SK1-​I (hydrochloride)

SK1-I hydrochloride (BML-258 hydrochloride), an analog of sphingosine, is an isozyme-specific competitive SPHK1 inhibitor with a Ki value of 10 μM[1]. SK1-I hydrochloride shows no activity at SPHK1 PKCα, PKCδ, PKA, AKT1, ERK1, EGFR, CDK2, IKKβ or CamK2β. SK1-I hydrochloride enhances autophagy and has antitumor activity[2].

[1]Melissa R Pitman, et al. Inhibitors of the sphingosine kinase pathway as potential therapeutics. Curr Cancer Drug Targets. 2010 Jun;10(4):354-67.|[2]Santiago Lima, et al. TP53 is required for BECN1- and ATG5-dependent cell death induced by sphingosine kinase 1 inhibition. Autophagy. 2018;14(6):942-957.|[3]Fiona H Greig, et al. Requirement for sphingosine kinase 1 in mediating phase 1 of the hypotensive response to anandamide in the anaesthetised mouse. Eur J Pharmacol. 2019 Jan 5;842:1-9.