Formulation: A solid
Formal Name: 3E,5E-bis[(4-nitrophenyl)methylene]-4-piperidinone
Purity: ≥98%
Formula Markup: C19H15N3O5
Formula Weight: 365,3
Shelf life (days): 1460
CAS Number: 919091-63-7
Notes: RA-9 is an inhibitor of deubiquitinating enzymes{68770} It inhibits ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1), UCH-L3, and ubiquitin-specific protease 8 (USP8) in a cell-free assay when used at a concentration of 10 µM, as well as USP5 in a reporter assay at the same concentration. RA-9 (10 µM) also inhibits the 26S proteasome, but not the 20S proteasome, in a reporter assay using HeLa cervical cancer cells. It increases the levels of polyubiquitinated proteins in HeLa and TOV-21G ovarian cancer cells when used at a concentration of 5 µM. RA-9 (10 µM) induces cell cycle arrest at the S and G2/M phases in HeLa cells. It decreases the viability of nine cancer cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 1.64 to 12.49 µM. In vivo, RA-9 (5 mg/kg every other day) increases survival and decreases tumor and ascitic fluid mass in an ES-2 ovarian cancer mouse xenograft model.{68771}