Ispinesib

The kinesin-like spindle protein Eg5 (also known as kinesin-5, kinesin family protein 11, or Kif11) is a motor protein that is essential for establishing a bipolar spindle during mitosis both in normal and tumor cells. Ispinesib is a cell-permeable, allosteric inhibitor of Eg5 (Ki app = 2.3 nM) with >10,000-fold selectivity for Eg5 over a range of other mitotic kinesins. It induces a monopolar spindle phenotype, leading to the activation of a spindle assembly checkpoint, mitotic arrest, and subsequent cell death (GI50s = 22-82 nM in colon, pancreas, prostrate, and lung cancer cells in vitro). At 10 mg/kg, ispinesib produces tumor regression of breast cancer cell xenografts in mice. It has also been used to halt the growth of treatment-resistant glioblastoma tumor-initiating cells, to prevent tumor initiation and self-renewal of a cancer stem cell population (EC50 = 1.15 nM), and to reduce glioma cell invasion.Formal Name: N-(3-aminopropyl)-N-[(1R)-1-[7-chloro-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-(phenylmethyl)-2-quinazolinyl]-2-methylpropyl]-4-methyl-benzamide. CAS Number: 336113-53-2. Synonyms: SB-715992. Molecular Formula: C30H33ClN4O2. Formula Weight: 517.1. Purity: >98%. Formulation: (Request formulation change), A crystalline solid. Solubility: DMF: 30 mg/ml, DMSO: 30 mg/ml, Ethanol: 30 mg/ml, Ethanol:PBS(pH 7.2) (1:1): 0.5 mg/ml. lambdamax: 234, 275 nm. SMILES: ClC1=CC=C(C(N(CC2=CC=CC=C2)C([C@H](N(CCCN)C(C3=CC=C(C)C=C3)=O)C(C)C)=N4)=O)C4=C1. InChi Code: InChI=1S/C30H33ClN4O2/c1-20(2)27(34(17-7-16-32)29(36)23-12-10-21(3)11-13-23)28-33-26-18-24(31)14-15-25(26)30(37)35(28)19-22-8-5-4-6-9-22/h4-6,8-15,18,20,27H,7,16-17,19,32H2,1-3H3/t27-/m1/s1. InChi Key: QJZRFPJCWMNVAV-HHHXNRCGSA-N.