Chen Cheng, Feng Yanyan, Zhou Chen, Liu Zhouyan, Tang Ziwei, Zhang Ye, Li Tong, Gu Chenglei, Chen Jichao
School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States.
Bioorg Chem. 2024 Dec;153:107772. doi: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107772. Epub 2024 Sep 2.
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has emerged as a powerful approach for eliminating cancer-causing proteins through an "event-driven" pharmacological mode. Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs), molecular glues (MGs), and hydrophobic tagging (HyTing) have evolved into three major classes of TPD technologies. Natural products (NPs) are a primary source of anticancer drugs and have played important roles in the development of TPD technology. NPs potentially expand the toolbox of TPD by providing a variety of E3 ligase ligands, protein of interest (POI) warheads, and hydrophobic tags (HyTs). As a promising direction in the TPD field, NP-based degraders have shown great potential for anticancer therapy. In this review, we summarize recent advances in the development of NP-based degraders (PROTACs, MGs and HyTing) with anticancer applications. Moreover, we put forward the challenges while presenting potential opportunities for the advancement of future targeted protein degraders derived from NPs.
靶向蛋白质降解(TPD)已成为一种通过“事件驱动”药理学模式消除致癌蛋白的强大方法。靶向蛋白水解嵌合体(PROTAC)、分子胶(MG)和疏水标签(HyTing)已发展成为TPD技术的三大类别。天然产物(NPs)是抗癌药物的主要来源,在TPD技术的发展中发挥了重要作用。NPs通过提供各种E3连接酶配体、目标蛋白(POI)弹头和疏水标签(HyTs),有可能扩展TPD的工具库。作为TPD领域一个有前景的方向,基于NP的降解剂在抗癌治疗中显示出巨大潜力。在这篇综述中,我们总结了基于NP的降解剂(PROTAC、MG和HyTing)在抗癌应用开发方面的最新进展。此外,我们提出了挑战,并为未来源自NPs的靶向蛋白质降解剂的发展提供了潜在机遇。