Casein Kinase inhibitor A51

Biological Activity

Casein Kinase inhibitor A51 (CKIα inhibitor A51) is a novel pan-specific CKI (CSNK1) inhibitor (Kd=0.5-20 nM, CKIα Kd=5.3 nM) that co-targets the transcriptional kinases CDK7 and CDK9, with hardly inhibition of CDK8, CDK13, CDK11a, CDK11b, and CDK19; target both CDK7 and CDK9 with low nM Kd values; induces leukemia cell apoptosis at <160 nM, in correlation to the capacity to stabilize p53; shows high and selective sensitivity against leukemic CFUs in colony-forming unit (CFU) assay, without effect on normal hematopoietic CFUs; blocking CKIα together with CDK7 and/or CDK9 synergistically stabilize p53, deprive leukemia cells of survival and proliferation-maintaining SE-driven oncogenes, induce apoptosis, abolishes the expression of MYC, MDM2, and the anti-apoptotic oncogene MCL1; demonstrates therapeutic efficacy with preserved hematopoiesis and leukemia cure potential in AML mouse models.

Published experimental findings depend on the model and assay conditions. They do not guarantee equivalent performance in every application. For laboratory research use only.