PMID- 25719868 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150914 LR - 20211203 IS - 1520-4804 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2623 (Linking) VI - 58 IP - 12 DP - 2015 Jun 25 TI - The Hippo Pathway and YAP/TAZ-TEAD Protein-Protein Interaction as Targets for Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Treatment. PG - 4857-73 LID - 10.1021/jm501615v [doi] AB - The Hippo pathway is an important organ size control signaling network and the major regulatory mechanism of cell-contact inhibition. Yes associated protein (YAP) and transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) are its targets and terminal effectors: inhibition of the pathway promotes YAP/TAZ translocation to the nucleus, where they interact with transcriptional enhancer associate domain (TEAD) transcription factors and coactivate the expression of target genes, promoting cell proliferation. Defects in the pathway can result in overgrowth phenotypes due to deregulation of stem-cell proliferation and apoptosis; members of the pathway are directly involved in cancer development. The pharmacological regulation of the pathway might be useful in cancer prevention, treatment, and regenerative medicine applications; currently, a few compounds can selectively modulate the pathway. In this review, we present an overview of the Hippo pathway, the sequence and structural analysis of YAP/TAZ, the known pharmacological modulators of the pathway, especially those targeting YAP/TAZ-TEAD interaction. FAU - Santucci, Matteo AU - Santucci M AD - daggerDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Giuseppe Campi 183, Modena 41125, Italy. FAU - Vignudelli, Tatiana AU - Vignudelli T AD - daggerDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Giuseppe Campi 183, Modena 41125, Italy. FAU - Ferrari, Stefania AU - Ferrari S AD - daggerDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Giuseppe Campi 183, Modena 41125, Italy. FAU - Mor, Marco AU - Mor M AD - double daggerDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, Parma 43124, Italy. FAU - Scalvini, Laura AU - Scalvini L AD - double daggerDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, Parma 43124, Italy. FAU - Bolognesi, Maria Laura AU - Bolognesi ML AD - section signDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, Bologna 40126, Italy. FAU - Uliassi, Elisa AU - Uliassi E AD - section signDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, Bologna 40126, Italy. FAU - Costi, Maria Paola AU - Costi MP AD - daggerDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Giuseppe Campi 183, Modena 41125, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20150311 PL - United States TA - J Med Chem JT - Journal of medicinal chemistry JID - 9716531 RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - 0 (TEA Domain Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (TEAD1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (YAP-Signaling Proteins) RN - 0 (YAP1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.3.- (Acyltransferases) RN - EC 2.3.1.- (TAFAZZIN protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Acyltransferases MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Drug Discovery MH - Hippo Signaling Pathway MH - Humans MH - Models, Molecular MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - *Molecular Targeted Therapy/methods MH - Neoplasms/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Nuclear Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Phosphoproteins/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Protein Interaction Maps/drug effects MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/chemistry/*metabolism MH - *Regenerative Medicine/methods MH - Sequence Alignment MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Stem Cells/metabolism MH - TEA Domain Transcription Factors MH - Transcription Factors/chemistry/*metabolism MH - YAP-Signaling Proteins EDAT- 2015/02/27 06:00 MHDA- 2015/09/15 06:00 CRDT- 2015/02/27 06:00 PHST- 2015/02/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/02/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/09/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/jm501615v [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Med Chem. 2015 Jun 25;58(12):4857-73. doi: 10.1021/jm501615v. Epub 2015 Mar 11.