A novel inhibitor of Rac activity based on the structure of the established Rac/Rac-GEF inhibitor NSC23766 is discloses. The compound EHop-016, with an IC50 of 1.1 μM, is a 100-fold more efficient inhibitor of Rac activity than NSC23766. EHop-016 is specific for Rac1 and Rac3 at concentrations ≦5 mM. At higher concentrations, EHop-016 inhibits the close homolog Cdc42. In MDA-MB-435 cells, EHop-016 (≦5 mM) inhibits the association of the Rac-GEF Vav2 with a nucleotide-free Rac1(G15A), which has a high affinity for activated GEFs. EHop-016 does not affect the association of the Rac-GEF Tiam-1 with Rac1(G15A) at similar concentrations. EHop-016 also inhibits the Rac activity of MDA-MB-231 metastatic breast cancer cells and reduces Rac-directed lamellipodia formation in both cell lines. EHop-016 decreases Rac-downstream effects of p21-activated kinase (PAK)1 activity and directed migration of metastatic cancer cells. At low concentrations (<5 μM), EHop-016 does not affect cell viability.
披露了一种基于已知Rac / Rac-GEF
抑制剂NSC23766结构的新型Rac活性
抑制剂。该化合物EHop-016的IC50为1.1微米,是NSC23766的100倍有效的Rac活性
抑制剂。EHop-016在浓度≦5毫摩尔时对Rac1和Rac3具有特异性。在较高浓度下,EHop-016会抑制密切同源物Cdc42。在
MDA-MB-435细胞中,EHop-016(≦5毫摩尔)抑制了核苷酸自由Rac1(G15A)与Rac-GEF Vav2的结合,后者对激活的GEFs具有高亲和力。在类似浓度下,EHop-016不会影响Rac-GEF Tiam-1与Rac1(G15A)的结合。EHop-016还抑制了
MDA-MB-231转移性乳腺癌细胞的Rac活性,并减少了两种
细胞系中Rac定向的鞭毛形成。EHop-016降低了Rac下游效应的p21激活激酶(PAK)1活性和转移性癌细胞的定向迁移。在低浓度(<5微米)下,EHop-016不会影响细胞存活率。