GSK4028 is the enantiomeric negative control of GSK4027, which is a PCAF GCN5 bromodomain chemical probe. The pIC50 of GSK4028 is 4.9 in a TR-FRET assay.
GSK 4027 is a PCAF GCN5 bromodomain chemical probe. In a time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET) assay, it has a pIC50 of 7.4±0.11 for PCAF.
High affinity and selective cell-permeable p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF) inhibitor (Ki = 47 nM). Exhibits no significant activity against a panel of 48 other bromodomains except GCN5 (Kd = 600 nM). Exhibits >4500-fold selectivity for PCAF over BRD4. Also exhibits metabolic stability in mouse and human liver microsomes and no observable cytotoxicity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Moustakim et al (2017) Discovery of a PCAF bromodomain chemical probe. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed. 56 827 PMID:27966810
YF-2 hydrochloride is a potent histone acetyltransferase activator that exhibits high selectivity and can pass through the blood-brain barrier. It specifically acetylates H3 in the hippocampus, with EC50 values of 2.75 μM, 29.04 μM, and 49.31 μM for CBP, PCAF, and GCN5, respectively. Notably, it does not affect HDAC activity. Moreover, YF-2 hydrochloride demonstrates promising anti-cancer and anti-Alzheimer's disease properties.
CPTH6, a thiazole derivative, selectively inhibits the lysine acetyltransferase activity of Gcn5 and pCAF without affecting p300 or CBP. It effectively blocks the acetylation of H3/H4 histones and α-tubulin in various leukemia cell lines, leading to reduced cell viability by arresting the cell cycle in the G0/G1 phase and inducing apoptosis. Additionally, CPTH6 disrupts autophagy across several tumor cell lines, primarily by interfering with ATG7-mediated autophagosomal membrane elongation.