Discovery of small molecule ligands for the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) E3 ligase and their use as inhibitors and PROTAC degraders

CJ Diehl, A Ciulli - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Cullin RING E3 ligase is an essential enzyme in the ubiquitin-
proteasome system that recruits substrates such as the hypoxia inducible factor for …

The concept of intrinsic versus extrinsic apoptosis

L Lossi - Biochemical Journal, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Regulated cell death is a vital and dynamic process in multicellular organisms that maintains
tissue homeostasis and eliminates potentially dangerous cells. Apoptosis, one of the better …

Physiological and pharmacological modulation of BAX

AZ Spitz, E Gavathiotis - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Bcl-2-associated X protein (BAX) is a critical executioner of mitochondrial regulated cell
death through its lethal activity of permeabilizing the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) …

Co-targeting of BAX and BCL-XL proteins broadly overcomes resistance to apoptosis in cancer

A Lopez, DE Reyna, N Gitego, F Kopp, H Zhou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Deregulation of the BCL-2 family interaction network ensures cancer resistance to apoptosis
and is a major challenge to current treatments. Cancer cells commonly evade apoptosis …

Apoptosis deregulation and the development of cancer multi-drug resistance

CM Neophytou, IP Trougakos, N Erin, P Papageorgis - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite recent therapeutic advances against cancer, many patients do not
respond well or respond poorly, to treatment and develop resistance to more than one anti …

A selective BCL-XL PROTAC degrader achieves safe and potent antitumor activity

S Khan, X Zhang, D Lv, Q Zhang, Y He, P Zhang… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
B-cell lymphoma extra large (BCL-XL) is a well-validated cancer target. However, the on-
target and dose-limiting thrombocytopenia limits the use of BCL-XL inhibitors, such as …

Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

L Galluzzi, I Vitale, SA Aaronson, JM Abrams… - Cell Death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Over the past decade, the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death (NCCD) has formulated
guidelines for the definition and interpretation of cell death from morphological, biochemical …

BCL-2 family proteins: changing partners in the dance towards death

J Kale, EJ Osterlund, DW Andrews - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2018 - nature.com
The BCL-2 family of proteins controls cell death primarily by direct binding interactions that
regulate mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) leading to the irreversible …

Mitochondria as playmakers of apoptosis, autophagy and senescence

M Abate, A Festa, M Falco, A Lombardi, A Luce… - Seminars in cell & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are the key energy-producing organelles and cellular source of reactive
species. They are responsible for managing cell life and death by a balanced homeostasis …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting apoptotic caspases in cancer

A Boice, L Bouchier-Hayes - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2020 - Elsevier
Members of the caspase family of proteases play essential roles in the initiation and
execution of apoptosis. These caspases are divided into two groups: the initiator caspases …