Targeting intrinsically disordered proteins involved in cancer

P Santofimia-Castaño, B Rizzuti, Y **a, O Abian… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) do not have a well-defined structure under
physiological conditions, but they have key roles in cell signaling and regulation, and they …

EZH2 inhibition sensitizes MYC-high medulloblastoma cancers to PARP inhibition by regulating NUPR1-mediated DNA repair

J Yu, J Han, M Yu, H Rui, A Sun, H Li - Oncogene, 2024 - nature.com
MYC-driven medulloblastomas (MB) are highly aggressive pediatric brain tumors with poor
outcomes, and effective therapies remain limited despite intensive multimodal treatments …

NUPR1 is a critical repressor of ferroptosis

J Liu, X Song, F Kuang, Q Zhang, Y **e, R Kang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a type of iron-dependent regulated cell death, representing an emerging
disease-modulatory mechanism. Transcription factors play multiple roles in ferroptosis …

NUPR1: a critical regulator of the antioxidant system

C Huang, P Santofimia-Castaño, J Iovanna - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Nuclear protein 1 (NUPR1) is activated in cellular stress and is expressed
at high levels in cancer cells. Much evidence has been gathered supporting its critical role in …

Identification of a drug targeting an intrinsically disordered protein involved in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

JL Neira, J Bintz, M Arruebo, B Rizzuti, T Bonacci… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are prevalent in eukaryotes, performing signaling and
regulatory functions. Often associated with human diseases, they constitute drug …

The role of NUPR1 in response to stress and cancer development

S Liu, M Costa - Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Stress contributes to the development of many human diseases, including cancer. Based on
the source of stress, it can be divided into external stress, such as environmental …

[HTML][HTML] ZZW-115–dependent inhibition of NUPR1 nuclear translocation sensitizes cancer cells to genotoxic agents

W Lan, P Santofimia-Castaño, M Swayden, Y **a… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Establishing the interactome of the cancer-associated stress protein Nuclear Protein 1
(NUPR1), we found that it binds to several hundreds of proteins, including proteins involved …

Crowding effects on the structure and dynamics of the intrinsically disordered nuclear chromatin protein NUPR1

A Bonucci, M Palomino-Schätzlein… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The intracellular environment is crowded with macromolecules, including sugars, proteins
and nucleic acids. In the cytoplasm, crowding effects are capable of excluding up to 40% of …

Intrinsically disordered proteins as regulators of transient biological processes and as untapped drug targets

Y Hosoya, J Ohkanda - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are critical players in the dynamic control of diverse
cellular processes, and provide potential new drug targets because their dysregulation is …

Intrinsically disordered chromatin protein NUPR1 binds to the C-terminal region of Polycomb RING1B

P Santofimia-Castaño, B Rizzuti… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are ubiquitous in eukaryotes, and they are often
associated with diseases in humans. The protein NUPR1 is a multifunctional IDP involved in …