Inhibitors of PARP: Number crunching and structure gazing

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Mar 15;119(11):e2121979119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2121979119. Epub 2022 Mar 8.

Abstract

SignificancePARP is an important target in the treatment of cancers, particularly in patients with breast, ovarian, or prostate cancer that have compromised homologous recombination repair (i.e., BRCA-/-). This review about inhibitors of PARP (PARPi) is for readers interested in the development of next-generation drugs for the treatment of cancer, providing insights into structure-activity relationships, in vitro vs. in vivo potency, PARP trapping, and synthetic lethality.

Keywords: HPF1; cancer drugs; drug specificity; inhibitor of Parp; synthetic lethality.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • BRCA1 Protein / genetics
  • BRCA2 Protein / genetics
  • DNA Repair
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mutation
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / chemistry
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / genetics
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / metabolism
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Synthetic Lethal Mutations

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • BRCA1 Protein
  • BRCA2 Protein
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases