Fate of a Bioactive Fluorescent Wortmannin Derivative in Cells
- 8 November 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Bioconjugate Chemistry
- Vol. 19 (1) , 130-137
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bc7002204
Abstract
Here, we report on NBD-Wm, a fluorescent wortmannin (Wm) probe that maintains the bioactivity of Wm as an inhibitor of PI3 kinase and as an antiproliferative agent. The attachment of the NBD fluorochrome permits NBD-Wm in cells to be monitored by NBD fluorescence-based methods such as FACS or fluorescence microscopy or with an anti-NBD antibody. The fluorescence of NBD-Wm treated cells reached a peak at 1.5 h and then decreased because of the extrusion of a fluorescent compound into the culture media. Cells accumulated NBD-Wm to levels about 30-fold higher than those in the media. NBD-Wm modified five major proteins, with the modification of the catalytic subunit of PI3 kinase being a minor band. The bioactivity of NBD-Wm, coupled with a variety of techniques available for determining its disposition, suggest that NBD-Wm can be a useful tool in understanding the mechanism of action of viridins.Keywords
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