Emerging degrader technologies engaging lysosomal pathways

Y Ding, D Xing, Y Fei, B Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) provides unprecedented opportunities for drug
discovery. While the proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) technology has already …

Emerging and Re-emerging Warheads for Targeted Covalent Inhibitors: An Update

L Hillebrand, XJ Liang, RAM Serafim… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Covalent inhibitors and other types of covalent modalities have seen a revival in the past two
decades, with a variety of new targeted covalent drugs having been approved in recent …

Melanin-like Nanoparticles Boosted the Photoprotective Efficiency and Stability of Sanshool

L Guo, T Wang, Z Li, S Wu, Y Xu, Z Yang, Y Li… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sanshool, a naturally occurring molecule from Zanthoxylum xanthoxylum, is an essential
component preventing photodamage; however, inherent instabilities and the potential risk of …

Necroptosis inhibits autophagy by regulating the formation of RIP3/p62/Keap1 complex in shikonin-induced ROS dependent cell death of human bladder cancer

X Liu, L Liu, X Wang, Y Jin, S Wang, Q Xie, Y Jin… - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Shikonin, a natural naphthoquinone compound, has a wide range of
pharmacological effects, but its anti-tumor effect and underlying mechanisms in bladder …

Targeting the ATG5-ATG16L1 protein–protein interaction with a hydrocarbon-stapled peptide derived from ATG16L1 for autophagy inhibition

J Cui, Y Ogasawara, I Kurata, K Matoba… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Selective modulation of autophagy is a promising therapeutic strategy, especially for cancer
treatment. However, the lack of specific autophagy inhibitors limits this strategy. The …

Targeted protein degradation via lysosomes

RR Paudel, D Lu, S Roy Chowdhury, EY Monroy… - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the scope of targeted protein degradation (TPD), proteolysis-targeting chimeras
(PROTACs), leveraging the ubiquitin–proteasome system, have been extensively studied …

Autophagy modulation in cancer therapy: challenges coexist with opportunities

Y Wu, A Wang, G Feng, X Pan, W Shuai, P Yang… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Autophagy, a crucial intracellular degradation process facilitated by lysosomes, plays a
pivotal role in maintaining cellular homeostasis. The elucidation of autophagy key genes …

[HTML][HTML] Drug discovery by targeting the protein‒protein interactions involved in autophagy

H Xiang, M Zhou, Y Li, L Zhou, R Wang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
Autophagy is a cellular process in which proteins and organelles are engulfed in
autophagosomal vesicles and transported to the lysosome/vacuole for degradation. Protein …

DDHD2, whose mutations cause spastic paraplegia type 54, enhances lipophagy via engaging ATG8 family proteins

F Jia, X Wang, Y Fu, SM Zhao, B Lu… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders
characterized by progressive lower limb spasticity and weakness. One subtype of HSP …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular modulators and receptors of selective autophagy: disease implication and identification strategies

MY Wu, ZW Li, JH Lu - International Journal of Biological Sciences, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Autophagy is a highly conserved physiological process that maintains cellular homeostasis
by recycling cellular contents. Selective autophagy is based on the specificity of cargo …