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ReviewFuture medicinal chemistry2025

Recent advances in the design of small molecules targeting human ClpP.

Ziyi Shu, Jiangnan Zhang, Yi Wu, Tao Yang, Youfu Luo

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Review in Future medicinal chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Ziyi ShuCancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jiangnan ZhangCancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Yi WuCancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Tao YangCancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Youfu LuoCancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human mitochondrial ClpP (hClpP), a pivotal protease regulating mitochondrial protein homeostasis, has emerged as an important target for anticancer drug development. In recent years, significant progress has been made in designing small molecules targeting hClpP, primarily classified into activators and inhibitors. Activators specifically stimulate ClpP proteolytic activity by mimicking the mechanism of its chaperone protein ClpX, with representative compounds, such as imipridone derivatives (ONC201/206/212) and their optimized products (ZK53, 7k, etc.) demonstrating excellent antitumor efficacy. Investigation of their structural design and pharmacological properties provides theoretical insights for subsequent drug development. Significant progress has been made in agonist research, and although there are still issues that need to be addressed, hClpP-targeted drugs hold promise as new therapies for the treatment of cancer.

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Antineoplastic AgentsDrug DesignEndopeptidase ClpProtease InhibitorsSmall Molecule LibrariesHumansNeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsClpP protein, humanEndopeptidase ClpProtease InhibitorsSmall Molecule Librariesanticancer drugsHuman ClpPimipridone derivativesSARsmall-molecule activators

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PMID40916604
PMCPMC12492974

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