Targeted protein degradation: from mechanisms to clinic

JM Tsai, RP Nowak, BL Ebert, ES Fischer - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation refers to the use of small molecules to induce the selective
degradation of proteins. In its most common form, this degradation is achieved through …

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 …

Discovery of a Highly Potent and Selective BRD9 PROTAC Degrader Based on E3 Binder Investigation for the Treatment of Hematological Tumors

H Duan, J Zhang, R Gui, Y Lu, A Pang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
BRD9 is a pivotal epigenetic factor involved in cancers and inflammatory diseases. Still, the
limited selectivity and poor phenotypic activity of targeted agents make it an atypically …

Structure-guided design and optimization of covalent VHL-targeted sulfonyl fluoride PROTACs

RR Shah, E De Vita, PS Sathyamurthi… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional molecules that have
emerged as a therapeutic modality to induce targeted protein degradation (TPD) by …

Breaking Bad Proteins—Discovery Approaches and the Road to Clinic for Degraders

C Bouvier, R Lawrence, F Cavallo, W Xolalpa… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) describe compounds that bind to and induce
degradation of a target by simultaneously binding to a ubiquitin ligase. More generally …

Synthetic modification of protein surfaces to mediate induced-proximity pharmacology

LH Jones - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular glues and bifunctional small molecules, such as targeted protein degraders,
induce protein proximity to mediate gain-of-function pharmacology. Emerging technologies …

Development of sulfonyl fluoride chemical probes to advance the discovery of cereblon modulators

Y Liu, RP Nowak, J Che, KA Donovan… - RSC Medicinal …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Sulfonyl fluoride EM12-SF was developed previously to covalently engage a histidine
residue in the sensor loop of cereblon (CRBN) in the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex …

PROTACs: Principles and Mechanisms

RS Saluja, MP Vaidya, PS Kharkar - PROTAC-Mediated Protein …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs), a groundbreaking technology that has
revolutionized the landscape of targeted protein degradation and therapeutics, is a clinically …

Development and characterization of the first selective class IIb histone deacetylase degraders

S Zhai, L Schäker-Hübner, M Hanl, L Jacobi… - 2024 - chemrxiv.org
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are emerging new therapeutic modalities that
facilitate the targeted degradation of disease-relevant proteins via an event-driven mode of …

Targeting the STAT3 pathway with STAT3 degraders

Z Wang, X Liao, H He, X Guo, J Chen - Trends in Pharmacological …, 2024 - cell.com
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) has been widely considered as a
therapeutic target for various diseases, especially tumors. Thus far, several STAT3 inhibitors …