PROTACs: past, present and future

K Li, CM Crews - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional molecules consisting of
one ligand that binds to a protein of interest (POI) and another that can recruit an E3 …

Targeted protein degradation: mechanisms, strategies and application

L Zhao, J Zhao, K Zhong, A Tong, D Jia - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Traditional drug discovery mainly focuses on direct regulation of protein activity. The
development and application of protein activity modulators, particularly inhibitors, has been …

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] Inhibition of STAT3-ferroptosis negative regulatory axis suppresses tumor growth and alleviates chemoresistance in gastric cancer

S Ouyang, H Li, L Lou, Q Huang, Z Zhang, J Mo, M Li… - Redox biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Chemotherapy is still one of the principal treatments for gastric cancer, but the clinical
application of 5-FU is limited by drug resistance. Here, we demonstrate that ferroptosis …

PROTACs: great opportunities for academia and industry (an update from 2020 to 2021)

M He, C Cao, Z Ni, Y Liu, P Song, S Hao, Y He… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) technology is a new protein-
degradation strategy that has emerged in recent years. It uses bifunctional small molecules …

PROTAC: an effective targeted protein degradation strategy for cancer therapy

SM Qi, J Dong, ZY Xu, XD Cheng, WD Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Proteolysis targeting chimeric (PROTAC) technology is an effective endogenous protein
degradation tool developed in recent years that can ubiquitinate the target proteins through …

[HTML][HTML] Current strategies for the design of PROTAC linkers: a critical review

RI Troup, C Fallan, MGJ Baud - Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) are heterobifunctional molecules
consisting of two ligands; an “anchor” to bind to an E3 ubiquitin ligase and a “warhead” to …

Recent update on development of small-molecule STAT3 inhibitors for cancer therapy: from phosphorylation inhibition to protein degradation

J Dong, XD Cheng, WD Zhang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcription factor that
regulates various biological processes, including proliferation, metastasis, angiogenesis …

E3 ligase ligand chemistries: from building blocks to protein degraders

I Sosič, A Bricelj, C Steinebach - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), capable of achieving targeted
protein degradation, have proven their great therapeutic potential and usefulness as …

Unraveling the role of linker design in proteolysis targeting chimeras: Miniperspective

TA Bemis, JJ La Clair, MD Burkart - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A current bottleneck in the development of proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) is the
empirical nature of linker length structure–activity relationships (SARs). A multidisciplinary …