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Kenpaullone
WNT pathway activator; Inhibits GSK3ß
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Kenpaullone is an ATP-competitive inhibitor of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β; Bain et al.; Leclerc et al.; Zaharevitz et al.). It inhibits GSK-3β, Cdk1/cyclin B, Cdk2/cyclin A, Cdk5/p25, and lymphocyte kinase with IC₅₀ values of 0.23, 0.4, 0.68, 0.85, and 0.47 µM, respectively (Bain et al.; Zaharevitz et al.).
REPROGRAMMING
- Replaces Klf4 in the generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) transduced with Oct4, Sox2, and c-Myc (Lyssiotis et al.).
DIFFERENTIATION
- Enhances neuronal differentiation in rat and human neural precursor cell cultures (Castelo-Branco et al.; Lange et al.).
- Promotes survival of motor neurons derived from mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells and from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patient iPS cells (Yang et al.).
CANCER RESEARCH
- Inhibits KLF4 expression and self-renewal in breast cancer stem cells in vitro (Yu et al.).