Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders

C Cao, M He, L Wang, Y He, Y Rao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) technology is a novel and promising therapeutic
strategy using small molecules to induce ubiquitin-dependent degradation of proteins. It has …

Proximity-based modalities for biology and medicine

X Liu, A Ciulli - ACS Central Science, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular proximity orchestrates biological function, and blocking existing proximities is an
established therapeutic strategy. By contrast, strengthening or creating neoproximity with …

Advancing strategies for proteolysis-targeting chimera design

M Li, Y Zhi, B Liu, Q Yao - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have shown great therapeutic potential by
degrading various disease-causing proteins, particularly those related to tumors. Therefore …

Current advances and development strategies of orally bioavailable PROTACs

S Zeng, Y Ye, H Xia, J Min, J Xu, Z Wang, Y Pan… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have been an area of intensive research with the
potential to extend drug space not target to traditional molecules. In the last half decade, we …

Development of potent and selective coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1) degraders

H Xie, MS Bacabac, M Ma, EJ Kim… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
CARM1 is amplified or overexpressed in many cancer types, and its overexpression
correlates with poor prognosis. Potent small-molecule inhibitors for CARM1 have been …

[HTML][HTML] Direct-to-biology, automated, nano-scale synthesis, and phenotypic screening-enabled E3 ligase modulator discovery

Z Wang, S Shaabani, X Gao, YLD Ng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Thalidomide and its analogs are molecular glues (MGs) that lead to targeted ubiquitination
and degradation of key cancer proteins via the cereblon (CRBN) E3 ligase. Here, we …

A versatile and sustainable multicomponent platform for the synthesis of protein degraders: proof-of-concept application to BRD4-degrading PROTACs

IP Bhela, A Ranza, FC Balestrero… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The use of small molecules to induce targeted protein degradation is increasingly growing in
the drug discovery landscape, and protein degraders have progressed rapidly through the …

Reversible assembly of proteolysis targeting chimeras

W Gui, SF Giardina, M Balzarini, F Barany… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) are of significant current interest for the
development of probe molecules and drug leads. However, they suffer from certain …

Innovative, combinatorial and high-throughput approaches to degrader synthesis

R Stevens, JDF Thompson, JCL Fournier… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted protein degraders such as PROTACs and molecular glues are a rapidly emerging
therapeutic modality within industry and academia. Degraders possess unique mechanisms …

Integrated direct-to-biology platform for the nanoscale synthesis and biological evaluation of PROTACs

R Stevens, E Bendito-Moll, DJ Battersby… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional molecules that co-opt the
cell's natural proteasomal degradation mechanisms to degrade undesired proteins. A …