader; test filter: 450 nM, reference filter: 410 nM. 15 HUV-EC-C Assay The following protocol may also be used to measure a compound's activity against PDGF-R, FGF-R, VEGF, aFGF or Flk l/KDR, all of which are naturally expressed by HUV-EC cells. DAY 0 20 1. Wash and trypsinize HUV-EC-C cells (human umbilical vein endothelial cells, (American Type Culture Collection; catalogue no. 1730 CRL). Wash with Dulbecco's phosphate buffered saline (D-PBS; obtained from Gibco BRL; catalogue no. 14190-029) 2 times at about 1 ml/10 cm 2 of tissue culture 25 flask. Trypsinize with 0.05% trypsin-EDTA in non-enzymatic cell dissociation solution (Sigma Chemical Company; catalogue no. C-1544). The 0.05% trypsin is made by diluting 0.25% trypsin/l mM EDTA (Gibco; catalogue no. 25200-049) in the cell dissociation solution. Trypsinize with about 1 ml/25-30 30 cm 2 of tissue culture flask for about 5 minutes at 37 0 C. After cells have detached from the flask, add an equal volume WO 00/38519 130 PCTIUS99/31232 of assay medium and transfer to a 50 ml sterile centrifuge tube (Fisher Scientific; catalogue no. 05-539-6). 2. Wash the cells with about 35 ml assay medium in the 50 ml sterile centrifuge tube by adding the assay medium, 5 centrifuge for 10 minutes at approximately 200x g, aspirate the supernatant, and resuspend with 35 ml D-PBS. Repeat the wash two more times with D-PBS, resuspend the cells in about 1 ml assay medium/15 cm 2 of tissue culture flask. Assay medium consists of Fl2K medium (Gibco BRL; catalogue no. 10 21127-014) and 0.5% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum. Count the cells with a Coulter Counter® (Coulter Electronics, Inc.) and add assay medium to the cells to obtain a concentration of 0.8-1.0 x l05 cells/ml. 3. Add cells to 96-well flat-bottom plates at 100 15 pl/well or 0.8-1.0 x 10' cells/well; incubate ~24h at 37 0 C, 5% CO 2 . DAY 1 1. Make up two-fold test compound titrations in separate 96-well plates, generally 50 pvM on down to 0 pM. 20 Use the same assay medium as mentioned in day 0, step 2 above. Titrations are made by adding 90 l/well of test compound at 200 pM (4X the final well concentration) to the top well of a particular plate column. Since the stock test compound is usually 20 mM in DMSO, the 200 pM drug 25 concentration contains 2% DMSO. A diluent made up to 2% DMSO in assay medium (Fl2K + 0.5% fetal bovine serum) is used as diluent for the test compound titrations in order to dilute the test compound but keep the DMSO concentration constant. Add this diluent to 30 the remaining wells in the column at 60 pl/well. Take 60 pi from the 120 tl of 200 pM test compound dilution in the top WO 00/38519 131 PCT/US99/31232 well of the column and mix with the 60 il in the second well of the column. Take 60 pl from this well and mix with the 60 tl in the third well of the column, and so on until two-fold titrations are completed. When the next-to-the-last well is 5 mixed, take 60 il of the 120 tl in this well and discard it. Leave the last well with 60 pl of DMSO/media diluent as a non-test compound-containing control. Make 9 columns of titrated test compound, enough for triplicate wells each for: (1) VEGF (obtained from Pepro Tech Inc., catalogue no. 100 10 200; (2) endothelial cell growth factor (ECGF) (also known as acidic fibroblast growth factor, or aFGF) (obtained from Boehringer Mannheim Biochemica, catalogue no. 1439 600); or, (3) human PDGF B/B (1276-956, Boehringer Mannheim, Germany) and assay media control. ECGF comes as a preparation with 15 sodium heparin. 2. Transfer 50 pl/well of the test compound dilutions to the 96-well assay plates containing the 0.8-1.0x10 4 cells/100 il/well of the HUV-EC-C cells from day 0 and incubate -2 h at 370 C, 5% CO 2 . 20 3. In triplicate, add 50 pl/well of 80 pg/ml VEGF, 20 ng/ml ECGF, or media control to each test compound condition. As with the test compounds, the growth factor concentrations are 4X the desired final concentration. Use the assay media from day 0 step 2 to make the concentrations of growth 25 factors. Incubate approximately 24 hours at 37 0 C, 5% CO 2 . Each well will have 50 pl test compound dilution, 50 pl growth factor or media, and 100 pl cells, which calculates to 200 pl/well total. Thus the 4X concentrations of test compound and growth factors become 1X once everything has 30 been added to the wells.

WO 00/38519 132 PCTIUS99/31232 DAY 2 1. Add 3 H-thymidine (Amersham; catalogue no. TRK-686) at 1 pCi/well (10 l/well of 100 pCi/ml solution made up in RPMI media + 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum) and 5 incubate -24 h at 37 0 C, 5% CO 2 . RPMI is obtained from Gibco BRL, catalogue no. 11875-051. DAY 3 1. Freeze plates overnight at -20 0 C. DAY 4 10 Thaw plates and harvest with a 96-well plate harvester (Tomtec Harvester 96®) onto filter mats (Wallac; catalogue no. 1205-401); read counts on a Wallac Betaplate TM liquid scintillation counter. In Vivo Animal Models 15 Xenocraft Animal Models The ability of human tumors to grow as xenografts in athymic mice (e.g., Balb/c, nu/nu) provides a useful in vivo model for studying the biological response to therapies for human tumors. Since the first successful xenotransplantation 20 of human tumors into athymic mice, (Rygaard and Povlsen, 1969, Acta Pathol. Microbial. Scand. 77:758-760), many different human tumor cell lines (e.g., mammary, lung, genitourinary, gastro-intestinal, head and neck, glioblastoma, bone, and malignant melanomas) have been transplanted and successfully 25 grown in nude mice. The following assays may be used to determine the level of activity, specificity and effect of the different compounds of the present invention. Three general types of assays are useful for evaluating compounds: cellular/catalytic, cellular/biological and in vivo. The 30 object of the cellular/catalytic assays is to determine the effect of a compound on the ability of a TK to phosphorylate tyrosines on a known substrate in a cell. The object of the WO 00/38519 133 PCT/US99/31232 cellular/biological assays is to determine the effect of a compound on the biological response stimulated by a TK in a cell. The object of the in vivo assays is to determine the effect of a compound in an animal model of a particular 5 disorder such as cancer. Suitable cell lines for subcutaneous xenograft experiments include C6 cells (glioma, ATCC # CCL 107), A375 cells (melanoma, ATCC # CRL 1619), A431 cells (epidermoid carcinoma, ATCC # CRL 1555), Calu 6 cells (lung, ATCC # HTB 10 56), PC3 cells (prostate, ATCC # CRL 1435), SKOV3TP5 cells and NIH 3T3 fibroblasts genetically engineered to overexpress EGFR, PDGFR, IGF-1R or any other test kinase. The following protocol can be used to perform xenograft experiments: Female athymic mice (BALB/c, nu/nu) are obtained from 15 Simonsen Laboratories (Gilroy, CA). All animals are maintained under clean-room conditions in Micro-isolator cages with Alpha-dri bedding. They receive sterile rodent chow and water ad libitum. Cell lines are grown in appropriate medium (for example, 20 MEM, DMEM, Ham's F10, or Ham's F12 plus 5% - 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 2 mM glutamine (GLN)). All cell culture media, glutamine, and fetal bovine serum are purchased from Gibco Life Technologies (Grand Island, NY) unless otherwise specified. All cells are grown in a humid atmosphere of 25 90-95% air and 5-10% CO 2 at 37 0 C. All cell lines are routinely subcultured twice a week and are negative for mycoplasma as determined by the Mycotect method (Gibco). Cells are harvested at or near confluency with 0.05% Trypsin-EDTA and pelleted at 450 x g for 10 min. Pellets are 30 resuspended in sterile PBS or media (without FBS) to a particular concentration and the cells are implanted into the hindflank of the mice (8 - 10 mice per group, 2 - 10 x 106 WO 00/38519 134 PCT/US99/31232 cells/animal). Tumor growth is measured over 3 to 6 weeks using venier calipers. Tumor volumes are calculated as a product of length x width x height unless otherwise indicated. P values are calculated using the Students t-test. 5 Test compounds in 50 - 100 pL excipient (DMSO, or VPD:D5W) can be delivered by IP injection at different concentrations generally starting at day one after implantation. Tumor Invasion Model The following tumor invasion model has been developed 10 and may be used for the evaluation of therapeutic value and efficacy of the compounds identified to selectively inhibit KDR/FLK-1 receptor. Procedure 8 week old nude mice (female) (Simonsen Inc.) are used 15 as experimental animals. Implantation of tumor cells can be performed in a laminar flow hood. For anesthesia, Xylazine/Ketamine Cocktail (100 mg/kg ketamine and 5 mg/kg Xylazine) are administered intraperitoneally. A midline incision is done to expose the abdominal cavity 20 (approximately 1.5 cm in length) to inject 107 tumor cells in a volume of 100 Il medium. The cells are injected either into the duodenal lobe of the pancreas or under the serosa of the colon. The peritoneum and muscles are closed with a 6-0 silk continuous suture and the skin is closed by 25 using wound clips. Animals are observed daily. Analysis After 2-6 weeks, depending on gross observations of the animals, the mice are sacrificed, and the local tumor metastases to various organs (lung, liver, brain, stomach, 30 spleen, heart, muscle) are excised and analyzed (measurement of tumor size, grade of invasion, WO 00/38519 135 PCT/US99/31232 immunochemistry, in situ hybridization determination, etc.). Measurement Of Cell Toxicity Therapeutic compounds should be more potent in inhibiting 5 receptor tyrosine kinase activity than in exerting a cytotoxic effect. A measure of the effectiveness and cell toxicity of a compound can be obtained by determining the therapeutic index; i.e., IC 50

/LD

50 . IC 50 , the dose required to achieve 50% inhibition, can be measured using standard techniques such as 10 those described herein. LD 50 , the dosage which results in 50% toxicity, can also be measured by standard techniques as well(Mossman, 1983, J. Immunol. Methods, 65:55-63), by measuring the amount of LDH released (Korzeniewski and Callewaert, 1983, J. Immunol. Methods, 64:313; Decker and 15 Lohmann-Matthes, 1988, J. Immunol. Methods, 115:61), or by measuring the lethal dose in animal models. Compounds with a large therapeutic index are preferred. The therapeutic index should be greater than 2, preferably at least 10, more preferably at least 50. 20 CONCLUSION Thus, it will be appreciated that 3-heteroarylidenyl-2 indolinones are expected to have a beneficial effect on the chemotherapeutic efficacy of various chemotherapeutic agents, in particular fluorinated pyrimidine compounds. Furthermore 25 3-[(2,4-Dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylene]-2-indolinone together with fluorouracil or fluorouracil/leucovorin is expected to be an effective chemotherapeutic combination for the treatment of colorectal cancer. It will also be appreciated that the compounds, methods 30 and pharmacological compositions of the present invention are expected to modulate RTK and CTK activity and therefore to be WO 00/38519 136 PCT/US99/31232 effective as therapeutic agents against RTK- and CTK-related disorders. One skilled in the art would readily appreciate that the present invention is well adapted to carry out the objects 5 and obtain the ends and advantages mentioned, as well as those inherent therein. The molecular complexes and the methods, procedures, treatments, molecules, specific compounds described herein are presently representative of preferred embodiments and are exemplary and are not intended 10 as limitations on the scope of the invention. Changes therein and other uses will occur to those skilled in the art which are encompassed within the spirit of the invention and are defined by the scope of the claims. It will be readily apparent to one skilled in the art 15 that varying substitutions and modifications may be made to the invention disclosed herein without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. All patents and publications mentioned in the specification are indicative of the levels of those skilled 20 in the art to which the invention pertains. All patents and publications are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference. The invention illustratively described herein suitably 25 may be practiced in the absence of any element or elements, limitation or limitations which is not specifically disclosed herein. Thus, for example, in each instance herein any of the terms "comprising", "consisting essentially of" and "consisting of" may be replaced with either of the other two 30 terms. The terms and expressions which have been employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and there is no intention that in the use of such terms and WO 00/38519 137 PCT/US99/31232 expressions indicates the exclusion of equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof. It is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claimed. Thus, it should be 5 understood that although the present invention has been specifically disclosed by preferred embodiments and optional features, modification and variation of the concepts herein disclosed may be resorted to by those skilled in the art, and that such modifications and variations are considered to be 10 within the scope of this invention as defined by the appended claims. In addition, where features or aspects of the invention are described in terms of Markush groups, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention is also thereby 15 described in terms of any individual member or subgroup of members of the Markush group. For example, if X is described as selected from the group consisting of bromine, chlorine, and iodine, claims for X being bromine and claims for X being bromine and chlorine are fully described. 20 Other embodiments are presented within the following claims.

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1. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said compound is selected from the group consisting of 5-hydroxy-3-[(2,4 15 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone, 4-methyl-5 (2-oxo-1,2-dihydroindol-3-ylidenemethyl)-lH-pyrrole-2 carboxylic acid, 4-methyl-5-(2-oxo-l,2-dihydroindol-3 ylidenemethyl) -lH-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 3 (5-hydroxymethyl-3-methyl-lH-pyrrol-2-ylmethylene)-1,3 20 dihydroindole-2-one and 4-methyl-5-(2-oxo-l,2-dihydroindol-3 ylidenemethyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde or a physiologically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.
2. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein said compound is 3 [4-(2-carboxyethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrrol-2-yl)methylidenyl]-2 25 indolinone.
3. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said compound is 3 [(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone.
4. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said fluorinated pyrimidine chemotherapeutic agent is selected from the group WO 00/38519 140 PCT/US99/31232 consisting of carmofur, doxifluridine, fluorouracil, floxuridine, tegafur, capecitabine and uracil-ftorafur.
5. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein said fluorinated pyrimidine chemotherapeutic agent is fluorouracil. 5 7. The method of claim 6 further comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of leucovorin to said patient.
6. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein said cancer is selected from the group consisting of breast cancer, gastric 10 cancer, ovarian cancer, renal cancer, hepatic cancer, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer and colorectal cancer.
7. 9. A method for treating colorectal cancer comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a 15 therapeutically effective amount of fluorouracil and a therapeutically effective amount of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone.
8. 10. The method of claim 9 further comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of 20 leucovorin to said patient.
9. 11. The method of claim 9 wherein said therapeutically effective amount of said fluoruracil comprises from about 400 mg/m 2 to about 500 mg/m 2 . WO 00/38519 141 PCTIUS99/31232
10. 12. The method of claim 9 wherein said therapeutically effective amount of said fluorouracil is administered parenterally.
11. 13. The method of claim 9 wherein said therapeutically 5 effective amount of said 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone comprises from about 4 mg/m 2 to about 190 mg/m 2 per treatment.
12. 14. The method of claim 9 wherein said therapeutically effective amount of said 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5 10 yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone comprises from about 72 mg/m 2 to about 145 mg/m 2 per treatment.
13. 15. A method for treating cancer comprising a combination of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2 indolinone and at least one other chemotherapeutic agent. 15 16. The method of claim 15 wherein said other chemotherapeutic agent is selected from the group consisting of capecitabine, 5-FU, UFT, carboplatin, cisplatin, oxaliplatin, paclitaxel, docetaxel, a polyglutamated taxane, irinotecan, thalidomide, a COX-2 inhibitor, tamoxifen, 20 leuprolide, angiostatin, endostatin, a matrix metalloprotease inhibitor, an interferon, doxorubicin, liposomal doxorubicin, daunorubicin, metoxantrone, estramucine and a vinca alkaloid, or combinations thereof.
14. 17. A 3-heteroarylidenyl-2-indolinone compound selected 25 from the group consisting of 5-hydroxy-3-[(2,4 dimethylpyrrol-5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone, 4-methyl-5 (2-oxo-l,2-dihydroindol-3-ylidenemethyl)-1H-pyrrole-2- WO 00/38519 142 PCT/US99/31232 carboxylic acid, 4-methyl-5-(2-oxo-l,2-dihydroindol-3 ylidenemethyl)-lH-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 3 (5-hydroxymethyl-3-methyl-lH-pyrrol-2-ylmethylene)-1,3 dihydroindole-2-one and 4-methyl-5-(2-oxo-l,2-dihydroindol-3 5 ylidenemethyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde or a physiologically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof.
15. 18. A method for the modulation of the catalytic activity of a protein kinase comprising contacting said protein kinase with a compound, salt or prodrug of claim 17. 10
16. 19. The method of claim 18 wherein said protein kinase is selected from the group consisting of receptor protein tyrosine kinase, cellular tyrosine kinase and serine-threonine kinase. 15
17. 20. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: a compound, salt or prodrug of claim 17; and, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. 20 21. A method for treating or preventing a protein kinase related disorder in an patient comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound, salt or prodrug of claim 17 to said patient. 25 22. The method of claim 21 wherein said protein kinase related disorder is selected from the group consisting of a receptor protein tyrosine kinase related disorder, a cellular tyrosine kinase disorder and a serine threonine kinase related disorder. 30 WO 00/38519 143 PCT/US99/31232
18. 23. The method of claim 21 wherein said protein kinase related disorder is selected from the group consisting of an EGFR related disorder, a PDGFR related disorder, an IGFR related disorder and a flk related 5 disorder.
19. 24. The method of claim 21 wherein said protein kinase related disorder is a cancer selected from the group consisting of squamous cell carcinoma, astrocytoma, 10 glioblastoma, lung cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, small-cell lung cancer and glioma.
20. 25. The method of claim 21 wherein said protein 15 kinase related disorder is selected from the group consisting of diabetes, an autoimmune disorder, a hyperproliferation disorder, restenosis, fibrosis, psoriasis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, an inflammatory disorder and angiogenesis. 20
21. 26. A method for treating cancer comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of gemcitabine and a therapeutically effective amount of 3-[(2,4-dimethylpyrrol 25 5-yl)methylidenyl]-2-indolinone.
22. 27. The method of claim 26 wherein said cancer is pancreatic cancer. 30 28. The method of claim 26 further comprising a therapeutically effective amount of paclitaxel, carboplatin, liposomal doxorubicin, or topotecan. WO 00/38519 144 PCT/US99/31232
23. 29. The method of claim 28 wherein said cancer is selected from the group consisting of ovarian, small-cell lung and kidney cancer. 5