PMID- 18424742 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080604 LR - 20211020 IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 180 IP - 9 DP - 2008 May 1 TI - Inhibition of Yin Yang 1-dependent repressor activity of DR5 transcription and expression by the novel proteasome inhibitor NPI-0052 contributes to its TRAIL-enhanced apoptosis in cancer cells. PG - 6199-210 AB - TRAIL promotes apoptotic tumor cell death; however, TRAIL-resistant tumors need to be sensitized to reverse resistance. Proteasome inhibitors potentiate TRAIL apoptosis in vitro and in vivo and correlate with up-regulation of death receptor 5 (DR5) via an unknown mechanism. We hypothesized that the proteasome inhibitor NPI-0052 inhibits the transcription repressor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) which regulates TRAIL resistance and negatively regulates DR5 transcription. Treatment of PC-3 and Ramos cells with NPI-0052 (