[Screening of small molecule inhibitors for PLK1 PBD and evaluation of antitumor activities]

Yao Xue Xue Bao. 2017 Mar;52(3):409-15.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

With the method of fluorescence polarization (FP), we screened small molecule inhibitors for PLK1 PBD to identify the lead compounds for antitumor drugs. FP led to the identification of a potent hit, F083-0063, whose inhibition rate was (99.7 ± 0.4) % at 10 μg·mL−1. The IC50 was calculated to be 1.9 ± 0.1 μmol·L−1 using Graphpad Prism 5. The effect of the compound on cells' multiplication was measured by MTT assay which showed that F083-0063 inhibited the proliferation of many tumor cell lines. Flow cytometry analysis indicated that the F083-0063 promoted cell apoptosis and induced cell G2/M arrest. Migration abilities of cells, evaluated using scratch test, increased significantly in the presence of F083-0063 with the migration rate as low as (37.6 ± 0.7) % at 20 μmol·L−1. Molecular linkage technique found F083-0063 had good affinity with PLK1 PBD. The results of Western blotting showed that the expression of cyclin-dependent proteins was increased after treatment with F083-0063. In summary, F083-0063 has an antitumor activity and is expected to be an antitumor lead compound targeting PLK1 PBD.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Apoptosis
  • Cell Cycle Checkpoints
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Humans
  • Polo-Like Kinase 1
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases