A simple yet multifaceted 90 years old, evergreen enzyme: Carbonic anhydrase, its inhibition and activation

CT Supuran - Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Advances in the carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2. 1.1) research over the last three decades
are presented, with an emphasis on the deciphering of the activation mechanism, the …

Pharmaceutical and medicinal significance of sulfur (SVI)-Containing motifs for drug discovery: A critical review

C Zhao, KP Rakesh, L Ravidar, WY Fang… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sulfur (S VI) based moieties, especially, the sulfonyl or sulfonamide based analogues have
showed a variety of pharmacological properties, and its derivatives propose a high degree …

Emerging role of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

CT Supuran - Clinical Science, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Inhibition of carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2. 1.1) was clinically exploited for decades, as
most modern diuretics were obtained considering as lead molecule acetazolamide, the …

Structure and function of carbonic anhydrases

CT Supuran - Biochemical Journal, 2016 - portlandpress.com
Carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2. 1.1) catalyse the interconversion between CO2 and
bicarbonate as well as other hydrolytic reactions. Among the six genetic families known to …

How many carbonic anhydrase inhibition mechanisms exist?

CT Supuran - Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Six genetic families of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2. 1.1) were described to
date. Inhibition of CAs has pharmacologic applications in the field of antiglaucoma …

Advances in structure-based drug discovery of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

CT Supuran - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2. 1.1) is found in numerous
organisms across the tree of life, with seven distinct classes known to date. CA inhibition can …

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors targeting metabolism and tumor microenvironment

A Angeli, F Carta, A Nocentini, JY Winum… - Metabolites, 2020 - mdpi.com
The tumor microenvironment is crucial for the growth of cancer cells, triggering particular
biochemical and physiological changes, which frequently influence the outcome of …

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors as emerging agents for the treatment and imaging of hypoxic tumors

CT Supuran - Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Hypoxic tumors overexpress two carbonic anhydrases (CA, EC 4.2. 1.1), CA IX
and XII, involved in complex processes connected to tumorigenesis (pH regulation …

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors and their potential in a range of therapeutic areas

CT Supuran - Expert opinion on therapeutic patents, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The metalloenzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2. 1.1) is ubiquitously expressed in
organisms all over the phylogenetic tree, with seven genetically distinct families known to …

Advances in the structural annotation of human carbonic anhydrases and impact on future drug discovery

A Nocentini, CT Supuran - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Of the 15 human carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2. 1.1) isoforms known to date,
for 11 the crystal structure is known. Many different classes of CA inhibitors (CAIs) were …