Fast in-vitro screening of FLT3-ITD inhibitors using silkworm-baculovirus protein expression system

PLoS One. 2022 May 5;17(5):e0261699. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261699. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

We report expression and purification of a FLT3 protein with ITD mutation (FLT3-ITD) with a steady tyrosine kinase activity using a silkworm-baculovirus system, and its application as a fast screening system of tyrosine kinase inhibitors. The FLT3-ITD protein was expressed in Bombyx mori L. pupae infected by gene-modified nucleopolyhedrovirus, and was purified as an active state. We performed an inhibition assay using 17 kinase inhibitors, and succeeded in screening two inhibitors for FLT3-ITD. The result has paved the way for screening FLT3-ITD inhibitors in a fast and easy manner, and also for structural studies.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Baculoviridae
  • Bombyx* / genetics
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute* / genetics
  • Mutation
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 / genetics

Substances

  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.