ReviewNeoplasia (New York, N.Y.)2020
ONC201 and imipridones: Anti-cancer compounds with clinical efficacy.
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113 citing papers in PubMed, 163 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Phase 1 Randomized Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Single Escalating Oral Doses of Dordaviprone and the Effects of Food on the Bioavailability of Dordaviprone in Healthy Adult Subjects.Clinical pharmacology in drug development · 2025Trial
- ACTION: a randomized phase 3 study of ONC201 (dordaviprone) in patients with newly diagnosed H3 K27M-mutant diffuse glioma.Neuro-oncology · 2024Trial
- Quantitation of the next-generation imipridone ONC206 in human plasma by a simple and sensitive UPLC-MS/MS assay for clinical pharmacokinetic application.Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis · 2022Trial
- Phase II Study of ONC201 in Neuroendocrine Tumors including Pheochromocytoma-Paraganglioma and Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2022Trial
- ONC201/dordaviprone for H3 K27M-mutant tumors: Discovery, mechanisms, therapeutic potential, and future directions.Genes & diseases · 2027Review
- Single-nucleus profiling of postmortem diffuse midline gliomas identifies mitochondrial biogenesis as a resistance mechanism to imipridone therapy.Neuro-oncology · 2026Article
- Understanding DMG: current treatment options and prospective solutions using nanoparticles.Drug delivery and translational research · 2026Review
- Tumor extracellular vesicle RNA profiling predicts treatment response in pediatric diffuse midline glioma.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Re-evaluating the rationale for targeting oxidative phosphorylation in acute myeloid leukemia.The Biochemical journal · 2026Review
- Integrated Phenotypic and Transcriptomic Profiling Positions ONC212 as a Lead Imipridone in Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer Models.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- The future of targeted therapies for pediatric central nervous system tumors.Neuro-oncology advances · 2026Review
- Diffuse Midline Gliomas: Clinical, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Perspectives.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- UPR/ATF4/Noxa pathway overactivation through SERCA2 inhibition or ONC201 treatment combined with ABT-737 triggers apoptosis in chemoresistant ovarian cancer cells and patient-derived tumor organoids.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- Epigenetic mechanisms and therapeutic advances in diffuse midline glioma (Review).Oncology reports · 2026Review
- COVID vaccination and post-infection cancer signals: Evaluating patterns and potential biological mechanisms.Oncotarget · 2026Review
- Decoding autophagy in neuro-tumor crosstalk: from underlying mechanisms to translational opportunities.Theranostics · 2026Review
- The role of dordaviprone in the multidisciplinary management of diffuse midline glioma.Surgical neurology international · 2026Review
- GPCR systems coordinate cellular resilience against aging-associated stress.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Review
- Adaptive immunotherapeutic paradigms in diffuse midline glioma: integrating epigenetic reprogramming, neuron-glioma interactions, and tumor microenvironment modulation.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2025Review
- Dordaviprone in H3K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma: an editorial on emerging targeted therapy.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
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Abstract
ONC201 was originally discovered as TNF-Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand (TRAIL)-inducing compound TIC10. ONC201 appears to act as a selective antagonist of the G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2), and as an allosteric agonist of mitochondrial protease caseinolytic protease P (ClpP). Downstream of target engagement, ONC201 activates the ATF4/CHOP-mediated integrated stress response leading to TRAIL/Death Receptor 5 (DR5) activation, inhibits oxidative phosphorylation via c-myc, and inactivates Akt/ERK signaling in tumor cells. This typically results in DR5/TRAIL-mediated apoptosis of tumor cells; however, DR5/TRAIL-independent apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, or antiproliferative effects also occur. The effects of ONC201 extend beyond bulk tumor cells to include cancer stem cells, cancer associated fibroblasts and immune cells within the tumor microenvironment that can contribute to its efficacy. ONC201 is orally administered, crosses the intact blood brain barrier, and is under evaluation in clinical trials in patients with advanced solid tumors and hematological malignancies. ONC201 has single agent clinical activity in tumor types that are enriched for DRD2 and/or ClpP expression including specific subtypes of high-grade glioma, endometrial cancer, prostate cancer, mantle cell lymphoma, and adrenal tumors. Synergy with radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immune-checkpoint agents has been identified in preclinical models and is being evaluated in clinical trials. Structure-activity relationships based on the core pharmacophore of ONC201, termed the imipridone scaffold, revealed novel potent compounds that are being developed. Imipridones represent a novel approach to therapeutically target previously undruggable GPCRs, ClpP, and innate immune pathways in oncology.
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