Purvalanol A is a potent CDK inhibitor, which inhibits cdc2-cyclin B, cdk2-cyclin A, cdk2-cyclin E, cdk4-cyclin D1, and cdk5-p35 with IC50s of 4, 70, 35, 850, 75 nM, resepctively.
Description :
A potent, cell-permeable, selective inhibitor of CDK with IC50s of 4, 70, 35, 850, and 75 nM for cdc2/cyclin B, Cdk2/cyclin A, Cdk2/cyclin E, Cdk4/cyclin D1 and Cdk5-p35, respectively; also inhibits Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cdc28p (IC50=80 nM) and has no effect on PKC, Raf, CK1, CK2.
Purvalanol A decreases cell viability in dose-dependent manner in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. Purvalanol A induces cell viability loss by 50 % in MCF-7 cells but MDA-MB-231 cells sre less sensitive to Purvalanol A (32 % decreases in cell viability). Purvalanol A induces mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells.[2] Purvalanol A effectively prevents c-Src-mediated transformation by inhibiting both cell cycle progression and c-Src signaling, and effectively suppresses the anchorage independent growth of some human cancer cells in which c-Src is up-regulated. Purvalanol A has a stronger inhibitory effect on the anchorage-independent growth of HT29 and SW480 human colon cancer cells. [3]
Purvalanol A inhibits cdc28 (S. cerevisiae) and erk1 with IC50s of 80 and 9000 nM. Purvalanol A shows inhibitory activities against the NCI panel of 60 human tumor cell lines, with average GI50 of 2 μM; two cell lines show an ∼20-fold increase in sensitivity to purvalanol A: the KM12 colon cancer cell line with a GI50 of 76 nM and the NCI-H522 non–small cell lung cancer cell line with a GI50 of 347 nM[1]. Purvalanol A is a 2.5-fold more potent inhibitor of CDK2, but also inhibits DYRK1A potently and a number of other protein kinases in the low micromolar range. Purvalanol A inhibits MKK1, MAPK2/ERK2, JNK/SAPK1c with IC50s of 80, 26, 84 μM[2]. Purvalanol A selectively inhibits the phosphorylation of cellular proteins. Purvalanol A prevents the increases of the contents of cyclins D and E during serum-induced G1 phase progression. Purvalanol A does not inhibit transcription under cell-free conditions[3].