The attachment of biotin to a small molecule provides a powerful tool in biology. Here, we present a systematic approach to identify biotinylated analogues of the Hsp90 inhibitor PU-H71 that are capable of permeating cell membranes so as to enable the investigation of Hsp90 complexes in live cells. The identified derivative 2g can isolate Hsp90 through affinity purification and, as we show, represents a unique and useful tool to probe tumor Hsp90 biology in live cells by affinity capture, flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. To our knowledge, 2g is the only reported biotinylated Hsp90 probe to have such combined characteristics.
将
生物素连接到小分子上提供了
生物学中的强大工具。在这里,我们提出了一种系统的方法,以识别能够渗透细胞膜的Hsp90
抑制剂PU-H71的
生物素化类似物,从而使得在活细胞中能够研究Hsp90复合物。鉴定出的衍
生物2g可以通过亲和纯化分离Hsp90,并且,正如我们所展示的,代表了一种独特而有用的工具,通过亲和捕获、流式细胞术和共聚焦显微镜来探索肿瘤Hsp90
生物学。据我们所知,2g是唯一报道的具有这些综合特性的
生物素化Hsp90探针。