Targeting biomolecular condensation and protein aggregation against cancer

JL Silva, D Foguel, VF Ferreira, TCRG Vieira… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates, membrane-less entities arising from liquid–liquid phase
separation, hold dichotomous roles in health and disease. Alongside their physiological …

Applications of fluorine-containing amino acids for drug design

H Mei, J Han, KD Klika, K Izawa, T Sato… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fluorine-containing amino acids are becoming increasingly prominent in new drugs due to
two general trends in the modern pharmaceutical industry. Firstly, the growing acceptance of …

Photodecaging of a mitochondria-localized iridium (III) endoperoxide complex for two-photon photoactivated therapy under hypoxia

S Kuang, F Wei, J Karges, L Ke, K **ong… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite the clinical success of photodynamic therapy (PDT), the application of this medical
technique is intrinsically limited by the low oxygen concentrations found in cancer tumors …

Azo-PROTAC: novel light-controlled small-molecule tool for protein knockdown

YH **, MC Lu, Y Wang, WX Shan… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Reversibly altering endogenous protein levels are persistent issues. Herein, we designed
photoswitchable azobenzene-proteolysis targeting chimeras (Azo-PROTACs) by including …

New techniques and strategies in drug discovery

J Du, J Guo, D Kang, Z Li, G Wang, J Wu, Z Zhang… - Chinese Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Great success has been witnessed in last decades, some new techniques and strategies
have been widely used in drug discovery. In this roadmap, several representative …

Innovative linker strategies for tumor‐targeted drug conjugates

A Dal Corso, L Pignataro, L Belvisi… - … –A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The covalent conjugation of potent cytotoxic agents to either macromolecular carriers or
small molecules represents a well‐known approach to increase the therapeutic index of …

The fate of the contact ion pair determines the photochemistry of coumarin-based photocleavable protecting groups

AM Schulte, G Alachouzos, W Szymanski… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocleavable protecting groups (PPGs) enable the precise spatiotemporal control over the
release of a payload of interest, in particular a bioactive substance, through light irradiation …

Photoactivatable biomedical materials based on luminogens with aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) characteristics

J Sun, H Li, X Gu, BZ Tang - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescence probes with aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) property are fascinating and
vital in biological fields due to their bright fluorescence in the solid state. In contrast …

Red-light-sensitive BODIPY photoprotecting groups for amines and their biological application in controlling heart rhythm

K Sitkowska, MF Hoes, MM Lerch… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Control of biological function by the use of photoremovable protecting groups (PPGs) is a
gateway towards many new medical developments. Herein, we report the synthesis and …

A balancing act: using small molecules for therapeutic intervention of the p53 pathway in cancer

JJ Miller, C Gaiddon, T Storr - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Referred to as the “guardian of the genome”, p53 is the most frequently mutated protein in
cancer and almost all cancers exhibit malfunction along the p53 pathway. As an …