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Abstract:
Aurora family kinases regulate important events during mitosis including
centrosome maturation and separation, mitotic spindle assembly, and
chromosome segregation. Misregulation of Aurora kinases due to genetic
amplification and protein overexpression results in aneuploidy and may
contribute to tumorigenesis. Here we report the discovery of new small
molecule aminothiazole inhibitors of Aurora kinases with exceptional
kinase selectivity and report a 1.7 angstrom cocrystal structure with
the Aurora B:INCENP complex from Xenopus laevis. The compounds
recapitulate the hallmarks of Aurora kinase inhibition, including
decreased histone H3 serine 10 phosphorylation, failure to complete
cytokinesis, and endoreduplication.