[HTML][HTML] PROTAC: an effective targeted protein degradation strategy for cancer therapy

SM Qi, J Dong, ZY Xu, XD Cheng, WD Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Proteolysis targeting chimeric (PROTAC) technology is an effective endogenous protein
degradation tool developed in recent years that can ubiquitinate the target proteins through …

E3 ligase ligands for PROTACs: how they were found and how to discover new ones

T Ishida, A Ciulli - … Advancing the Science of Drug Discovery, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Bifunctional degrader molecules, also called proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), are
a new modality of chemical tools and potential therapeutics to understand and treat human …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted protein degradation: A promise for undruggable proteins

KTG Samarasinghe, CM Crews - Cell chemical biology, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Protein homeostasis, or" proteostasis," is indispensable for a balanced, healthy
environment within the cell. However, when natural proteostasis mechanisms are …

Developments of CRBN-based PROTACs as potential therapeutic agents

C Wang, Y Zhang, Y Wu, D Xing - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Protease-targeted chimeras (PROTACs) are a new technology that is receiving much
attention in the treatment of diseases. The mechanism is to inhibit protein function by …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted degradation of the enhancer lysine acetyltransferases CBP and p300

R Vannam, J Sayilgan, S Ojeda, B Karakyriakou… - Cell chemical …, 2021 - cell.com
The enhancer factors CREB-binding protein (CBP) and p300 (also known as KAT3A and
KAT3B) maintain gene expression programs through lysine acetylation of chromatin and …

[HTML][HTML] Light-controllable PROTACs for temporospatial control of protein degradation

J Liu, Y Peng, W Wei - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
PROteolysis-TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) is an emerging and promising approach to
target intracellular proteins for ubiquitination-mediated degradation, including those so …

Clinical efficacy and molecular response correlates of the WEE1 inhibitor adavosertib combined with cisplatin in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer

TE Keenan, T Li, T Vallius, JL Guerriero, N Tayob… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: We report results from a phase II study assessing the efficacy of the WEE1 inhibitor
adavosertib with cisplatin in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC). Patients and …

The therapeutic potential of PROTACs

AB Benowitz, KL Jones, JD Harling - Expert Opinion on …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction PROTACs represent a novel class of heterobifunctional molecules that
simultaneously bind to a target protein and to an E3 ligase complex, resulting in the transfer …

PROTACs, molecular glues and bifunctionals from bench to bedside: Unlocking the clinical potential of catalytic drugs

M Maneiro, E De Vita, D Conole, CS Kounde… - Progress in medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The vast majority of currently marketed drugs rely on small molecules with an 'occupancy-
driven'mechanism of action (MOA). Therefore, the efficacy of these therapeutics depends on …

Treatment of melanoma by nano-conjugate-delivered Wee1 siRNA

X Zhang, A Cai, Y Gao, Y Zhang, X Duan… - Molecular …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-based drugs have shown tremendous potential to date in
cancer gene therapy. Despite the considerable efforts in siRNA design and manufacturing …