Polo-like kinase 1 inhibitor BI 6727

Definition / meaning of Polo-like kinase 1 inhibitor BI 6727

A dihydropteridinone Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) inhibitor with potential antineoplastic activity. Polo-like kinase 1 inhibitor BI 6727 selectively inhibits Plk1, inducing selective G2/M arrest followed by apoptosis in a variety of tumor cells while causing reversible cell arrest at the G1 and G2 stage without apoptosis in normal cells. Plk1, named after the polo gene of Drosophila melanogaster, is a serine/threonine protein kinase involved in regulating mitotic spindle function in a non-ATP competitive manner.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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