JNK-IN-8

JNK-IN-8 is a potent JNK inhibitor with IC50s of 4.7 nM, 18.7 nM, and 1 nM for JNK1, JNK2, and JNK3, respectively.

Signaling Pathways >> MAPK/ERK Pathway >> JNK

Research Areas >> Cancer

JNK3:1 nM (IC50)

JNK1:4.7 nM (IC50)

JNK2:18.7 nM (IC50)

JNK-IN-8 inhibits phosphorylation of c-Jun, a direct substrate of JNK kinase. JNK-IN-8 inhibits c-Jun phosphorylation in HeLa and A375 cells with EC50 of 486 nM and 338 nM, respectively. JNK-IN-8 also exhibits exceptional selectivity based upon KinomeScan and enzymatic profiling. Cumulatively these combined profiling technologies demonstrate that both JNK-IN-8 and JNK-IN-12 are remarkably selective covalent JNK inhibitors and are appropriate for interrogating JNK-dependent biological phenomena[1]. JNK-IN-8, a selective pan-JNK inhibitor, is discovered to inhibit JNK kinase by broad-base kinase selectivity profiling of a library of acrylamide kinase inhibitors based on the structure of imatinib using the KinomeSca approach. JNK-IN-8 possess distinct regio-chemistry of the 1,4-dianiline and 1,3-aminobenzoic acid substructures relative to imatinib and uses an N,N-dimethyl butenoic actemide warhead to covalently target Cys154. JNK-IN-8 adopts an L-shaped type I binding conformation to access Cys 154 located towards the lip of the ATP-binding site[2].

A375 cells are pre-treated with 1 μM JNK-IN-8 for the indicated amounts of time. Remove the medium and wash 3 times with PBS. Resuspend the cell pellet with 1 mL Lysis Buffer (1% NP-40, 1% CHAPS, 25 mM Tris, 150 mM NaCl, Phosphatase Inhibitor Cocktail, and Protease Inhibitor Cocktail). Rotate end-to-end for 30 min at 4°C. Lysates are cleared by centrifugation at 14000 rpm for 15 min in the Eppendorf. The cleared lysates gel filtered into Kinase Buffer (0.1% NP-40, 20 mM HEPES, 150 mM NaCl, Phosphatase Inhibitor Cocktail, Protease Inhibitor Cocktail) using Bio-Rad 10DG colums. The total protein concentration of the gel-filtered lysate should be around 5-15 mg/mL. Cell lysate is labeled with the probe from ActivX at 5 μM for 1 hour. Samples are reduced with DTT, and cysteines are blocked with iodoacetamide and gel filtered to remove excess reagents and exchange the buffer. Add 1 volume of 2X Binding Buffer (2% Triton-100, 1% NP-40, 2 mM EDTA, 2X PBS) and 50 μL streptavidin bead slurry and rotate end-to-end for 2 hours, centrifuge at 7000 rpm for 2 min. Wash 3 times with 1X Binding Buffer and 3 times with PBS. Add 30 μL 1X sample buffer to beads, heat samples at 95°C for 10 min. Run samples on an SDS-PAGE gel at 110V. After transferred, the membrane is immunoblotted with JNK antibody[1].

HEK-293 cells stably expressing Interleukin Receptor 1 (HEK293-IL1R) are cultured in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10% FBS, 2 mM glutamine and 1×antimycotic/antibiotic solution. Cells are serum starved for 18 h before incubation with DMSO or JNK-IN-8, stimulated with 2 μM Anisomycin for 1h and lysates are clarified by centrifugation for 10 min at 16000 g and 4°C[1].

[1]. Zhang T, et al. Discovery of potent and selective covalent inhibitors of JNK. Chem Biol. 2012 Jan 27;19(1):140-54.

[2]. Liu Q, et al. Developing irreversible inhibitors of the protein kinase cysteinome. Chem Biol. 2013 Feb 21;20(2):146-59.

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