Hongyu Wu
Molecular glues modulate protein functions by inducing protein aggregation: A promising therapeutic strategy of small molecules for disease treatment
Wu, Hongyu; Yao, Hong; He, Chen; Jia, Yilin; Zhu, Zheying; Xu, Shengtao; Li, Dahong; Xu, Jinyi
Authors
Hong Yao
Chen He
Yilin Jia
ZHEYING ZHU Zheying.Zhu@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor in International Pharmacy and Traditional Medicines
Shengtao Xu
Dahong Li
Jinyi Xu
Abstract
Molecular glues can specifically induce aggregation between two or more proteins to modulate biological functions. In recent years, molecular glues have been widely used as protein degraders. In addition, however, molecular glues play a variety of vital roles, such as complex stabilization, interactome modulation and transporter inhibition, enabling challenging therapeutic targets to be druggable and offering an exciting novel approach for drug discovery. Since most molecular glues are identified serendipitously, exploration of their systematic discovery and rational design are important. In this review, representative examples of molecular glues with various physiological functions are divided into those mediating homo-dimerization, homo-polymerization and hetero-dimerization according to their aggregation modes, and we attempt to elucidate their mechanisms of action. In particular, we aim to highlight some biochemical techniques typically exploited within these representative studies and classify them in terms of three stages of molecular glue development: starting point, optimization and identification.
Journal Article Type | Review |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 22, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 31, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022-09 |
Deposit Date | Apr 2, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 15, 2022 |
Journal | Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B |
Print ISSN | 2211-3835 |
Electronic ISSN | 2211-3843 |
Publisher | Elsevier BV |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 9 |
Pages | 3548-3566 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsb.2022.03.019 |
Keywords | General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7688241 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383522001496?via%3Dihub |
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