Locostatin

Locostatin (UIC-1005) is a potent RKIP inhibitor. Locostatin binds Raf kinase inhibitor RKIP protein and disrupts the interaction of RKIP with Raf-1 kinase and G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2. Locostatin inhibits cell proliferation and migration. Locostatin can be used to synthesize chemical probes toward PEBP-proteins. Locostatin aggravates thioacetamide (HY-Y0698)-induced acute liver failure in mice [1][2][3].

[1]Beshir AB, et al. Locostatin Disrupts Association of Raf Kinase Inhibitor Protein With Binding Proteins by Modifying a Conserved Histidine Residue in the Ligand-Binding Pocket. For Immunopathol Dis Therap. 2011;2(1):47-58.|[2]Mc Henry KT, et al. A non-antibacterial oxazolidinone derivative that inhibits epithelial cell sheet migration. Chembiochem. 2002 Nov 4;3(11):1105-11.|[3]Lin X, et al. Inhibition of RKIP aggravates thioacetamide-induced acute liver failure in mice. Exp Ther Med. 2018 Oct;16(4):2992-2998.