Pharmacological targeting of endoplasmic reticulum stress in disease

SJ Marciniak, JE Chambers, D Ron - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2022 - nature.com
The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) leads to ER
stress, resulting in activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) that aims to restore …

Emerging and re-emerging warheads for targeted covalent inhibitors: applications in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology

M Gehringer, SA Laufer - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Targeted covalent inhibitors (TCIs) are designed to bind poorly conserved amino acids by
means of reactive groups, the so-called warheads. Currently, targeting noncatalytic cysteine …

Structure and molecular mechanism of ER stress signaling by the unfolded protein response signal activator IRE1

CJ Adams, MC Kopp, N Larburu, PR Nowak… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an important site for protein folding and maturation in
eukaryotes. The cellular requirement to synthesize proteins within the ER is matched by its …

[HTML][HTML] Endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling in cancer cells

SA Oakes - The American journal of pathology, 2020 - Elsevier
To survive, cancer cells must resist numerous internal and environmental insults associated
with neoplasia that jeopardize proteostasis within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Solid and …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress signalling–from basic mechanisms to clinical applications

A Almanza, A Carlesso, C Chintha… - The FEBS …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a membranous intracellular organelle and the first
compartment of the secretory pathway. As such, the ER contributes to the production and …

Tumorigenic and immunosuppressive effects of endoplasmic reticulum stress in cancer

JR Cubillos-Ruiz, SE Bettigole, LH Glimcher - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Malignant cells utilize diverse strategies that enable them to thrive under adverse conditions
while simultaneously inhibiting the development of anti-tumor immune responses. Hostile …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting DGAT1 ameliorates glioblastoma by increasing fat catabolism and oxidative stress

X Cheng, F Geng, M Pan, X Wu, Y Zhong, C Wang… - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM), a mostly lethal brain tumor, acquires large amounts of free fatty acids
(FAs) to promote cell growth. But how the cancer avoids lipotoxicity is unknown. Here, we …

SEL1L–HRD1 endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation controls STING-mediated innate immunity by limiting the size of the activable STING pool

Y Ji, Y Luo, Y Wu, Y Sun, L Zhao, Z Xue, M Sun… - Nature cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) orchestrates the production of proinflammatory
cytokines in response to cytosolic double-stranded DNA; however, the pathophysiological …

Modulation of the proteostasis network promotes tumor resistance to oncogenic KRAS inhibitors

X Lv, X Lu, J Cao, Q Luo, Y Ding, F Peng, A Pataer… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Despite substantial advances in targeting mutant KRAS, tumor resistance to KRAS inhibitors
(KRASi) remains a major barrier to progress. Here, we report proteostasis reprogramming as …

IRE1α determines ferroptosis sensitivity through regulation of glutathione synthesis

D Jiang, Y Guo, T Wang, L Wang, Y Yan, L **a… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cellular sensitivity to ferroptosis is primarily regulated by mechanisms mediating lipid
hydroperoxide detoxification. We show that inositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1α), an …