Opportunities and Challenges in Targeting Ubiquitin Modification and Degradation for Prostate Cancer Therapy
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1.1)Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China;2.2)Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China;3.3)School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China;4.4)School of Health and Life Sciences, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China

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This work was supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China (81802787) and Young Talent Fund of Association for Science and Technology in Xi’an (095920221354).

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    Prostate cancer is the fastest growing cancer among Chinese male population. Resistance to antiandrogen therapy is the leading cause of death in patients with prostate cancer. Therefore, solving the drug resistance conundrum is the key issue for translational research in prostate cancer. Mammalian cells utilize the ubiquitin-proteasome system to degrade targeted proteins. Consequently, key oncogenes in prostate cancer, such as upstream ubiquitination regulators (e.g., deubiquitinases) of androgen receptor (AR), are potential therapeutic targets. However, these enzymes have a broad spectrum of substrates and may be off target. Recently, the proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTAC) technology developed based on the ubiquitin-proteasome system is the most promising and revolutionary new anti-cancer drug discovery technology, enabling the degradation of target proteins by specific E3 ubiquitin ligases without affecting other substrates. Compared with traditional small molecule inhibitors, PROTAC hold great advantages in overcoming drug resistance as well as targeting undruggable targets. Currently, the PROTAC degraders targeting the AR has achieved success in phase II clinical trials. In the future, the new technology targeting protein ubiquitination and degradation pathway will bring new breakthroughs for the clinical treatment of prostate cancer.

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PENG Yun-Hua, LIU Sha, CUI Li, LIU Jian-Kang, LONG Jian-Gang. Opportunities and Challenges in Targeting Ubiquitin Modification and Degradation for Prostate Cancer Therapy[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2023,50(4):782-794

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  • Received:December 17,2022
  • Revised:April 02,2023
  • Accepted:March 20,2023
  • Online: April 26,2023
  • Published: April 20,2023