Rational design in photopharmacology with molecular photoswitches

P Kobauri, FJ Dekker, W Szymanski… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photopharmacology is an attractive approach for achieving targeted drug action with the use
of light. In photopharmacology, molecular photoswitches are introduced into the structure of …

Photoresponsive small molecule Inhibitors for the remote control of enzyme activity

D Laczi, MD Johnstone… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The development of new and effective therapeutics is reliant on the ability to study the
underlying mechanisms of potential drug targets in live cells and multicellular systems. A …

Aza‐Diarylethenes Undergoing Both Photochemically and Thermally Reversible Electrocyclic Reactions

S Hamatani, D Kitagawa… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Exploring novel molecular photoswitches plays a crucial role in the field of photo‐functional
materials chemistry. In this study, we synthesized aza‐diarylethenes with benzothiophene …

Control of metalloenzyme activity using photopharmacophores

NN Mafy, DB Hudson, EL Que - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Metalloenzymes are responsible for numerous physiological and pathological processes in
living organisms; however, there are very few FDA-approved metalloenzyme-targeting …

Hypothesis-Driven, Structure-Based Design in Photopharmacology: The Case of eDHFR Inhibitors

P Kobauri, NS Galenkamp, AM Schulte… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photopharmacology uses light to regulate the biological activity of drugs. This precise
control is obtained through the incorporation of molecular photoswitches into bioactive …

Rational design and development of a lit-active photoswitchable inhibitor targeting CENP-E

K Matsuo, N Tamaoki - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the emerging field of photopharmacology, synthetic photoswitches based on reversible
photochemical reactions are fused to bioactive molecules. Azobenzene derivatives, which …

Enlightening epigenetics: optochemical tools illuminate the path

K Su, O Vázquez - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Optochemical tools have become potent instruments for understanding biological processes
at the molecular level, and the past decade has witnessed their use in epigenetics and …

Fast E/Z UV-light response T-type photoswitching of phenylene-thienyl imines

D Veselý, J Jančík, M Weiter, D Blasi, N Ivanova… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
New types of imine switches containing an alkylated para-bis (2-thienyl) phenylene moiety
have been synthesized and studied. A bis substituted 2, 4-diiminotoluene with phenylene …

Photoswitchable Cytotoxins

O Thorn‐Seshold - … , Properties, and Applications, 2 Volume Set, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photoswitchable cytotoxins (PSCs) have high value as spatiotemporally precise research
reagents to modulate critical biological processes. Compared to other …

Rational drug design in photopharmacology

P Kobauri - 2022 - research.rug.nl
Photopharmacology uses light to regulate the biological activity of drugs. This precise
control is obtained through the incorporation of molecular photoswitches into bioactive …