The us fda approved the first drug of this type, palbociclib ibrance, a cdk4 6 inhibitor, in february 2015, for use in postmenopausal women with breast cancer that is. Therefore, novel cdk2 inhibitors still need to be developed. Cyclin dependent kinase cdk inhibitors as anticancer. They are used to treat cancers by preventing overproliferation of cancer cells. To explore the potential for atpcompetitive inhibitors to discriminate between cdk1 and cdk2, five atp. Molecular docking, free energy calculation and molecular dynamics md simulation studies have been performed, to explore the putative binding modes of 3,5diaminoindazoles, imidazo1,2bpyridazines and triazolo1,5a pyridazines series of cyclindependent kinase cdk2 inhibitors. Targeting cdk2 overcomes melanoma resistance against braf and. In this study, we utilized our free and opensource proteinligand docking software, idock, prospectively to identify potential cdk2 inhibitors from 4,311 fdaapproved small molecule drugs using a repurposing strategy and an ensemble docking methodology. Because of considerable roles of cdk2 in anticancer therapy, various experimental works have been involved in exploration of promising inhibitors and drugs suppressing the activity of cdk2.
In brief, mdamb231 cells in 3dmatrigel culture were treated with cdk2 and ezh2 inhibitors for 72 h. We next asked whether p27luc activity could be used to monitor the activity of cdk2 inhibitors with druglike properties in cellulo and in vivo. Product name cdk2 cdk1 cdk3 cdk4 cdk5 cdk6 cdk7 cdk8 cdk9 cdk12 cdk14 cdk16 cdk2 selectivity. Two distinct binding styles are observed for these inhibitors cdk2 cocrystals, which are nu6102 6binding style and rroscovitinebinding style. After molecular dynamics and binding free energy calculation, two compounds had great potential as novel cdk2 inhibitors and they also.
Cdk2mediated sitespecific phosphorylation of ezh2 drives. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel pyrimido. Cyclindependent kinase 2, also known as cell division protein kinase 2, or cdk2, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the cdk2 gene. Black and red represent free cdk2 and cdk2101874157.
Other cdk inhibitors include at7519 developed by astex, a pyrazole 3carboxyamide compound that acts as an inhibitor of cdk1, cdk2, cdk4, cdk6 and cdk9. It is 3fold more selective for cdk2 than cdk1, 2, 4, 5, and 7. Seliciclib inhibits a range of cdks, including cdk1, cdk2, cdk7, and cdk9 at micromolar levels, and this translates into cell cycle blocks at both the g 1 s and g 2 m checkpoints, consistent with the inhibition profile of the enzymes. To test whether activation of parp1 is mediated by one of the hormoneactivated kinases, we measured the effect of several kinase inhibitors on the formation of par after progestin treatment supplemental table s1. Purines and related heterocycles substituted at c2 with 4. Identification of highaffinity inhibitors of cyclindependent. Because of the relationship between ccne2 expression and distant metastasis free survival after endocrine therapy, we examined the role of cyclin e2 in the response of mcf7 cells to antiestrogen treatment in vitro. Despite the dispensability of cdk2 for the mitotic cell cycle, cdk2 is essential for meiosis berthet et al. Molecular profiling and combinatorial activity of cct068127. Cdk2 inhibitors as candidate therapeutics for cisplatin and. The structure was refined to r factor and r free values of 19.
Dual inhibition of cdk4 and cdk2 via targeting p27 tyrosine. Avoiding the inhibition of cdk1 in a multicdk or singlecdk inhibition strategy is complicated by the high degree of active site sequence identity within the cdk family, illustrated for cdks 1 and 2 in figure 1 a. The ascribed weaknesses of pancdk inhibitors suggest that improved selectivity for certain cdks is the key to the successful development of cdk inhibitors as therapeutic cancer agents. Alkylation and amination of the latter ones give different amino derivatives. Determination of the first cyclinfree cdk1atp inhibitor complex. Cdk2 activates parp1 in response to hormone treatment. Differential binding of inhibitors to active and inactive cdk2.
Potent cdk2 inhibitors might target certain cancers. Bioluminescent imaging of cdk2 inhibition in vivo nature. The data here will enable the development of optimized type ii cdk2 inhibitors with slow offrate binding kinetics and introduces an alternative strategy for targeting cdk2 in its inactive state. Potent cdk2 inhibitors might target certain cancers in which ccne1 is ampli. One pancdk inhibitor, dinaciclib targeting cdk2, cdk5, cdk1 and cdk9, was still in phase 1 clinical trials nct03484520, nct03484520, nct01676753, nct01676753, nct02684617 and nct02684617. Cyclindependent kinase inhibitors as anticancer therapeutics. At7519 has been evaluated in combination with bortezomib in a phase ii clinical trial enrolling patients with previously treated multiple myeloma.
It plays an important role in regulating various events of eukaryotic cell division cycle. The cdk2 inhibitor, dinaciclib, attenuated resistance to both classes of inhibitors and combinations thereof. The accuracy of monomeric cdk2 as an inhibitor design. Pdf cyclindependent kinases are involved in diverse cellular processes that include cell cycle control, apoptosis, neuronal physiology. Cyclindependent kinase 46 cdk46specific inhibitors, such as palbociclib, have shown clinical efficacy, but primary or secondary resistance has emerged as a problem. Cdk2 inhibitor cdk2 selective inhibitors cdk2 isoform. Differences in the conformational energy landscape of cdk1.
Xplor 3335 and manual fitting intoaweighting electron density maps with the graphics. We have identified a new structural class of protein serinethreonine kinase inhibitors comprising an aminoimidazo1,2. The model was then used to aid in the design of novel cdk2 inhibitors. However, the current limitation in structural diversity of kinase inhibitors has complicated efforts to identify effective treatments of diseases that involve protein kinase signaling pathways. The computed free energy of binding gauges the strength of proteinligand interactions. Our model was first validated through a study on the binding of a number of flavopiridol derivatives to cdk2, and its ability to identify potent inhibitors was observed. A threefold increase in cdk2bound p27 is sufficient to inhibit all cyclin ecdk2 activity in these cells, and this can be effected by the p15induced redistribution of p27 from cyclin dcdk4 to cyclin ecdk2 complexes without a requirement for increased p27 synthesis reynisdottir et al. The cyclindependent kinase cdk inhibitor p2jwaf1cip1sdi1. The protein kinase family represents an enormous opportunity for drug development. Antiestrogens regulate cyclin e1cdk2 and cyclin e2cdk2 activity by independent pathways in estrogenresponsive cells. Unbiased proteomics and phosphoproteomics analyses identified cdk2 as a driver of resistance to both braf and hsp90 inhibitors and its expression is regulated by the transcription factor mitf upon xl888 treatment. This protein kinase is highly similar to the gene products of s. Complete inhibition of cdkcyclin by one molecule of p21cip1. In addition, the studied cdk2 type ii inhibitors showed slow off rates enabling development.
We have used biophysical measurements and xray crystallography to investigate the atpcompetitive inhibitor binding properties of cyclin free and cyclinbound cdk1 and cdk2. However, factors modulating dfg conformations remain poorly understood. Cdk2 inhibitor ii is a potent, cellpermeable, atpcompetitive, and selective inhibitor of cdk2. Type ii inhibitors targeting cdk2 acs chemical biology. Identification and characterization of an irreversible inhibitor of cdk2. Extra precision docking, free energy calculation and. Nevertheless, the potential of pharmacological cdk2 inhibition in suppressing cell. Key to the regulation of these kinase activities are cdk inhibitors, proteins that are induced in response to various antiproliferative. Using the same methodology, rastelli described in 2014 the first examples of truly type iii allosteric ligands of cdk2. We show that this combination is able to find an optimal reaction coordinate and the free. Here, we have performed structurebased virtual screening of the pubchem database to identify potent cdk2 inhibitors. Sorted by average idock score, nine compounds were purchased and tested in vitro. There is currently no product that acts on isoform cdk2 together. Another theory posits that rb, the protein that cdk46 acts on, becomes able to cause proliferation without cdk46 activity.
Cells were then crosslinked for 10 min by adding formaldehyde to a final concentration of 1%. Atpcompetitive inhibitors discriminate between cyclin free cdk1 and cdk2. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the cyclindependent kinase family of serthr protein kinases. Fluorine substituted 1,2,4triazinones have been synthesized via alkylation, amination, andor oxidation of 62amino5fluorophenyl3thioxo3,4dihydro1,2,4triazin52hone 1 and 4fluoron4fluoro25oxo3thioxo2,3,4,5tetrahydro1,2,4triazin6ylphenylbenzamide 5 as possible antihiv1 and cdk2 inhibitors. Cyclindependent kinases cdks have been considered promising drug targets for a number of years, but most cdk inhibitors have failed rigorous clinical testing. The discovery of a new structural class of cyclindependent. Here, it is demonstrated that cdk2 compensates for loss of cdk4 activity to rescue palbociclibarrested. Drug resistance toward cdk46 inhibitors is another struggle. Free energy pathway methods show great promise in computing the mode of action and the free energy profile associated with the binding of small molecules with proteins, but are generally very computationally demanding. Freeenergybased methods for binding profile determination. Cdk29 inhibitor is a cellpermeable aminopyrimidinyl compound that acts as a potent and atpcompetitive inhibitor of cdk2e and cdk9t1. However, surprisingly, we also found that wild type cdk2 is able to bind type ii inhibitors.
Tight temporal control of cyclin e is essential to the coordination of cellcycle processes and the maintenance of genome integrity. In eukaryotic cells, cyclindependent kinase cdk complexes regulate the temporal progression of cells through the cell cycle. Prevention of chemotherapyinduced alopecia in rats by cdk inhibitors. Accumulated evidences indicated that over expression of cdk2 should cause the abnormal regulation of cellcycle, which would be directly associated with hyperproliferation in cancer cells. Key properties of cdk7 specific lead series inhibitors series representative a cdk7 chemical matter range selectivity vs. Cyclin e, a regulatory subunit of cyclindependent kinase 2 cdk2, is central to the initiation of dna replication at the g1s checkpoint. To develop more effective therapeutic approaches, investigation is needed into the mechanisms of resistance or adaption. Identification of novel cdk2 inhibitors by a multistage. Cyclindependent kinase2 cdk2 is a member of protein kinase family. Cdk2dependent activation of parp1 is required for hormonal. Selective inhibitors of cdk2 might provide the ability to target genetic andor driver events in tumours driven by cyclin e amplification.
Here, we validate cdk1 and cdk2 as potential therapeutic targets using novel selective smallmolecule inhibitors of cyclin b1cdk1 and cyclin e2 cdk2 enzyme complexes cdki. Questions remain on whether other cdks, like cdk2, can fulfill the role of cdk4 and cdk6 which are blocked by cdk46 inhibitors. Fluorine substituted 1,2,4triazinones as potential antihiv. Purine heterocycles have attracted particular attention as the scaffolds for the development of cdk2 inhibitors. Differences in the conformational energy landscape of. Cyclindependent kinase inhibitors as anticancer therapeutics s. Structural genomics consortium, university of oxford, old road campus research building, roosevelt drive, ox.
Palbor, and c hs68 cell lines treated for 24 hours with cdk2 inhibitors at 100nm, 300nm, or nm. In addition to the three cdk2 inhibitors kenpaullone, olomoucine ii, and cdk2 inhibitor ii characterized here, pelitinib an irreversible inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor and an investigational new drug, antimycin a an inhibitor of mitochondrial electron transport and inducer of apoptosis that has been tested in vivo in rodents. Cyclin e2 overexpression is associated with endocrine. The history and future of targeting cyclindependent. Structural studies of p2lwa1ciplsdil in the free and cdk2. We chose cdk2 as a model system to study the dfg inout transition on a target that was thought to have an inaccessible dfgout conformation. Overexpression of cyclin e in human tumors was first observed in the 1990s and led to the identification of oncogenic roles. The abnormal activity of cdk2 is associated with cancer progression and metastasis. Milciclib pha848125 is a potent, atpcompetitive cdk inhibitor for cdk2 with ic50 of 45 nm. Cyclindependent kinase2 as a target for cancer therapy. Are cdk46 inhibitors transforming breast cancer treatment. The history and future of targeting cyclindependent kinases. The purinebased cdk2 inhibitors were developed from 1990s, and they accounted for a large proportion among cdk2 inhibitors 42,43. Pdf cdk2 inhibitors as candidate therapeutics for cisplatin.
Using protein crystallography structural analysis of the cdk2 complex with an aminopyrimidinephenyl urea inhibitor k03861 revealed a canonical type ii binding mode and the first available type ii inhibitor cdk2 cocrystal structure. The purine derivatives olomucine 81 400 and purvalanol a 82 401 and seliciclib rroscovitine, cyc202, 83 402 are all more selective inhibitors of cdk2. Lncrna trojan promotes proliferation and resistance to cdk46. Identifying hot spots of inhibitorcdk2 bindings by. Selective inhibitors of cdk2 might provide the ability to target genetic andor driver events in. Alkylation on positions 2 and 4 in 1,2,4triazinone gave. A series of 2,5,7trisubstituted pyrimido4,5dpyrimidine cyclindependent kinase cdk2 inhibitors is designed and synthesized. Recent studies demonstrating clear anticancer efficacy and reduced toxicity of cdk46 inhibitors such as palbociclib and multicdk inhibitors such as dinaciclib have rejuvenated the field. However, current cdk2 inhibitors also inhibit cdk1, generating a toxicity liability. Nu6300 is the first example of a covalent cdk2 inhibitor d.
Deregulation in the cell cycle is an essential component in the evolution of cancer. Cdk2 578 3 cdk4 42000 20000 cdk5 9000 30 cdk6 32100 35000 cdk7 41 250 cdk9 1100 90 nc160 cancer cell line panel mean gi50. Cyclindependent kinase 2 cdk2 is a potential target for treating cancer. In silico identification and in vitro and in vivo validation. A cdk cyclindependent kinase inhibitor is any chemical that inhibits the function of cdks. Cyclin dependent kinase 2 cdk2 inhibitors pipeline insights, 2017 provides in depth insights on the pipeline drugs and their development activities. Intensive screening and drug design based on cdkinhibitor cocrystal structures and. At7519 is a multicdk inhibitor for cdk1, 2, 4, 6 and 9 with ic50 of 10210 nm. Results at the time of writing, cdk2 had the largest. Values were obtained from the 50 ns molecular dynamics md simulation time scale. Cdk2 inhibitors as candidate therapeutics for cisplatin and noiseinduced hearing loss article pdf available in journal of experimental medicine 2154. Discovery and evaluation of dual cdk1 and cdk2 inhibitors.
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