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Discovery of holoenzyme-disrupting chemicals as substrate-selective CK2 inhibitors.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Bestgen, Benoit 
Brear, Paul 
Prudent, Renaud 
Laudet, Béatrice 

Abstract

CK2 is a constitutively active protein kinase overexpressed in numerous malignancies. Interaction between CK2α and CK2β subunits is essential for substrate selectivity. The CK2α/CK2β interface has been previously targeted by peptides to achieve functional effects; however, no small molecules modulators were identified due to pocket flexibility and open shape. Here we generated numerous plausible conformations of the interface using the fumigation modeling protocol, and virtually screened a compound library to discover compound 1 that suppressed CK2α/CK2β interaction in vitro and inhibited CK2 in a substrate-selective manner. Orthogonal SPR, crystallography, and NMR experiments demonstrated that 4 and 6, improved analogs of 1, bind to CK2α as predicted. Both inhibitors alter CK2 activity in cells through inhibition of CK2 holoenzyme formation. Treatment with 6 suppressed MDA-MB231 triple negative breast cancer cell growth and induced apoptosis. Altogether, our findings exemplify an innovative computational-experimental approach and identify novel non-peptidic inhibitors of CK2 subunit interface disclosing substrate-selective functional effects.

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Keywords

Adenosine Triphosphate, Binding Sites, Casein Kinase II, Catalytic Domain, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Movement, Cell Proliferation, Crystallography, X-Ray, Holoenzymes, Humans, Kinetics, Molecular Docking Simulation, Peptides, Phosphorylation, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Protein Subunits, Substrate Specificity, Surface Plasmon Resonance

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Sci Rep

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Journal ISSN

2045-2322
2045-2322

Volume Title

9

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC