Quantitative Chemical Proteomic Profiling of Ubiquitin Specific Proteases in Intact Cancer Cells

ACS Chem Biol. 2016 Dec 16;11(12):3268-3272. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00766. Epub 2016 Oct 31.

Abstract

Deubiquitinating enzymes play an important role in a plethora of therapeutically relevant processes and are emerging as pioneering drug targets. Herein, we present a novel probe, Ubiquitin Specific Protease (USP) inhibitor, alongside an alkyne-tagged activity-based probe analogue. Activity-based proteome profiling identified 12 USPs, including USP4, USP16, and USP33, as inhibitor targets using submicromolar probe concentrations. This represents the first intact cell activity-based profiling of deubiquitinating enzymes. Further analysis demonstrated functional inhibition of USP33 and identified a synergistic relationship in combination with ATR inhibition, consistent with USP4 inhibition.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkynes / chemistry
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Humans
  • Molecular Probe Techniques
  • Molecular Probes / chemistry*
  • Neoplasms / enzymology*
  • Proteomics / methods*
  • Pyrroles / chemistry*
  • Small Molecule Libraries / chemistry*
  • Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases / analysis*
  • Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases / antagonists & inhibitors

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Molecular Probes
  • Pyrroles
  • Small Molecule Libraries
  • 2-acetylpyrrole
  • Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases