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Selective protein kinase inhibitors have only been developed against a small number of kinase targets. Here we demonstrate that "high-throughput kinase profiling" is an efficient method for the discovery of lead compounds for established as well as unexplored kinase targets. We screened a library of 118 compounds constituting two distinct scaffolds (furan-thiazolidinediones and pyrimido-diazepines) against a panel of 353 kinases. A distinct kinase selectivity profile was observed for each scaffold. Selective inhibitors were identified with submicromolar cellular activity against PIM1, ERK5, ACK1, MPS1, PLK1-3, and Aurora A,B kinases. In addition, we identified potent inhibitors for so far unexplored kinases such as DRAK1, HIPK2, and DCAMKL1 that await further evaluation. This inhibitor-centric approach permits comprehensive assessment of a scaffold of interest and represents an efficient and general strategy for identifying new selective kinase inhibitors.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.chembiol.2011.05.010

Type

Journal article

Journal

Chem Biol

Publication Date

29/07/2011

Volume

18

Pages

868 - 879

Keywords

Aurora Kinases, Benzodiazepines, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Furans, High-Throughput Screening Assays, Humans, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 7, Models, Molecular, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Protein Kinases, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1, Thiazolidinediones