Abstract

The Cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) regulate homeostasis of ~20% of cellular proteins and their activation require neddylation of their cullin subunit. Cullin neddylation is modulated by a scaffolding DCN protein through interactions with both the cullin protein and an E2 enzyme such as UBC12. Here we report the development of DI-591 as a high-affinity, cell-permeable small-molecule inhibitor of the DCN1–UBC12 interaction. DI-591 binds to purified recombinant human DCN1 and DCN2 proteins with Ki values of 10–12 nM, and disrupts the DCN1–UBC12 interaction in cells. Treatment with DI-591 selectively converts cellular cullin 3 into an un-neddylated inactive form with no or minimum effect on other cullin members. Our data firmly establish a previously unrecognized specific role of the DCN1–UBC12 interaction for cellular neddylation of cullin 3. DI-591 is an excellent probe compound to investigate the role of the cullin 3 CRL ligase in biological processes and human diseases.

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Title
A potent small-molecule inhibitor of the DCN1-UBC12 interaction that selectively blocks cullin 3 neddylation
Author
Zhou, Haibin 1 ; Lu, Jianfeng 1 ; Liu, Liu 1 ; Bernard, Denzil 1 ; Chao-Yie Yang 1 ; Fernandez-Salas, Ester 2 ; Chinnaswamy, Krishnapriya 3 ; Layton, Stephanie 3 ; Stuckey, Jeanne 3 ; Yu, Qing 4 ; Zhou, Weihua 5 ; Pan, Zhenqiang 6 ; Sun, Yi 7 ; Wang, Shaomeng 8 

 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 
 Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 
 Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 
 Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China 
 Division of Radiation and Cancer Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 
 Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA 
 Division of Radiation and Cancer Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China 
 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 
Pages
1-12
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Oct 2017
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20411723
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1956019209
Copyright
© 2017. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.