Therapeutic targeting of p53: all mutants are equal, but some mutants are more equal than others

K Sabapathy, DP Lane - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2018 - nature.com
TP53, which encodes the tumour-suppressor protein p53, is the most frequently mutated
gene across all cancer types. The presence of mutant p53 predisposes to cancer …

The cellular thermal shift assay: a novel biophysical assay for in situ drug target engagement and mechanistic biomarker studies

D Martinez Molina, P Nordlund - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
A drug must engage its intended target to achieve its therapeutic effect. However,
conclusively measuring target engagement (TE) in situ is challenging. This complicates …

Dual inhibition of MDMX and MDM2 as a therapeutic strategy in leukemia

LA Carvajal, DB Neriah, A Senecal, L Benard… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
The tumor suppressor p53 is often inactivated via its interaction with endogenous inhibitors
mouse double minute 4 homolog (MDM4 or MDMX) or mouse double minute 2 homolog …

Impact of phosphorylation on thermal stability of proteins

CM Potel, N Kurzawa, I Becher, A Typas, A Mateus… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
MATTERS ARISING NATURE METHODS sites annotated by Huang et al. 2 (P= 0.17; Fig.
1c). Even though we identified significant differences in the melting behavior of …

Non-kinase targets of protein kinase inhibitors

L Munoz - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2017 - nature.com
Kinome-wide profiling platforms have comprehensively identified the relevant kinases that
are targeted by numerous protein kinase inhibitors. However, recent projects have begun to …

Double strain‐promoted macrocyclization for the rapid selection of cell‐active stapled peptides

YH Lau, Y Wu, M Rossmann, BX Tan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide stapling is a method for designing macrocyclic alpha‐helical inhibitors of protein–
protein interactions. However, obtaining a cell‐active inhibitor can require significant …

[HTML][HTML] Application of mass spectrometry profiling to establish brusatol as an inhibitor of global protein synthesis

S Vartanian, TP Ma, J Lee, PM Haverty… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2016 - ASBMB
The KEAP1/Nrf2 pathway senses and responds to changes in intracellular oxidative stress.
Mutations that result in constitutive activation of Nrf2 are present in several human tumors …

The long and the short of it: the MDM4 tail so far

S Haupt, JO Mejía-Hernández… - Journal of molecular …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The mouse double minute 4 (MDM4) is emerging from the shadow of its more famous
relative MDM2 and is starting to steal the limelight, largely due to its therapeutic possibilities …

[HTML][HTML] A selective p53 activator and anticancer agent to improve colorectal cancer therapy

H Ramos, MIL Soares, J Silva, L Raimundo… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Impairment of the p53 pathway is a critical event in cancer. Therefore, reestablishing p53
activity has become one of the most appealing anticancer therapeutic strategies. Here, we …

Effect of stapling architecture on physiochemical properties and cell permeability of stapled α‐helical peptides: a comparative study

Y Tian, Y Jiang, J Li, D Wang, H Zhao, Z Li - ChemBioChem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Stapled peptides have emerged as a new class of targeting molecules with high binding
affinity and specificity for intracellular undruggable targets. Their ability to penetrate cell …