Strategies to Reduce the On‐Target Platelet Toxicity of Bcl‐xL Inhibitors: PROTACs, SNIPERs and Prodrug‐Based Approaches

A Negi, AS Voisin‐Chiret - ChemBioChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Apoptosis is a highly regulated cellular process. Aberration in apoptosis is a common
characteristic of various disorders. Therefore, proteins involved in apoptosis are prime …

Modulation of Ca2+ signaling by antiapoptotic Bcl-2 versus Bcl-xL: From molecular mechanisms to relevance for cancer cell survival

N Rosa, F Speelman-Rooms, JB Parys… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Members of the Bcl-2-protein family are key controllers of apoptotic cell death. The family is
divided into antiapoptotic (including Bcl-2 itself, Bcl-xL, Mcl-1, etc.) and proapoptotic …

Co-targeting BCL-XL and MCL-1 with DT2216 and AZD8055 synergistically inhibit small-cell lung cancer growth without causing on-target toxicities in mice

S Khan, P Kellish, N Connis, D Thummuri… - Cell Death …, 2023 - nature.com
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive malignancy with limited therapeutic options.
The dismal prognosis in SCLC is in part associated with an upregulation of BCL-2 family anti …

Discovery of a Novel BCL-XL PROTAC Degrader with Enhanced BCL-2 Inhibition

P Pal, D Thummuri, D Lv, X Liu, P Zhang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
BCL-XL and BCL-2 are important targets for cancer treatment. BCL-XL specific proteolysis-
targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have been developed to circumvent the on-target platelet …

Patent landscape of inhibitors and PROTACs of the anti-apoptotic BCL-2 family proteins

P Pal, P Zhang, SK Poddar, G Zheng - Expert opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The anti-apoptotic BCL-2 family proteins, such as BCL-2, BCL-XL, and MCL-1,
are excellent cancer therapeutic targets. The FDA approval of BCL-2 selective inhibitor …

[HTML][HTML] The BET inhibitor/degrader ARV-825 prolongs the growth arrest response to Fulvestrant+ Palbociclib and suppresses proliferative recovery in ER-positive …

RM Finnegan, AM Elshazly, NH Patel… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Anti-estrogens or aromatase inhibitors in combination with cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6
(CDK4/6) inhibitors are the current standard of care for estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) Her …

PROTAC-mediated dual degradation of BCL-xL and BCL-2 is a highly effective therapeutic strategy in small-cell lung cancer

S Khan, L Cao, J Wiegand, P Zhang, M Zajac-Kaye… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
BCL-xL and BCL-2 are validated therapeutic targets in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).
Targeting these proteins with navitoclax (formerly ABT263, a dual BCL-xL/2 inhibitor) …

Nanoliposomal Bcl-xL proteolysis-targeting chimera enhances anti-cancer effects on cervical and breast cancer without on-target toxicities

J Zhang, B Zhang, C Pu, J Cui, K Huang… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2023 - Springer
Bcl-xL is a well-characterized target gene of cancer. DT2216, a selective proteolysis-
targeting chimera (PROTAC) has been developed for targeting Bcl-xL without causing …

Sensitivity of canine hematological cancers to BH3 mimetics

S Jegatheeson, C Cannon, C Mansfield… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Inhibition of antiapoptotic B‐cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2) proteins by small
molecule Bcl‐2 homology 3 (BH3) mimetics causes rapid induction of apoptosis of human …

From classic medicinal chemistry to state‐of‐the‐art interdisciplinary medicine: Recent advances in proteolysis‐targeting chimeras technology

X Zhao, Y Chen, H Su, L Zhang - Interdisciplinary Medicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Proteolysis‐targeting chimeras (PROTACs) is a targeted protein degradation (TPD)
technique effected by hijacking the ubiquitin‐proteasome system (UPS) of the cells. A …