A small-molecule inhibitor of the ubiquitin activating enzyme for cancer treatment

Autor: John Newcomb, James M. Gavin, Nancy J. Bump, Stephen Tirrell, Lawrence R. Dick, Saurabh Menon, Jessica Huck, Petter Veiby, Benjamin S. Amidon, Yu Yang, Marc L. Hyer, Paul D. Greenspan, Fleming Paul E, Teresa A. Soucy, Jim Brownell, Michael Sintchak, Josh Powe, Steve Langston, Mark Manfredi, Judy Shi, Jeff Ciavarri, Darshan S. Sappal, Frank Bruzzese, Mike Kuranda, Katherine Galvin, Michael Milhollen, Ping Li, Neil F. Bence, Jing Tao Wu, Claudia Rabino, Chris Claiborne, Tary Traore, Jennifer Duffy, Jessica Riceberg, Robert J. Griffin, Kara Hoar, Anya Lublinsky, Bradley Stringer, Sai M Pulukuri
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature medicine. 24(2)
ISSN: 1546-170X
Popis: The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) comprises a network of enzymes that is responsible for maintaining cellular protein homeostasis. The therapeutic potential of this pathway has been validated by the clinical successes of a number of UPS modulators, including proteasome inhibitors and immunomodulatory imide drugs (IMiDs). Here we identified TAK-243 (formerly known as MLN7243) as a potent, mechanism-based small-molecule inhibitor of the ubiquitin activating enzyme (UAE), the primary mammalian E1 enzyme that regulates the ubiquitin conjugation cascade. TAK-243 treatment caused depletion of cellular ubiquitin conjugates, resulting in disruption of signaling events, induction of proteotoxic stress, and impairment of cell cycle progression and DNA damage repair pathways. TAK-243 treatment caused death of cancer cells and, in primary human xenograft studies, demonstrated antitumor activity at tolerated doses. Due to its specificity and potency, TAK-243 allows for interrogation of ubiquitin biology and for assessment of UAE inhibition as a new approach for cancer treatment.
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