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Publication Abstract from PubMed

DYRKs (dual specificity, tyrosine phosphorylation regulated kinases) and CLKs (cdc2-like kinases) are implicated in the onset and development of Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome. The marine sponge alkaloid Leucettamine B was recently identified as an inhibitor of DYRKs/CLKs. Synthesis of analogues (Leucettines) led to an optimized product, Leucettine L41. Leucettines were co-crystallized with DYRK1A, DYRK2, CLK3, PIM1 and GSK-3beta. The selectivity of L41 was studied by activity & interaction assays of recombinant kinases and affinity chromatography & competition affinity assays. These approaches revealed unexpected potential secondary targets such as CK2, SLK and the lipid kinase PIKfyve/Vac14/Fig4. L41 displayed neuroprotective effects on glutamate-induced HT22 cell death. L41 also reduced amyloid precursor protein -induced cell death in cultured rat brain slices. The unusual multi-target selectivity of Leucettines may account for their neuroprotective effects. This family of kinase inhibitors deserves further optimization as potential therapeutics against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.

Selectivity, co-crystal structures and neuroprotective properties of Leucettines, a family of protein kinase inhibitors derived from the marine sponge alkaloid Leucettamine B.,Tahtouh T, Elkins JM, Filippakopoulos P, Soundararajan M, Burgy G, Durieu E, Cochet C, Schmid R, Lo D, Delhommel F, Oberholzer A, Laurence P, Carreaux F, Bazureau JP, Knapp S, Meijer L J Med Chem. 2012 Sep 21. PMID:22998443^[1]

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