Leucettinibs, a Class of DYRK/CLK Kinase Inhibitors Inspired by the Marine Sponge Natural Product Leucettamine B

E Deau, MF Lindberg, F Miege, D Roche… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Dual-specificity, tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinases (DYRKs) and cdc2-like kinases
(CLKs) recently attracted attention due to their central involvement in various pathologies …

On a path toward a broad-spectrum anti-viral: inhibition of HIV-1 and coronavirus replication by SR kinase inhibitor harmine

S Dahal, K Clayton, T Cabral, R Cheng… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT RNA processing plays a key role in gene expression, allowing for increased
protein diversity and functional complexity. Consequently, modulating RNA processing can …

Serine-arginine protein kinases and their targets in viral infection and their inhibition

K Zheng, Z Ren, Y Wang - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Accumulating evidence has consolidated the interaction between viral infection and host
alternative splicing. Serine-arginine (SR) proteins are a class of highly conserved splicing …

A Canadian Survey of Research on HIV-1 Latency—Where Are We Now and Where Are We Heading?

AL Abdalla, G Guajardo-Contreras, AJ Mouland - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Worldwide, almost 40 million people are currently living with HIV-1. The implementation of
cART inhibits HIV-1 replication and reduces viremia but fails to eliminate HIV-1 from latently …

Discovery of novel 5-methoxybenzothiophene hydrazides as metabolically stable Clk1 inhibitors with high potency and unprecedented Clk1 isoenzyme selectivity

DS El-Gamil, AK ElHady, PJ Chen, TL Hwang… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Clk1 kinase is a key modulator of the pre-mRNA alternative splicing machinery which has
been proposed as a promising target for treatment of various tumour types, Duchenne's …

Regulatory interplay between SR proteins governs CLK1 kinase splice variants production

L Shkreta, A Delannoy, J Toutant, B Chabot - RNA, 2024 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
The CLK1 kinase phosphorylates SR proteins to modulate their splicing regulatory activity.
Skipping of alternative exon 4 on the CLK1 pre-mRNA produces a CLK1 variant lacking the …

[HTML][HTML] The anticancer potential of the CLK kinases inhibitors 1C8 and GPS167 revealed by their impact on the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and the antiviral …

L Shkreta, J Toutant, A Delannoy, D Durantel… - Oncotarget, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The diheteroarylamide-based compound 1C8 and the aminothiazole carboxamide-related
compound GPS167 inhibit the CLK kinases, and affect the proliferation of a broad range of …

[HTML][HTML] Exploiting the Achilles' Heel of Viral RNA Processing to Develop Novel Antivirals

A Zahedi Amiri, C Ahmed, S Dahal, F Grosso, H Leng… - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Treatment options for viral infections are limited and viruses have proven adept at evolving
resistance to many existing therapies, highlighting a significant vulnerability in our defenses …

Interferon-Regulated Expression of Cellular Splicing Factors Modulates Multiple Levels of HIV-1 Gene Expression and Replication

F Roesmann, L Müller, K Klaassen, S Heß, M Widera - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Type I interferons (IFN-Is) are pivotal in innate immunity against human immunodeficiency
virus I (HIV-1) by eliciting the expression of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs), which encompass …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of tyrphostin AG879 and A9 inhibiting replication of Chikungunya virus by screening of a kinase inhibitor library

Y He, Z Pan, Y Liu, L Jiang, H Peng, P Zhao, Z Qi, Y Liu… - Virology, 2023 - Elsevier
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a globally public health threat. There are currently no
medications available to treat CHIKV infection. High-throughput screening of 419 kinase …