Pantothenate Kinase Inhibitor

Pantothenate Kinase Inhibitor (PANKi) is a reversible inhibitor of pantothenate kinase (PanK; IC50s = 70, 92, and 25 nM for PanK1β, PanK2, and PanK3, respectively), the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of coenzyme A .1It binds to the ATP-PanK3 complex with an apparent binding constant of 300 nM and exhibits mixed-type inhibition with respect to ATP and pantothenate. PANKi inhibits CoA biosynthesis in C3A cells (IC50= 0.9 μM) with no effect on cell viability when used at concentrations up to 8 μM. PANKi (5 μM) synergizes with BSO to induce ferroptosis in PANC-1 cells and sensitizes the cells to imidazole ketone erastin-induced ferroptosis.2