On ATG4B as drug target for treatment of solid tumours—the knowns and the unknowns

A Agrotis, R Ketteler - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Autophagy is an evolutionary conserved stress survival pathway that has been shown to
play an important role in the initiation, progression, and metastasis of multiple cancers; …

Homogeneous electrochemiluminescence in the sensors game: what have we learned from past experiments?

H Nasrollahpour, B Khalilzadeh, A Naseri… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Homogeneous electrochemiluminescence (HO-ECL) chemo-biosensors refer to a
configuration of ECL frameworks in which chemo-bio recognition elements are not …

Discovery of a small molecule targeting autophagy via ATG4B inhibition and cell death of colorectal cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

Y Fu, L Hong, J Xu, G Zhong, Q Gu, Q Gu, Y Guan… - Autophagy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Human Atg4 homologs are cysteine proteases, which play key roles in the macroautophagy/
autophagy process by cleaving Atg8 homologs for conjugation to lipid membranes and for …

Design of small molecule autophagy modulators: a promising druggable strategy

S He, Q Li, X Jiang, X Lu, F Feng, W Qu… - Journal of medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Autophagy is a lysosome-dependent mechanism of intracellular degradation for maintaining
cellular homeostasis. Dysregulation of autophagy has been verified to be closely linked to a …

Discovery and mechanism studies of a novel ATG4B inhibitor Ebselen by drug repurposing and its anti-colorectal cancer effects in mice

H Xie, P Qiang, Y Wang, F Xia, P Liu, M Li - Cell & Bioscience, 2022 - Springer
Cysteine protease ATG4B, a key autophagy protein, is an attractive target for colorectal
cancer therapy. However, ATG4B inhibitors with higher efficiency, safety, and clear …

ATG4B inhibitors with a benzotropolone core structure block autophagy and augment efficiency of chemotherapy in mice

A Kurdi, M Cleenewerck, C Vangestel… - Biochemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Autophagy is a cell survival mechanism hijacked by advanced tumors to endure a rough
microenvironment. Late autophagy inhibitors such as (hydroxy) chloroquine have been used …

ATG4B inhibitor FMK-9a induces autophagy independent on its enzyme inhibition

J Chu, Y Fu, J Xu, X Zheng, Q Gu, X Luo, QI Dai… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Atg4 is essential for autophagosome formation and Atg8 recycle with the function of
processing the precursor and the lipidated Atg8-family proteins. Abnormal autophagic …

An ATG4B inhibitor blocks autophagy and sensitizes Sorafenib inhibition activities in HCC tumor cells

Y Xie, S Fan, D Ni, W Wan, P Xu, Y Ding… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Autophagy related 4B (ATG4B) which regulates autophagy by promoting the
formation of autophagosome through reversible modification of LC3, is closely related to …

Identification of kinases and phosphatases that regulate ATG4B activity by siRNA and small molecule screening in cells

N Pengo, K Prak, JR Costa, C Luft, A Agrotis… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Autophagy protease ATG4B is a key regulator of the LC3/GABARAP conjugation system
required for autophagosome formation, maturation and closure. Members of the ATG4 and …

Identification of benzo [cd] indol-2 (1H)-ones as novel Atg4B inhibitors via a structure-based virtual screening and a novel AlphaScreen assay

M Quintana, A Bilbao, J Comas-Barceló… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Targeting autophagy is a promising therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment. As a result, the
identification of novel autophagy inhibitors is an emerging field of research. Herein, we …