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 …

Mechanism of activation and the rewired network: new drug design concepts

R Nussinov, M Zhang, R Maloney… - Medicinal research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Precision oncology benefits from effective early phase drug discovery decisions. Recently,
drugging inactive protein conformations has shown impressive successes, raising the …

Novel biomolecules in targeted cancer therapy: A new approach towards precision medicine

S Kannampuzha, R Murali, AV Gopalakrishnan… - Medical Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Cancer is a major threat to human life around the globe, and the discovery of novel
biomolecules continue to be an urgent therapeutic need that is still unmet. Precision …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of a tumor-selective degrader of PARP1

C Pu, S Wang, D Luo, Y Liu, X Ma, H Zhang… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors show potent antiproliferative
activity in treatment with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) when combined with …

Development and crystal structures of a potent second-generation dual degrader of BCL-2 and BCL-xL

D Nayak, D Lv, Y Yuan, P Zhang, W Hu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Overexpression of BCL-xL and BCL-2 play key roles in tumorigenesis and cancer drug
resistance. Advances in PROTAC technology facilitated recent development of the first BCL …

[HTML][HTML] SKping cell cycle regulation: role of ubiquitin ligase SKP2 in hematological malignancies

JNG William, R Dhar, R Gundamaraju… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
SKP2 (S-phase kinase-associated protein 2) is a member of the F-box family of substrate-
recognition subunits in the SCF ubiquitin-protein ligase complexes. It is associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Structure driven compound optimization in targeted protein degradation

TM Leissing, LM Luh, PM Cromm - Drug Discovery Today: Technologies, 2020 - Elsevier
Small molecule induced protein degradation has created tremendous excitement in drug
discovery within recent years. Not being confined to target inhibition and being able to …

Discovery of novel VEGFR-2-PROTAC degraders based on the localization of lysine residues via recruiting VHL for the treatment of gastric cancer

XR Wang, S Wang, HX Mu, KY Xu, XT Wang… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
VEGFR-2 is an attractive therapeutic target for antitumor drug research by blocking tumor
angiogenesis and PROTAC provides a new technology for targeted protein knockout …

Recent advancements in the discovery of cereblon-based protease-targeted chimeras with potential for therapeutic intervention

H Singh, DK Agrawal - Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - Future Science
Protease-targeted chimeras (PROTACs) have been employed as a novel therapeutic
approach, utilizing the ubiquitin-proteasome system for targeted protein degradation …

[HTML][HTML] Proteolysis-Targeting Chimera (PROTAC): Is the Technology Looking at the Treatment of Brain Tumors?

L Lospinoso Severini, F Bufalieri, P Infante… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Post-translational modifications, such as ubiquitylation, need to be tightly controlled to
guarantee the accurate localization and activity of proteins. Ubiquitylation is a dynamic …