(封面图片:多金属氧酸盐被证实为一种纳摩尔、非竞争性的蛋白激酶CK2抑制剂。)
蛋白激酶CK2(酪氨酸激酶2 casein kinase 2)是一种在真核细胞中普遍存在的高度保守信使非依赖性丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白激酶,它在细胞的生存、生长、增生以及凋亡等生理过程中都发挥着重要的作用。其结构是由两个催化亚基α和α′,以及两个调节亚基β构成的不均一四聚体。因此,蛋白激酶CK2是一种具有重要医学价值的多功能激酶,在多种癌症中,CK2都会发生错调。
在2008年7月21日出版的《化学与生物学》(Chemistry & Biology)上,来自法国的一组科学家发表文章称,他们通过研究发现多金属氧酸盐(polyoxometalate)是一种CK2抑制剂。多金属氧酸盐是一种前过渡金属离子(early transition metal ion)和含氧配体(oxo ligand)聚集在一起形成的物质。研究人员发现,这些物质中[P2Mo18O62]6-具有最大活性。它能在纳摩尔(nanomolar)范围内抑制激酶,而抑制机制是作用于位于ATP和多肽底物结合位点外的关键结构元素。
此外,科学家还证实,数种多金属氧酸盐衍生物都具有很高的抑制效率,其IC50值≤ 10 nM。在针对29种激酶进行的测试中,这些无机化合物均展现出惊人的CK2特异性。因此,文章作者表示,多金属氧酸盐是很有效的CK2抑制剂,它们具有良好的效率和选择性。多金属氧酸盐与CK2的作用方式非常独特,因此这是一种非经典的激酶抑制剂。它们与CK2的结合模式或许能为我们提供一种研发新药物的可行机制,这些药物将具有很多良好的特性,例如增强ATP模拟抑制剂相关的选择性等。(生物谷Bioon.com)
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Chemistry & Biology,Vol 15, 683-692, 21 July 2008,Renaud Prudent, Claude Cochet
Identification of Polyoxometalates as Nanomolar Noncompetitive Inhibitors of Protein Kinase CK2
Renaud Prudent,1 Virginie Moucadel,1 Béatrice Laudet,1 Caroline Barette,2 Laurence Lafanechère,2 Bernold Hasenknopf,3, Joaquim Li,3,4 Sébastian Bareyt,3,4 Emmanuel Lacôte,4 Serge Thorimbert,4 Max Malacria,4 Pierre Gouzerh,3 and Claude Cochet1,
1 Laboratoire de Transduction du Signal, Institut de Recherche en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, CEA, 17 Rue des Martyrs 38054 Grenoble, France
2 Centre de Criblage pour Molécules Bio-Actives (CMBA), Institut de Recherche en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, CEA, 17 Rue des Martyrs 38054 Grenoble, France
3 Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Matériaux Moléculaires (UMR CNRS 7071), UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire (FR 2769), 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
4 Laboratoire de Chimie Organique (UMR CNRS 7611), UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire (FR 2769), 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
Corresponding author
Bernold Hasenknopf
bernold.hasenknopf@upmc.fr
Corresponding author
Claude Cochet
ccochet1@cea.fr
Summary
Protein kinase CK2 is a multifunctional kinase of medical importance that is dysregulated in many cancers. In this study, polyoxometalates were identified as original CK2 inhibitors. [P2Mo18O62]6− has the most potent activity. It inhibits the kinase in the nanomolar range by targeting key structural elements located outside the ATP- and peptide substrate-binding sites. Several polyoxometalate derivatives exhibit strong inhibitory efficiency, with IC50 values ≤ 10 nM. Furthermore, these inorganic compounds show a striking specificity for CK2 when tested in a panel of 29 kinases. Therefore, polyoxometalates are effective CK2 inhibitors in terms of both efficiency and selectivity and represent nonclassical kinase inhibitors that interact with CK2 in a unique way. This binding mode may provide an exploitable mechanism for developing potent drugs with desirable properties, such as enhanced selectivity relative to ATP-mimetic inhibitors.