Proteasome

MG-132 (Z-Leu-Leu-Leu-al) is a 26S proteasome inhibitor (IC50=100 nM) that is cell-permeable and reversible. MG-132 acts as an autophagy activator and also induces apoptosis.

Aprotinin (Traskolan) is a broad-spectrum serine protease (BPTI) inhibitor that inhibits the activity of a number of different esterases and proteases. Aprotinin is an antifibrinolytic agent used to minimize hemorrhage during complex surgical procedures.

Bortezomib (LDP 341) is a 20S proteasome inhibitor (Ki=0.6 nM) that is reversible and selective. Bortezomib has antitumor activity and inhibits NF-κB, which can disrupt the cell cycle and induce apoptosis.

UK-101 is a potent and selective inhibitor of the immunoproteasome LMP2, inhibiting β1i (LMP2), β1c (LMP2), and β5 (LMP2), with IC50s of 104 nM, 15 μM, and 1 μM, respectively. UK-101 exhibits a 144-fold and 10-fold higher affinity for β1i than for the distribution of β1c and β5 subunits. UK-101 induces apoptosis and can be used to study prostate cancer-related diseases.

Pepstatin (Pepsin Inhibitor S 735A) is an aspartate protease inhibitor that also inhibits HIV protease activity with specific and oral activity. Pepstatin inhibits autophagy.

Epoxomicin (BU-4061T,Aids010837) is a selective proteasome inhibitor with anti-inflammatory activity, inhibits primarily the CH-L activity of the 20S proteasome, while T-L and PGPH catalytic activities are also inhibited at 100- and 1000-fold reduced rate.

Carfilzomib (PR-171) is a proteasome inhibitor that irreversibly binds to the chymotrypsin of the 20S proteasome. Carfilzomib has antitumor activity and may be used to treat multiple myeloma.

(R)-MG-132 (Z-Leu-D-leu-leu-al) is the enantiomer of MG-132.

K-7174 dihydrochloride is a proteasome and GATA inhibitor that inhibits neuronal degeneration and induces apoptosis.

Tripterin (Celastrol) is a natural product, a proteasome inhibitor that inhibits the pancreatic rennet-like activity of the 20S proteasome (IC50=2.5 μM). Tripterin has anti-inflammatory, anti-infectious, and immunomodulatory properties.

ONX-0914 (PR-957) is a potent and highly specific immunoproteasome inhibitor with minimal cross-reactivity to the constitutive proteasome.

Puromycin aminonucleoside (NSC 3056) is an aminonucleoside antibiotic and a purine analog of puromycin. It can reversibly inhibit dipeptidyl peptidase and cytosolic alanine aminopeptidase, increase podocyte permeability by regulating ZO-1 in an oxidative stress-dependent manner, induce apoptosis, and promote the secretion of migrasomes. It is commonly used to induce nephrotic syndrome models in research.

Marizomib is a novel irreversible brain-permeable proteasome inhibitor that inhibits CT-L (β5), CT-T-laspase-like (C-L, β1), and trypsin-like (T-L, β2) 20S proteasomes with IC50s of 3.5, 28, and 430 nM.[3]

1. ISOGINKGETIN (4',4'''-Dimethylamentoflavone), a compound derived from the leaves of Ginkgo biloba, to up-regulate adiponectin secretion with potency comparable to that of rosiglitazone, a known modulator of adiponectin production. 2. Isoginkgetin has anti-tumor activity, the mechanistic basis is splicing inhibition , thus, pre-mRNA splicing inhibitors may represent a novel avenue for development of new anti-cancer agents.3. Isoginkgetin can inhibit tumor cell invasion by regulating phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt-dependent matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression. 4. Isoginkgetin (0.3mg/kg ip for 3d) can reduce the level of O2·- in plasma and erythroeyte and sometimes increase the activity of SOD in anoxic rats, the action being stronger than aspirin.

Sitagliptin (MK0431), a new oral hypoglycemic (anti-diabetic drug), is a new dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor. This enzyme-inhibiting drug is used either alone or in combination with metformin or thiazolidinedione for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The drug can competitively inhibit a protein enzyme and DPP-4, that leads to an incremental amount of active incretins (GLP-1 and GIP), the diminished amount of release of glucagon and increased release of insulin.

Talabostat mesylate (PT100) is an orally active, selective inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidases IV (DPP4, IC50: 0.18 nM), including tumor-associated fibroblast activation protein. This agent may also stimulate the production of colony stimulating factors, such as granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), resulting in the stimulation of hematopoiesis.

Linagliptin (BI 1356) is a potent, orally bioavailable dihydropurinedione-based inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4), with hypoglycemic activity.

Tomatine (lycopersicin) is an antiproliferatve agent of breast adenocarcinoma cells.

Dazcapistat is a potent calpain inhibitor with IC50s of <3 μM for calpain 1, calpain 2, and calpain 9, respectively.

TS-021 is a selective dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor with antidiabetic activity for the study of type 2 diabetes.

Calpeptin is a potent, cell-permeable calpain inhibitor.

Ixazomib (MLN2238) , a second generation, boron-containing peptide proteasome inhibitor (PI), inhibits the chymotrypsin-like proteolytic (β5) site of the 20S proteasome (IC50/Ki: 3.4/0.93 nM, in cell-free assays), also inhibits the caspase-like (β1) and trypsin-like (β2) proteolytic sites (IC50: 31/3500 nM).

3-O-Feruloylquinic acid is a protease inhibitor, it exerts moderate inhibitory effect against AIV (H5N1) in vitro.

K-7174 is a novel cell adhesion inhibitor; inhibits the expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) induced by either IL-1β or TNF-α.