E3 ligase ligand chemistries: from building blocks to protein degraders

I Sosič, A Bricelj, C Steinebach - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), capable of achieving targeted
protein degradation, have proven their great therapeutic potential and usefulness as …

Phase I First-in-Human Dose Escalation Study of the oral SF3B1 modulator H3B-8800 in myeloid neoplasms

DP Steensma, M Wermke, VM Klimek, PL Greenberg… - Leukemia, 2021 - nature.com
We conducted a phase I clinical trial of H3B-8800, an oral small molecule that binds Splicing
Factor 3B1 (SF3B1), in patients with MDS, CMML, or AML. Among 84 enrolled patients (42 …

Small-molecule-induced polymerization triggers degradation of BCL6

M Słabicki, H Yoon, J Koeppel, L Nitsch… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Effective and sustained inhibition of non-enzymatic oncogenic driver proteins is a major
pharmacological challenge. The clinical success of thalidomide analogues demonstrates …

Antibody–PROTAC conjugates enable HER2-dependent targeted protein degradation of BRD4

M Maneiro, N Forte, MM Shchepinova… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Targeting protein degradation with Proteolysis-Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) is an area of
great current interest in drug discovery. Nevertheless, although the high effectiveness of …

Driving E3 ligase substrate specificity for targeted protein degradation: lessons from nature and the laboratory

AD Cowan, A Ciulli - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Methods to direct the degradation of protein targets with proximity-inducing molecules that
coopt the cellular degradation machinery are advancing in leaps and bounds, and diverse …

Targeted protein degradation as a powerful research tool in basic biology and drug target discovery

T Wu, H Yoon, Y Xiong, SE Dixon-Clarke… - Nature Structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Controlled perturbation of protein activity is essential to study protein function in cells and
living organisms. Small molecules that hijack the cellular protein ubiquitination machinery to …

[PDF][PDF] Haven't got a glue: protein surface variation for the design of molecular glue degraders

Z Kozicka, NH Thomä - Cell Chemical Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Molecular glue degraders are small, drug-like compounds that induce interactions between
an E3 ubiquitin ligase and a target, which result in ubiquitination and subsequent …

Discovery of a molecular glue promoting CDK12-DDB1 interaction to trigger cyclin K degradation

L Lv, P Chen, L Cao, Y Li, Z Zeng, Y Cui, Q Wu, J Li… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Molecular-glue degraders mediate interactions between target proteins and components of
the ubiquitin-proteasome system to cause selective protein degradation. Here, we report a …

Strategies for designing proteolysis targeting chimaeras (PROTACs)

S He, G Dong, J Cheng, Y Wu… - Medicinal Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Proteolysis targeting chimaeras (PROTACs) is a cutting edge and rapidly growing technique
for new drug discovery and development. Currently, the largest challenge in the molecular …

Prey for the proteasome: targeted protein degradation—a medicinal chemist's perspective

LM Luh, U Scheib, K Juenemann… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted protein degradation (TPD), the ability to control a proteins fate by triggering its
degradation in a highly selective and effective manner, has created tremendous excitement …