MELK-8a is an inhibitor of maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK; IC50 = 0.002 ?M).1 It is selective for MELK over FLT3, haspin, KIT, and PDGFRα, (IC50s = 0.18, 0.19, >10, and 0.42 ?M, respectively), as well as a panel of 456 kinases at 1 ?M. MELK-8a inhibits the proliferation of MDA-MB-468 and MCF-7 breast cancer cells (IC50s = 0.11 and 3.68 ?M).
1.Touré, B.B., Giraldes, J., Smith, T., et al.Toward the validation of maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase: Discovery, optimization of highly potent and selective inhibitors, and preliminary biology insightJ. Med. Chem.59(10)4711-4723(2016)
















