Imidazoles as potential anticancer agents: An update on recent studies

P Sharma, C LaRosa, J Antwi, R Govindarajan… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic rings are common structural components of marketed
drugs. Among these heterocycles, imidazole/fused imidazole rings are present in a wide …

Direct mapping of ligandable tyrosines and lysines in cells with chiral sulfonyl fluoride probes

Y Chen, GB Craven, RA Kamber, A Cuesta… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Advances in chemoproteomic technology have revealed covalent interactions between
small molecules and protein nucleophiles, primarily cysteine, on a proteome-wide scale …

Targeting WD repeat-containing protein 5 (WDR5): a medicinal chemistry perspective

X Chen, J Xu, X Wang, G Long, Q You… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
WD repeat-containing protein 5 (WDR5) is a member of the WD40 protein family, and it is
widely involved in various biological activities and not limited to epigenetic regulation in …

A selective WDR5 degrader inhibits acute myeloid leukemia in patient-derived mouse models

X Yu, D Li, J Kottur, Y Shen, HS Kim, KS Park… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Interactions between WD40 repeat domain protein 5 (WDR5) and its various partners such
as mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) and c-MYC are essential for sustaining oncogenesis in …

Discovery of a dual WDR5 and Ikaros PROTAC degrader as an anti-cancer therapeutic

D Li, X Yu, J Kottur, W Gong, Z Zhang, AJ Storey… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract WD repeat domain 5 (WDR5), an integral component of the MLL/KMT2A lysine
methyltransferase complex, is critically involved in oncogenesis and represents an attractive …

Structure-based discovery of potent WD repeat domain 5 inhibitors that demonstrate efficacy and safety in preclinical animal models

KB Teuscher, S Chowdhury… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
WD repeat domain 5 (WDR5) is a core scaffolding component of many multiprotein
complexes that perform a variety of critical chromatin-centric processes in the nucleus …

Discovery, evaluation and mechanism study of WDR5-targeted small molecular inhibitors for neuroblastoma

Q Han, X Zhang, P Ren, L Mei, W Lin, L Wang… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2023 - nature.com
Neuroblastoma is the most common and deadliest tumor in infancy. WDR5 (WD Repeat
Domain 5), a critical factor supporting an N-myc transcriptional complex via its WBM site and …

Discovery of potent and selective WDR5 proteolysis targeting chimeras as potential therapeutics for pancreatic cancer

X Yu, D Li, J Kottur, HS Kim, LE Herring… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a core chromatin-regulatory scaffolding protein, WDR5 mediates numerous protein–
protein interactions (PPIs) with other partner oncoproteins. However, small-molecule …

Discovery of potent orally bioavailable WD repeat domain 5 (WDR5) inhibitors using a pharmacophore-based optimization

KB Teuscher, KM Meyers, Q Wei, JJ Mills… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
WD repeat domain 5 (WDR5) is a nuclear scaffolding protein that forms many biologically
important multiprotein complexes. The WIN site of WDR5 represents a promising …

WDR5 represents a therapeutically exploitable target for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma

K Mitchell, SA Sprowls, S Arora, S Shakya… - Genes & …, 2023 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Glioblastomas (GBMs) are heterogeneous, treatment-resistant tumors driven by populations
of cancer stem cells (CSCs). However, few molecular mechanisms critical for CSC …