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MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS
Volume 7, Issue 8, Pages 2386-2393Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-08-0035
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30440420592, 30670017]
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Aurora kinases have emerged as promising targets for cancer therapy because of their critical role in mitosis. These kinases are well-conserved in all eukaryotes, and IPL1 gene encodes the single Aurora kinase in budding yeast. In a virtual screening attempt, 22 compounds were identified from nearly 15,000 microbial natural products as potential small-molecular inhibitors of human Aurora-B kinase. One compound, Jadomycin B, inhibits the growth of ipl1-321 temperature-sensitive mutant more dramatically than wild-type yeast cells, raising the possibility that this compound is an Aurora kinase inhibitor. Further in vitro biochemical assay using purified recombinant human Aurora-B kinase shows that Jadomycin B inhibits Aurora-B activity in a dose-dependent manner. Our results also indicate that Jadomycin B competes with ATP for the kinase domain, which is consistent with our docking prediction. Like other Aurora kinase inhibitors, Jadomycin B blocks the phosphorylation of histone H3 on Ser10 in vivo. We also present evidence suggesting that Jadomycin B induces apoptosis in tumor cells without obvious effects on cell cycle. All the results indicate that Jadomycin B is a new Aurora-B kinase inhibitor worthy of further investigation.
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