ABSTRACT
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 < or = 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.
Subject(s)
Casein Kinase II/antagonists & inhibitors , Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Tungsten Compounds/pharmacology , Adenosine Triphosphate/chemistry , Binding Sites , Chemistry, Pharmaceutical/methods , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Drug Design , Drug Evaluation, Preclinical , Humans , Inhibitory Concentration 50 , Molecular Conformation , Molecular Structure , Peptides/chemistry , Protein Kinase Inhibitors/chemistry , Structure-Activity Relationship , Tungsten Compounds/chemistryABSTRACT
Hybrid organic/inorganic Wells-Dawson polyoxotungstates have been prepared through addition of functionalized tricholorostannanes to lacunary alpha(2)- and alpha(1)-[P(2)W(17)O(61)](10-). Coupling of amines and alcohols to polyoxotungstate platforms led to new structures in good yields. Coupling of chiral amines to the previously unknown organotin-substituted alpha(1) derivatives allowed the isolation of diastereomers, which feature in some cases split (1)H, (13)C, and (31)P NMR spectra. This is the first example of NMR observation of a single pair of diastereomers in the alpha(1)-Wells-Dawson series. It opens the way to potential resolution of those chiral polyoxotungstates.