Ubiquitin–proteasome system as a target for anticancer treatment—an update

YJ Kim, Y Lee, H Shin, SA Hwang, J Park… - Archives of pharmacal …, 2023 - Springer
As the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) regulates almost every biological process, the
dysregulation or aberrant expression of the UPS components causes many pathological …

Opportunities and challenges of protein-based targeted protein degradation

F Shen, LMK Dassama - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the 20 years since the first report of a proteolysis targeting chimeric (PROTAC) molecule,
targeted protein degradation (TPD) technologies have attempted to revolutionize the fields …

Polyglutamine (PolyQ) Diseases: Navigating the Landscape of Neurodegeneration

R Tenchov, JM Sasso, QA Zhou - ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases are a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders
caused by expanded cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) repeats encoding proteins with …

Pristimerin suppresses AIM2 inflammasome by modulating AIM2-PYCARD/ASC stability via selective autophagy to alleviate tendinopathy

H Jiang, Y Xie, J Lu, H Li, K Zeng, Z Hu, D Wu, J Yang… - autophagy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Macroautophagy/autophagy plays an important role in regulating cellular homeostasis and
influences the pathogenesis of degenerative diseases. Tendinopathy is characterized by …

Neutron-encoded diubiquitins to profile linkage selectivity of deubiquitinating enzymes

BDM van Tol, BR van Doodewaerd… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Deubiquitinating enzymes are key regulators in the ubiquitin system and an emerging class
of drug targets. These proteases disassemble polyubiquitin chains and many …

[HTML][HTML] CircRNAs: Pivotal modulators of TGF-β signalling in cancer pathogenesis

AA Bhat, G Gupta, R Dahiya, R Thapa, A Gahtori… - Non-coding RNA …, 2024 - Elsevier
The intricate molecular landscape of cancer pathogenesis continues to captivate
researchers worldwide, with Circular RNAs (circRNAs) emerging as pivotal players in the …

The deubiquitinating enzyme STAMBP is a newly discovered driver of triple-negative breast cancer progression that maintains RAI14 protein stability

Q Yang, D Yan, C Zou, Q Xue, S Lin, Q Huang… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogeneous malignancy in women. It is
associated with poor prognosis, aggressive malignant behavior, and limited treatment …

Post-translational modifications on the retinoblastoma protein

L Zhou, DSC Ng, JC Yam, LJ Chen, CC Tham… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
The retinoblastoma protein (pRb) functions as a cell cycle regulator controlling G1 to S
phase transition and plays critical roles in tumour suppression. It is frequently inactivated in …

HECTD1‐Mediated ubiquitination and degradation of Rubicon regulates autophagy and osteoarthritis pathogenesis

S Liao, Q Zheng, H Shen, G Yang, Y Xu… - Arthritis & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common degenerative joint diseases and is
associated with autophagy suppression. However, the molecular mechanism of autophagy …

Structural and mechanistic insights into the CAND1-mediated SCF substrate receptor exchange

M Shaaban, JA Clapperton, S Ding, S Kunzelmann… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Modular SCF (SKP1-CUL1-Fbox) ubiquitin E3 ligases orchestrate multiple cellular
pathways in eukaryotes. Their variable SKP1-Fbox substrate receptor (SR) modules enable …