RESUMO
Given that the associated clinical manifestations of ubiquinone (UQ, or coenzyme Q) deficiency diseases are highly heterogeneous and complicated, effective new research tools for UQ homeostasis studies are awaited. We set out to develop human COQ7 inhibitors that interfere with UQ synthesis. Systematic structure-activity relationship development starting from a screening hit compound led to the identification of highly potent COQ7 inhibitors that did not disturb physiological cell growth of human normal culture cells. These new COQ7 inhibitors may serve as useful tools for studying the balance between UQ supplementation pathways: de novo UQ synthesis and extracellular UQ uptake.
Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Proteínas Mitocondriais/antagonistas & inibidores , Oxigenases de Função Mista/antagonistas & inibidores , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/química , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Inibidores Enzimáticos/síntese química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Células HeLa , Humanos , Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Oxigenases de Função Mista/metabolismo , Estrutura Molecular , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/síntese química , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Células Tumorais CultivadasRESUMO
We have developed a fluorescently labeled probe for high-throughput screening of kinase inhibitors using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. With this probe, we have successfully evaluated the inhibitory activities of known inhibitors of a model kinase, ASK1. Because the probe contains a general kinase inhibitor, staurosporine, we believe that this homogeneous, high-throughput, and simple method can be applied to the inhibitor screening of other kinases as well.