Strategies to target the cancer driver MYC in tumor cells

LI Weber, M Hartl - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The MYC oncoprotein functions as a master regulator of cellular transcription and executes
non-transcriptional tasks relevant to DNA replication and cell cycle regulation, thereby …

Proteostasis perturbation of N-Myc leveraging HSP70 mediated protein turnover improves treatment of neuroendocrine prostate cancer

P Xu, JC Yang, B Chen, S Ning, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
N-Myc is a key driver of neuroblastoma and neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC). One
potential way to circumvent the challenge of undruggable N-Myc is to target the protein …

Novel dual-targeting c-Myc inhibitor D347-2761 represses myeloma growth via blocking c-Myc/Max heterodimerization and disturbing its stability

R Yao, M Zhang, J Zhou, L Liu, Y Zhang, J Gao… - Cell Communication and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Transcription factor c-Myc plays a critical role in various physiological
and pathological events. c-Myc gene rearrangement is closely associated with multiple …

Discovery of a novel MyD88 inhibitor M20 and its protection against sepsis-mediated acute lung injury

J Song, D Chen, Y Pan, X Shi, Q Liu, X Lu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) is a hub protein in the Toll-like receptor signaling
pathway, which acts as a master switch for numerous inflammatory diseases, including …

Computational prediction and characterization of cell-type-specific and shared binding sites

Q Zhang, P Teng, S Wang, Y He, Z Cui, Z Guo… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Cell-type-specific gene expression is maintained in large part by transcription
factors (TFs) selectively binding to distinct sets of sites in different cell types. Recent …

Significant structural change in human c-Myc promoter G-quadruplex upon peptide binding in potassium

N Kundu, T Sharma, S Kaur, M Singh, V Kumar… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We selected the G-quadruplex motif located in the nuclease-hypersensitive elements (NHE)
III1 region of the c-Myc promoter and for the first time performed its interaction studies with a …

Development of VPC-70619, a small-molecule N-Myc inhibitor as a potential therapy for neuroendocrine prostate cancer

AT Ton, J Foo, K Singh, J Lee, A Kalyta… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Myc family of transcription factors are involved in the development and progression of
numerous cancers, including prostate cancer (PCa). Under the pressure of androgen …

Role of structural disorder in the multi-functionality of flavivirus proteins

SK Kapuganti, A Bhardwaj, P Kumar… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The life cycle of a virus involves interacting with the host cell, entry, hijacking
host machinery for viral replication, evading the host's immune system, and releasing mature …

Functional inhibition of c-Myc using novel inhibitors identified through “hot spot” targeting

A Singh, P Kumar, S Sarvagalla, T Bharadwaj… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Protein–protein interactions drive various biological processes in healthy as well as disease
states. The transcription factor c-Myc plays a crucial role in maintaining cellular homeostasis …

Inhibition of restenosis after balloon injury in rabbit vessels by integrin αvβ3-targeted 10058-F4 nanoparticles

W Man, Q Fu, Y Wang, C Dong, P Yang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated whether 10058-F4, a small molecule inhibitor of the c-Myc gene,
could play a corresponding inhibitory role in the vascular proliferation process. The efficacy …