Biomolecular condensates: new opportunities for drug discovery and RNA therapeutics

BA Conti, M Oppikofer - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Biomolecular condensates organize cellular functions in the absence of membranes. These
membraneless organelles can form through liquid–liquid phase separation coalescing RNA …

Kinase regulation by liquid–liquid phase separation

TP López-Palacios, JL Andersen - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is emerging as a mechanism of spatiotemporal
regulation that could answer long-standing questions about how order is achieved in …

The dynamic clustering of insulin receptor underlies its signaling and is disrupted in insulin resistance

A Dall'Agnese, JM Platt, MM Zheng, M Friesen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Insulin receptor (IR) signaling is central to normal metabolic control and is dysregulated in
metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. We report here that IR is incorporated into …

FGFR-targeted therapeutics: Clinical activity, mechanisms of resistance and new directions

M Katoh, Y Loriot, G Brandi, S Tavolari… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signalling via FGF receptors (FGFR1–4) orchestrates fetal
development and contributes to tissue and whole-body homeostasis, but can also promote …

[HTML][HTML] Biomolecular condensates at sites of DNA damage: more than just a phase

V Spegg, M Altmeyer - DNA repair, 2021 - Elsevier
Protein recruitment to DNA break sites is an integral part of the DNA damage response
(DDR). Elucidation of the hierarchy and temporal order with which DNA damage sensors as …

FGFR2 inhibition in cholangiocarcinoma

A Vogel, O Segatto, A Stenzinger… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Biliary tract cancer (BTC) is the second most common primary liver cancer after
hepatocellular carcinoma and accounts for 2% of cancer-related deaths. BTCs are classified …

VAPB-mediated ER-targeting stabilizes IRS-1 signalosomes to regulate insulin/IGF signaling

XK Gao, ZK Sheng, YH Lu, YT Sun, XS Rao, LJ Shi… - Cell discovery, 2023 - nature.com
The scaffold protein IRS-1 is an essential node in insulin/IGF signaling. It has long been
recognized that the stability of IRS-1 is dependent on its endomembrane targeting. However …

Targeting small GTPases: emerging grasps on previously untamable targets, pioneered by KRAS

G Yin, J Huang, J Petela, H Jiang, Y Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Small GTPases including Ras, Rho, Rab, Arf, and Ran are omnipresent molecular
switches in regulating key cellular functions. Their dysregulation is a therapeutic target for …

Advanced imaging techniques for studying protein phase separation in living cells and at single-molecule level

G Mekonnen, N Djaja, X Yuan, S Myong - Current Opinion in Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions are essential for cell function and survival.
These interactions facilitate the formation of ribonucleoprotein complexes and biomolecular …

Phase separation enhances probability of receptor signalling and drug targeting

JE Ladbury, CC Lin, KM Suen - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
The probability of a given receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) triggering a defined cellular
outcome is low because of the promiscuous nature of signalling, the randomness of …