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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-28
pubmed:abstractText
The benzophenanthridine alkaloid chelerythrine is a potent, selective antagonist of the Ca++/phospholopid-dependent protein kinase (Protein kinase C: PKC) from the rat brain. Half-maximal inhibition of the kinase occurs at 0.66 microM. Chelerythrine interacted with the catalytic domain of PKC, was a competitive inhibitor with respect to the phosphate acceptor (histone IIIS) (Ki = 0.7 microM) and a non-competitive inhibitor with respect to ATP. This effect was further evidenced by the fact that chelerythrine inhibited native PKC and its catalytic fragment identically and did not affect [3H]- phorbol 12,13 dibutyrate binding to PKC. Chelerythrine selectively inhibited PKC compared to tyrosine protein kinase, cAMP-dependent protein kinase and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase. The potent antitumoral activity of celerythrine measured in vitro might be due at least in part to inhibition of PKC and thus suggests that PKC may be a model for rational design of antitumor drugs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
172
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
993-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2244923-1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Alkaloids, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Benzophenanthridines, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Isoquinolines, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Leukemia L1210, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Phenanthridines, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Piperazines, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Protein Kinase C, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Staurosporine, pubmed-meshheading:2244923-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Chelerythrine is a potent and specific inhibitor of protein kinase C.
pubmed:affiliation
Sanofi Recherche, Toulouse, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article