Recent advances in targeting the “undruggable” proteins: from drug discovery to clinical trials

X Xie, T Yu, X Li, N Zhang, LJ Foster, C Peng… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Undruggable proteins are a class of proteins that are often characterized by large, complex
structures or functions that are difficult to interfere with using conventional drug design …

Recent advances in pro-PROTAC development to address on-target off-tumor toxicity

C Chen, Y Yang, Z Wang, H Li, C Dong… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) technology represents a novel and promising
modality for targeted protein degradation with transformative implications for the clinical …

Acetylation targeting chimera enables acetylation of the tumor suppressor p53

M Kabir, N Sun, X Hu, TC Martin, J Yi… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With advances in chemically induced proximity technologies, heterobifunctional modalities
such as proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have been successfully advanced to …

[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 …

PROTACs targeting MLKL protect cells from necroptosis

OH Rathje, L Perryman, RJ Payne… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Mixed Lineage Kinase domain-Like pseudokinase (MLKL) is implicated in a broad range of
diseases due to its role as the ultimate effector of necroptosis and has therefore emerged as …

Mitochondrial protease targeting chimeras for mitochondrial matrix protein degradation

D Wang, W Wang, L Fang, L Qi, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is an emerging technique for protein regulation.
Currently, all TPD developed in eukaryotic cells relies on either ubiquitin-proteasome or …

Proteolysis-targeting drug delivery system (ProDDS): integrating targeted protein degradation concepts into formulation design

Y Chen, F Liu, S Pal, Q Hu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has emerged as a revolutionary paradigm in drug
discovery and development, offering a promising avenue to tackle challenging therapeutic …

Recent progress in CDK4/6 inhibitors and PROTACs

H Wang, J Ba, Y Kang, Z Gong, T Liang, Y Zhang, J Qi… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cell division in eukaryotes is a highly regulated process that is critical to the life of a cell.
Dysregulated cell proliferation, often driven by anomalies in cell Cyclin-dependent kinase …

New-generation advanced PROTACs as potential therapeutic agents in cancer therapy

C Wang, Y Zhang, W Chen, Y Wu, D Xing - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) technology has garnered significant attention
over the last 10 years, representing a burgeoning therapeutic approach with the potential to …

Discovery of LL-K8-22: a selective, durable, and small-molecule degrader of the CDK8-Cyclin C Complex

M Wang, R Lin, J Li, Y Suo, J Gao, L Liu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The CDK8–cyclin C complex is an important anti-tumor target, but unlike CDK8, cyclin C
remains undruggable. Modulators regulating cyclin C activity directly are still under …