Venadaparib

**Semantic type:** Pharmacologic Substance

**Definition:** An orally bioavailable inhibitor of the nuclear enzymes poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) 1 and 2, with potential antineoplastic activity. Upon administration, venadaparib selectively binds to PARP-1 and -2 and prevents PARP-1 and -2 mediated DNA repair of single-strand DNA (ssDNA) breaks via the base-excision repair pathway. This promotes the conversion of ssDNA breaks to double-stranded DNA breaks, promotes genomic instability and eventually leads to apoptosis. PARP catalyzes post-translational ADP-ribosylation of nuclear proteins that signal and recruit other proteins to repair damaged DNA and is activated by ssDNA breaks.

**Synonyms:** - IDX 1197 - IDX-1197 - IDX1197 - VENADAPARIB