WP1130 is a selective deubiquitinase (DUB: USP5, UCH-L1, USP9x, USP14, and UCH37) inhibitor and also suppresses Bcr/Abl, also a JAK2 transducer (without affecting 20S proteasome) and activator of transcription (STAT).
Protein ubiquitination is a dynamic process that can be reversed by deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) that remove ubiquitin from proteins, sparing them from degradation by the proteasome. The DUB enzymes have been divided into two subgroups: ubiquitin-specific proteases (USPs) and ubiquitin-specific COOH-terminal hydrolases (UCHs). Recent evidence suggests that several DUBs are activated in tumor cells and many contribute to a transformed phenotype.WP1130 is a second-generation tyrphostin derivative that inhibits the deubiquitinase activity of USP9x, USP5, USP14, and UCH37.At 5 μM, WP1130-mediated inhibition of tumor-activated DUBs induces a rapid accumulation of protein-ubiquitin conjugates, resulting in the formation of aggresomes and apoptosis in a variety of tumor cells.Through this mechanism, WP1130 has been shown to downregulate the antiapoptotic proteins Bcr/Abl and Jak2 and to upregulate the proapoptotic proteins MCL-1 and p53.
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