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Table1 DUB inhibitors developed for cancer treatment

From: The emerging role of deubiquitylating enzymes as therapeutic targets in cancer metabolism

DUB

Target

Inhibitor

Functions affected by the inhibitor

Cancer type

Stage

Refs.

USP1

PCNA and FANCD2

Pimozide

Synthetic lethal with cisplatin

NSCLC

Preclinical

[111]

PCNA and FANCD2

GW7647

Synthetic lethal with cisplatin

NSCLC

Preclinical

[111]

ID1

C527

Growth inhibition

multiple myeloma

Preclinical

[112]

ID proteins

SJB3-019A

Inhibition of DNA Repair and triggering apoptosis

multiple myeloma and B-ALL

Preclinical

[85, 86]

PCNA,FANCD2 and KPNA2

ML323

DNA damage and suppression of metastasis

Osteosarcoma, NSCLC and breast cancer

Preclinical

[79, 83]

USP2

cyclin D1

ML364

Cell cycle arrest

CRC and Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Preclinical

[90]

cyclin D1

LCAHA

G0/G1 arrest

CRC

Preclinical

[89]

FASN, MDM2, cyclin D1 and Aurora-A

6TG

Cell killing and drug resistance

BRCA2 defective tumours

Preclinical

[113,114,115]

USP7

MDM2

HBX41108

Inhibition of Cell Proliferation

CRC

Preclinical

[116]

SYK

HBX19818

Cell death

AML

Preclinical

[117]

PLK1,Maf and N-MYC

P5091

Cell cycle and cell death

Multiple cancers

Preclinical

[94, 118,119,120]

MDM2

GNE6640/6776

Synergy with PIM kinase inhibition

Breast cancer and Osteosarcoma

Preclinical

[121]

MDM2

FT671/827

Inhibition of tumor growth

Osteosarcoma and CRC

Preclinical

[122]

MDM2/MDM4

XL188

Cell death

Ewing sarcoma

Preclinical

[123, 124]

USP7/USP47

N-MYC, YB-1 et al

P22077

Drug resistance

Multiple cancers

Preclinical

[99,100,101, 125,126,127,128]

USP9X

Not reported

Degrasyn

Gemcitabine resistance

Pancreatic cancer

Preclinical

[129]

USP14

AR proteins

IU1

Inhibition of proliferation

Breast cancer

Preclinical

[130]

USP14/UCHL5

CXCR4

VLX1570

ER Stress

Multiple myeloma, ALL

Preclinical

[104, 106, 131]

Proteasome

Auranofin

Apoptosis

Multiple cancers

Phase II

[108, 109]

UCHL1

TβRI and SMAD2

6RK73

Inhibition of migration and extravasation

Breast cancer

Preclinical

[132]

CSN5

Cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligases

CSN5i-3

Inhibition of tumor growth

Large cell lymphoma and CRC

Preclinical

[133]

RPN11

Proteins at the 19S proteasome entry gate

O-phenanthroline

Apoptosis

Multiple myeloma

Preclinical

[134]

Proteins at the 19S proteasome entry gate

Quinoline-8-thiol

ER stress

CRC

Preclinical

[110]

Pan DUBs

Global protein stability

PR-619

ER stress, G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis

Multiple cancers

Preclinical

[126, 135, 136]