Recent Progress in the Design and Discovery of RXR Modulators Targeting Alternate Binding Sites of the Receptor

Retinoid X receptors (RXRs) occupy a central position within the nuclear receptor superfamily. They not only function as important transcriptional factors but also exhibit diverse nongenomic biological activities. The pleiotropic actions of RXRs under both physiological and pathophysiological conditions confer RXRs important drug targets for the treatment of cancer, and metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases. RXR modulators have been studied for the purpose of developing both drug molecules and chemical tools for biological investigation of RXR. Development of RXR modulators has focused on small molecules targeting the canonical ligand-binding pocket. However, accumulating results have demonstrated that there are other binding mechanisms by which small molecules interact with RXR to act as RXR modulators. This review discusses the recent development in the design and discovery of RXR modulators with a focus on those targeting novel binding sites on RXR..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Current topics in medicinal chemistry - 17(2017), 6, Seite 663-675

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ying Su [VerfasserIn]
Zhiping Zeng [Sonstige Person]
Ziwen Chen [Sonstige Person]
Dan Xu [Sonstige Person]
Weidong Zhang [Sonstige Person]
Xiao-kun Zhang [Sonstige Person]

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44.40

doi:

10.2174/1568026616666160617092241

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1989810101