BackgroundVH-298 is a highly potent inhibitor of the VHL:HIF-α interaction with a Kd value of 80 to 90 nM, used in PROTAC technology.
VH-298 is a potent, cell permeable and non-toxic chemical probe that triggers the hypoxic response by blocking the VHL. VH-298 is a highly potent inhibitor of the VHL:HIF-α interaction with Kd values of 90 and 80 nM in isothermal titration calorimetry and competitive fluorescence polarization assay. VH-298 binds with VHL complex very fast and dissociates slowly. VH-298 at 50 uM concentration exhibits negligible off-target effects in vitro against more than 100 tested cellular kinases, GPCRs and ion channels. VH-298 is cell permeable and not toxic to cells. The measured permeability of VH-298 is found to be 19.4 nm s -1. VH-298 induces concentration- and time-dependent on-target specific accumulation of hydroxylated HIF-α in human cell lines, including HeLa cancer cells and renal cell carcinoma 4 (RCC4) cells.
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