High-content screen using zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos identifies a novel kinase activator and inhibitor.
High-content screen using zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos identifies a novel kinase activator and inhibitor.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.02.068
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发表时间:
2017-05-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Hazlehurst LA
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作者:
Geldenhuys WJ;Bergeron SA;Mullins JE;Aljammal R;Gaasch BL;Chen WC;Yun J;Hazlehurst LA
In this report we utilized zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos in a phenotypical high-content screen (HCS) to identify novel leads in a cancer drug discovery program. We initially validated our HCS model using the flavin adenosine dinucleotide (FAD) containing endoplasmic reticulum (ER) enzyme, endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductase (ERO1) inhibitor EN460. EN460 showed a dose response effect on the embryos with a dose of 10 μM being significantly lethal during early embryonic development. The HCS campaign which employed a small library identified a promising lead compound, a naphthyl-benzoic acid derivative coined compound 1 which had significant dosage and temporally dependent effects on notochord and muscle development in zebrafish embryos. Screening a 369 kinase member panel we show that compound 1 is a PIM3 kinase inhibitor (IC50 = 4.078 μM) and surprisingly a DAPK1 kinase agonist/activator (EC50 = 39.525 μM). To our knowledge this is the first example of a small molecule activating DAPK1 kinase. We provide a putative model for increased phosphate transfer in the ATP binding domain when compound 1 is virtually docked with DAPK1. Our data indicate that observable phenotypical changes can be used in future zebrafish screens to identify compounds acting via similar molecular signaling pathways.