Mitochondrial quality control proteases and their modulation for cancer therapy

J Zhang, W Qiao, Y Luo - Medicinal Research Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria, the main provider of energy in eukaryotic cells, contains more than 1000
different proteins and is closely related to the development of cells. However, damaged …

Mitochondrial ClpP serine protease-biological function and emerging target for cancer therapy

K Nouri, Y Feng, AD Schimmer - Cell death & disease, 2020 - nature.com
Mitochondrial ClpP is a serine protease located in the mitochondrial matrix. This protease
participates in mitochondrial protein quality control by degrading misfolded or damaged …

Mitochondrial ClpP-mediated proteolysis induces selective cancer cell lethality

J Ishizawa, SF Zarabi, RE Davis, O Halgas, T Nii… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
The mitochondrial caseinolytic protease P (ClpP) plays a central role in mitochondrial
protein quality control by degrading misfolded proteins. Using genetic and chemical …

Mitochondrial protease ClpP is a target for the anticancer compounds ONC201 and related analogues

PR Graves, LJ Aponte-Collazo, EMJ Fennell… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
ONC201 is a first-in-class imipridone molecule currently in clinical trials for the treatment of
multiple cancers. Despite enormous clinical potential, the mechanism of action is …

Selective activator of human ClpP triggers cell cycle arrest to inhibit lung squamous cell carcinoma

LL Zhou, T Zhang, Y Xue, C Yue, Y Pan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chemo-activation of mitochondrial ClpP exhibits promising anticancer properties. However,
we are currently unaware of any studies using selective and potent ClpP activators in lung …

A processive rotary mechanism couples substrate unfolding and proteolysis in the ClpXP degradation machinery

ZA Ripstein, S Vahidi, WA Houry, JL Rubinstein… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The ClpXP degradation machine consists of a hexameric AAA+ unfoldase (ClpX) and a pair
of heptameric serine protease rings (ClpP) that unfold, translocate, and subsequently …

Mitochondria deregulations in cancer offer several potential targets of therapeutic interventions

C Musicco, A Signorile, V Pesce… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria play a key role in cancer and their involvement is not limited to the production
of ATP only. Mitochondria also produce reactive oxygen species and building blocks to …

Recent structural insights into the mechanism of ClpP protease regulation by AAA+ chaperones and small molecules

MF Mabanglo, WA Houry - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
ClpP is a highly conserved serine protease that is a critical enzyme in maintaining protein
homeostasis and is an important drug target in pathogenic bacteria and various cancers. In …

Anti-infective therapy using species-specific activators of Staphylococcus aureus ClpP

B Wei, T Zhang, P Wang, Y Pan, J Li, W Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates highlights the urgent
need to develop more antibiotics. ClpP is a highly conserved protease regulated by …

Aberrant human ClpP activation disturbs mitochondrial proteome homeostasis to suppress pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

P Wang, T Zhang, X Wang, H Xiao, H Li, LL Zhou… - Cell chemical …, 2022 - cell.com
The mitochondrial caseinolytic protease P (ClpP) is a target candidate for treating leukemia;
however, the effects of ClpP modulation on solid tumors have not been adequately explored …