Abstract
Protein kinase CK2 is a ubiquitous, essential, and highly pleiotropic protein kinase whose abnormally high constitutive activity is suspected to underlie its pathogenic potential in neoplasia and other diseases. A number of structurally unrelated CK2 inhibitors, tested on a variety of cells derived from tumours, including lymphomas, leukaemias, multiple myeloma and prostate carcinoma, display a proapoptotic effect which is roughly proportional to their in vitro inhibitory potency. In the present review we summarize the most recent discovery of potent and selective CK2 inhibitors and their prospective as future anticancer agents.
Keywords: Protein kinase CK2, casein kinase 2, anticancer drugs, drug discovery
Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Protein Kinase CK2 Inhibitors: Emerging Anticancer Therapeutic Agents?
Volume: 8 Issue: 7
Author(s): Andrea Bortolato, Giorgio Cozza and Stefano Moro
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Keywords: Protein kinase CK2, casein kinase 2, anticancer drugs, drug discovery
Abstract: Protein kinase CK2 is a ubiquitous, essential, and highly pleiotropic protein kinase whose abnormally high constitutive activity is suspected to underlie its pathogenic potential in neoplasia and other diseases. A number of structurally unrelated CK2 inhibitors, tested on a variety of cells derived from tumours, including lymphomas, leukaemias, multiple myeloma and prostate carcinoma, display a proapoptotic effect which is roughly proportional to their in vitro inhibitory potency. In the present review we summarize the most recent discovery of potent and selective CK2 inhibitors and their prospective as future anticancer agents.
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Bortolato Andrea, Cozza Giorgio and Moro Stefano, Protein Kinase CK2 Inhibitors: Emerging Anticancer Therapeutic Agents?, Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2008; 8 (7) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152008785914761
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152008785914761 |
Print ISSN 1871-5206 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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