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Annual Review of Cancer Biology

Volume 8, 2024

Small-Molecule Approaches to Target Transcription Factors

Abstract

Dysregulated transcription factor activity is a defining feature of various cancer types. As such, targeting oncogenic transcriptional dependency has long been pursued as a potential therapeutic approach. However, transcription factors have historically been deemed as undruggable targets due to their highly disordered structures and lack of well-defined binding pockets. Nevertheless, interest in their pharmacologic inhibition and destruction has not dwindled in recent years. Here, we discuss new small-molecule-based approaches to target various transcription factors. Ligands with different mechanisms of action, such as inhibitors, molecular glue degraders, and proteolysis targeting chimeras, have recently seen success preclinically and clinically. We review how these strategies overcome the challenges presented by targeting transcription factors.

Keyword(s): androgen receptor, cancer, degraders, molecular glues, MYC, PROTAC, proteolysis targeting chimera, small molecules, targeted protein degradation, transcription factors
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Small-Molecule Approaches to Target Transcription Factors
Annual Review of Cancer Biology 8, 395 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-062722-012209
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