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. 2020 Nov 24;11:586857. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.586857

Table 1.

The inhibitors targeting the VHL/HIF axis.

Drugs or compounds Targets or mechanisms Clinical trials for PPGLs (www.clinicaltrials.gov)
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors Sunitinib Targeting VEGFR-1,2, PDGFR-β,RET, FGFR NCT01371201, NCT00843037
Sorafenib Targeting RAF kinase, c-KIT, FLT-3, RET, VEGFR1-3, and PDGFR-β None
Cabozantinib Targeting VEGFR, MET, RET NCT02592356, NCT04400474, NCT02302833
Axitinib Targeting VEGFR NCT01967576, NCT03839498
Lenvatinib Targeting VEGFR, FGFR, RET, c-Kit, PDGFα NCT03008369, NCT02592356
Pazopanib Targeting VEGFR1-3, PDGFR-α,β, c-Kit NCT01340794
Non-selective HIFs inhibitors 17-AAG Promoting protein degradation None
17-DMAG Promoting protein degradation None
Vorinostat Promoting protein degradation None
Topotecan Inhibiting translation and transcription activity None
Acriflavine Inhibiting heterodimerization None
2-Methoxyestradiol Inhibiting nuclear translocation and transcriptional activity None
YC-1 Inhibiting protein accumulation and transcription activity None
Doxorubicin/daunorubicin Inhibiting DNA binding NCT00002764, NCT00002608, NCT00002641
HIF-1α inhibitors PX-478 Inhibiting mRNA expression and translation None
EZN-2208 Inhibiting mRNA expression None
Chetomin Disrupting binding to p300 None
Echinomycin Inhibiting DNA binding None
KC7F2 Inhibiting protein synthesis None
Glyceollins Inhibiting protein synthesis and stability None
Bisphenol A Promoting protein degradation None
LW6 Promoting protein degradation None
PX-12 Promoting protein degradation None
Cryptotanshinone Blocking nuclear translocation None
cyclo-CLLFVY Inhibiting heterodimerization None
Indenopyrazole 21 Inhibiting transcriptional activity None
EZN-2968 Inhibiting mRNA expression and translation None
HIF-2α inhibitors PT2385 Inhibiting heterodimerization None
PT2399 Inhibiting heterodimerization None
PT2977 Inhibiting heterodimerization None