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Staurosporine-derived inhibitors broaden the scope of analog-sensitive kinase technology.


ABSTRACT: Analog-sensitive (AS) kinase technology is a powerful approach for studying phospho-signaling pathways in diverse organisms and physiological processes. The key feature of this technique is that a kinase-of-interest can be mutated to sensitize it to inhibitor analogs that do not target wild-type (WT) kinases. In theory, this enables specific inhibition of any kinase in cells and in mouse models of human disease. Typically, these inhibitors are identified from a small library of molecules based on the pyrazolopyrimidine (PP) scaffold. However, we recently identified a subset of native human kinases, including the Ephrin A kinase family, that are sensitive to commonly used PP inhibitors. In an effort to develop a bioorthogonal AS-kinase inhibitor and to extend this technique to PP-sensitive kinases, we sought an alternative inhibitor scaffold. Here we report the structure-based design of synthetically tractable, potent, and extremely selective AS-kinase inhibitors based on the natural product staurosporine. We demonstrate that these molecules, termed staralogs, potently target AS kinases in cells, and we employ X-ray crystallography to elucidate their mechanism of efficacy. Finally, we demonstrate that staralogs target AS mutants of PP-sensitive kinases at concentrations where there is little to no inhibition of native human kinases. Thus, staralogs represent a new class of AS-kinase inhibitors and a core component of the chemical genetic tool kit for probing kinase-signaling pathways.

SUBMITTER: Lopez MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3938282 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Staurosporine-derived inhibitors broaden the scope of analog-sensitive kinase technology.

Lopez Michael S MS   Choy Jonathan W JW   Peters Ulf U   Sos Martin L ML   Morgan David O DO   Shokat Kevan M KM  

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20131120 48


Analog-sensitive (AS) kinase technology is a powerful approach for studying phospho-signaling pathways in diverse organisms and physiological processes. The key feature of this technique is that a kinase-of-interest can be mutated to sensitize it to inhibitor analogs that do not target wild-type (WT) kinases. In theory, this enables specific inhibition of any kinase in cells and in mouse models of human disease. Typically, these inhibitors are identified from a small library of molecules based o  ...[more]

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