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ArticleCommunications biology2023

Structural insights for selective disruption of Beclin 1 binding to Bcl-2.

Yun-Zu Pan, Qiren Liang, Diana R Tomchick, Jef K De Brabander, Josep Rizo

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Article in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Hesperetin Alleviates Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis by Modulating Cellular Senescence and Promoting Impaired Autophagy in a CISD2-Dependent Manner.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  3. The Biological Role and Clinical Significance of BECLIN-1 in Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  6. Role of the USP family in autophagy regulation and cancer progression.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2025
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  8. The role of autophagy in the progression of HIV infected cardiomyopathy.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yun-Zu PanDepartment of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Qiren LiangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Diana R TomchickDepartment of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7529-4643
Jef K De BrabanderDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8816-5798
Josep RizoDepartment of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA. Jose.Rizo-Rey@UTSouthwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1773-8311
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USSouthwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

RP5: Chemical proteomic discovery of small-molecule probes for autophagy proteinsU19AI142784 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI CRAVATT, BENJAMIN F · 2019 to 2023
$36.9M
Acquisition of upgrades for 800 MHz NMR consoleS10OD018027 · OD · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI RIZOREY, JOSE · 2014 to 2014
$376k
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI142784NIH HHS S10 OD018027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stimulation of autophagy could provide powerful therapies for multiple diseases, including cancer and neurodegeneration. An attractive drug target for this purpose is Bcl-2, which inhibits autophagy by binding to the Beclin 1 BH3-domain. However, compounds that preclude Beclin 1/Bcl-2 binding might also induce apoptosis, which is inhibited by binding of Bcl-2 to BH3-domains of pro-apoptosis factors such as Bax. Here we describe the NMR structure of Bcl-2 bound to 35, a compound that we recently found to inhibit Beclin 1/Bcl-2 binding more potently than Bax/Bcl-2 binding. The structure shows that 35 binds at one end of the BH3-binding groove of Bcl-2. Interestingly, much of the 35-binding site is not involved in binding to Bcl-2 inhibitors described previously and mediates binding to Beclin 1 but not Bax. The structure suggests potential avenues to design compounds that disrupt Beclin 1/Bcl-2 binding and stimulate autophagy without inducing apoptosis.

Indexed as

Apoptosis Regulatory ProteinsMembrane ProteinsApoptosisbcl-2-Associated X ProteinBeclin-1HumansProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Apoptosis Regulatory Proteinsbcl-2-Associated X ProteinBCL2 protein, humanBeclin-1BECN1 protein, humanMembrane ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2

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PMID37875561
PMCPMC10598227
OpenAlexW4387895536

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