Ravi K Anchoori, Logan George, Ssu-Hsueh Tseng, Brandon Lam, Srinidhi Polkampally, Anjali D Amiano, Palmer Foran, Hannah Tsingine, Harideep Samanapally, Fernanda Carrizo Velasquez, Samarjit Das, Deyin Xing, Ahmad Bin Salam, Balasubramanyam Karanam, Chien-Fu Hung, Richard B S Roden
Bortezomib and the other licensed 20S proteasome inhibitors show robust activity against liquid tumors like multiple myeloma, but have disappointed against solid tumors including ovarian cancer. Consequently, interest is mounting in alternative non-peptide based drugs targeting the proteasome's 19S regulatory particle subunit, including its ubiquitin receptor RPN13. RA183 and RA375 are more potent analogs of the prototypic inhibitor of RPN13 (iRPN13) called RA190, and they show promise for the treatment of ovarian cancer...
2021: PloS One