SMALL MOLECULES
Contributor Information
- Name Mark Charles
- Institute Cancer Research Technology
Tool Details
- Tool name: LIMK inhibitor CRT0105950 Small Molecule (Tool Compound)
- Molecular formula: C20H18F3N3O2S
- Tool type: Small molecules
- Tool sub-type: Inhibitor
- Purpose: Inhibitor
- Molecular weight of the target: 383.89
- Application: The compounds exhibit low uM potency in breast cancer cells showing dose dependent inhibition of phosphorylation of the LIMK substrate cofilin. Treatment of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells with the compounds significantly reduces their ability to invade a matrigel plug in an inverse in vitro invasion assay. Furthermore, the inhibitors effectively reduce fibroblast-led collective invasion in a co-culture organotypic model.
- Description: The LIMK inhibitor CRT0105950 is a novel, selective, potent LIMK inhibitor, which inhibits p-cofilin and inhibits invasion in a Matrigel inverse invasion assay. LIMK1 has been reported to play a key role in tumour cell invasion, and the level of LIMK1 is increased in breast and prostate cancer cell lines in comparison with less invasive cell lines. The LIM kinases (LIMK1 and LIMK2) phosphorylate and inactivate cofilin which allows them to act as regulators of actin cytoskeletal dynamics and microtubule organisation.
- Research area: Cell Signaling & Signal Transduction; Metabolism; Neurobiology
- IC50: IC50 LIMK1 0.008uM IC50 LIMK2 0.048uM IC50 Cell p-cofilin 1uM
- Additional notes: % invasion inhibition at 3uM 52 % cell viability at 10uM 100
- For Research Use Only
Target Details
- Target molecular weight: 383.89
- Primary target: LIMK1 and LIMK2
Application Details
- Application: The compounds exhibit low uM potency in breast cancer cells showing dose dependent inhibition of phosphorylation of the LIMK substrate cofilin. Treatment of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells with the compounds significantly reduces their ability to invade a matrigel plug in an inverse in vitro invasion assay. Furthermore, the inhibitors effectively reduce fibroblast-led collective invasion in a co-culture organotypic model.
Handling
- Purity: 383.89 g/mol
- Shipping conditions: Dry Ice
Documentation
- Available on request
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References
- • Charles et al. 2015. J Med Chem. :. PMID: 26356364
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