Leveraging kinase inhibitors to develop small molecule tools for imaging kinases by fluorescence microscopy

Mol Biosyst. 2012 Oct;8(10):2523-6. doi: 10.1039/c2mb25099c.

Abstract

As the usage of fluorescence microscopy as a tool to study biological systems continues to grow, so does the need for additional tools that permit the selective detection of proteins of interest. Existing selective and well-characterized kinase inhibitors may be exploited to develop novel small molecule probes useful in imaging kinases by fluorescence microscopy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Boron Compounds / chemistry
  • Cell Cycle
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism
  • Centrosome / enzymology
  • Centrosome / ultrastructure
  • Chromosome Structures / enzymology
  • Chromosome Structures / ultrastructure
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Molecular Imaging / methods*
  • Molecular Probes / chemical synthesis
  • Polo-Like Kinase 1
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism
  • Pteridines / chemistry*
  • Pteridines / pharmacology

Substances

  • 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene
  • BI 2536
  • Boron Compounds
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Molecular Probes
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Pteridines
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • TTK protein, human