Chemistries of bifunctional PROTAC degraders

C Cao, M He, L Wang, Y He, Y Rao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) technology is a novel and promising therapeutic
strategy using small molecules to induce ubiquitin-dependent degradation of proteins. It has …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting androgen receptor degradation with PROTACs from bench to bedside

X Jia, X Han - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•AR is a clinically fully validated target for treatment of human prostate
cancer.•PROTAC AR degraders overcome common resistance mechanisms developed …

Formation of C(sp2)–C(sp3) Bonds Instead of Amide C–N Bonds from Carboxylic Acid and Amine Substrate Pools by Decarbonylative Cross-Electrophile Coupling

J Wang, LE Ehehalt, Z Huang, OM Beleh… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Carbon–heteroatom bonds, most often amide and ester bonds, are the standard method to
link together two complex fragments because carboxylic acids, amines, and alcohols are …

A region-confined PROTAC nanoplatform for spatiotemporally tunable protein degradation and enhanced cancer therapy

J Gao, X Jiang, S Lei, W Cheng, Y Lai, M Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The antitumor performance of PROteolysis-TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) is limited by its
insufficient tumor specificity and poor pharmacokinetics. These disadvantages are further …

Small molecule inhibitors targeting the cancers

GH Liu, T Chen, X Zhang, XL Ma, HS Shi - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Compared with traditional therapies, targeted therapy has merits in selectivity, efficacy, and
tolerability. Small molecule inhibitors are one of the primary targeted therapies for cancer …

Current advances of small molecule E3 ligands for proteolysis-targeting chimeras design

D Mi, Y Li, H Gu, Y Li, Y Chen - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) as an emerging drug discovery modality has
been extensively concerned in recent years. Over 20 years development, accumulated …

Journey of Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) E3 ligase in PROTACs design: From VHL ligands to VHL-based degraders

N Setia, HTA Almuqdadi, M Abid - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The scientific community has shown considerable interest in proteolysis-targeting chimeras
(PROTACs) in the last decade, indicating their remarkable potential as a means of achieving …

Small-molecule ferritin degrader as a pyroptosis inducer

Y Chen, W Li, S Kwon, Y Wang, Z Li… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Exploring the response of malignant cells to intracellular metabolic stress is critical for
understanding pathologic processes and developing anticancer therapies. Herein, we …

Protein degradation: expanding the toolbox to restrain cancer drug resistance

H Ming, B Li, J Jiang, S Qin, EC Nice, W He… - Journal of hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Despite significant progress in clinical management, drug resistance remains a major
obstacle. Recent research based on protein degradation to restrain drug resistance has …

[HTML][HTML] Antiviral PROTACs: Opportunity borne with challenge

J Liang, Y Wu, K Lan, C Dong, S Wu, S Li, HB Zhou - Cell Insight, 2023 - Elsevier
Proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) degradation of pathogenic proteins by hijacking of
the ubiquitin-proteasome-system has become a promising strategy in drug design. The …