Table 2

Peptides and proteins inhibiting calcineurin-NFATc signalling

Inhibitor peptide

Mode of action

IC50/Kd*/Ki**

References


CaN457-482-AID

10 μMa

Perrino BA 1999 [167]


mask the active centre of CaN


CaN424-521-AID

2.5 μMa

Sagoo JK 1996 [164]


mNFATc2106-121 - SPRIEIT

12 μMi

Aramburu J 1998 [21]


block CaN-NFATc interaction


VIVIT peptide

0.5 μM* k

< 1 μMl

Roehrl MH 2004 [114]

Aramburu J 1999 [171]


AKAP79330-357

blocks CaN-NFATc interaction

1.5 μMa

Dell'Acqua ML 2002 [173]


RCAN1

60 nM* k

Chan B 2005 [177]



RCAN1-4141-197 - exon7

block CaN-NFATc interaction

70 nM* k

Chan B 2005 [177]



RCAN1-4143-163 - CIC peptide

1.25 μM* k

Mulero MC 2009 [111]


LxVPc1 peptide

blocks CaN-NFATc interaction and modulates enzymatic activity of CaN

~3 μMa

Rodriguez A 2009 [24]


RCAN1-495-118 - SP repeat peptide

masks the active centre of CaN

91.5 μM** a

Vega RB 2002 [185]


VacA

inhibits translocation of NFATc

N.D.

Gebert B 2003 [187]


A238L

N.D.

Miskin JE 1998 [190]


block CaN-NFATc interaction


A238L200-213

0.6 μMk

Miskin JE 2000 [194]


N.D.: not determined

Indicated methods for IC50/Kd/Ki determination: a - phosphatase assay on RII phosphopeptide; b - phosphatase assay on pNPP; c - NFAT dependent reporter gene expression; d - IL-2 promoter dependent reporter gene expression; e - phosphatase assay on 4-methylumbelliferyl phosphate; f - displacement of VIVIT peptide; g - IL-2 secretion assay; h - EMSA for NFATc; i - interference with CaN-NFATc binding assay; k - binding assay to CaN; l - phosphatase assay on NFATc; m - cell proliferation assay

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