Abstract
Calphostin C (UCN-1028C), a newly isolated compound from Cladosporium cladosporioides , is a potent and specific inhibitor of protein kinase C, because it was 1000 times more inhibitory to protein kinase C (IC50, 0.05 μM) than other protein kinases such as cAMP-dependent protein kinase and tyrosine-specific protein kinase (IC50, >50μM). Calphostin C did not inhibit calcium activated neutral protease (calpain)-digested protein kinase C, indicating that it interacts with the regulatory domain of protein kinase C. In addition this compound showed inhibitory effects on the binding of [ 3H]PDBu to protein kinase C. The potent cytotoxic activity and antitumor activity of calphostin C might be due to the inhibition of protein kinase C, and thus it may be potentially useful for the therapeutic application.
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