Sequence-specific DNA binding Pyrrole–imidazole polyamides and their applications

Y Kawamoto, T Bando, H Sugiyama - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Pyrrole–imidazole polyamides (Py–Im polyamides) are cell-permeable compounds
that bind to the minor groove of double-stranded DNA in a sequence-specific manner …

Nature-inspired design of smart biomaterials using the chemical biology of nucleic acids

GN Pandian, H Sugiyama - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In the natural cellular environment, nucleic acid biomolecules like DNA have biological
implications via structural modifications and through precise coordination with other …

Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Alkenes by using Carbon Dioxide as the Carbon Monoxide Source in the Presence of Ionic Liquids

M Ali, A Gual, G Ebeling, J Dupont - ChemCatChem, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The reaction of [BMI⋅ Cl](BMI= 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium) or [BMMI⋅ Cl](BMMI= 3‐butyl‐
1, 2‐dimethylimidazolium) with Ru3 (CO) 12 generates Ru–hydride–carbonyl–carbene …

Therapeutic gene regulation using pyrrole–imidazole polyamides

Z Yu, GN Pandian, T Hidaka, H Sugiyama - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent innovations in cutting-edge sequencing platforms have allowed the rapid
identification of genes associated with communicable, noncommunicable and rare diseases …

A synthetic DNA-binding inhibitor of SOX2 guides human induced pluripotent stem cells to differentiate into mesoderm

J Taniguchi, GN Pandian, T Hidaka… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Targeted differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) using only
chemicals would have value-added clinical potential in the regeneration of complex cell …

Targeting 24 bp within telomere repeat sequences with tandem tetramer pyrrole–imidazole polyamide probes

Y Kawamoto, Y Kawamoto - Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Pyrrole …, 2019 - Springer
Synthetic molecules that bind sequence-specifically to DNA have been developed for varied
biological applications, including anticancer activity, regulation of gene expression, and …

Distinct DNA-based epigenetic switches trigger transcriptional activation of silent genes in human dermal fibroblasts

GN Pandian, J Taniguchi, S Junetha, S Sato, L Han… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
The influential role of the epigenome in orchestrating genome-wide transcriptional activation
instigates the demand for the artificial genetic switches with distinct DNA sequence …

Biomimetic artificial epigenetic code for targeted acetylation of histones

J Taniguchi, Y Feng, GN Pandian… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
While the central role of locus-specific acetylation of histone proteins in eukaryotic gene
expression is well established, the availability of designer tools to regulate acetylation at …

Identification of a small molecule that turns ON the pluripotency gene circuitry in human fibroblasts

GN Pandian, S Sato, C Anandhakumar… - ACS chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
A nontransgenic approach to reprogram mouse somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem
cells using only small molecules got achieved to propose a potential clinical-friendly cellular …

A synthetic DNA‐binding domain guides distinct chromatin‐modifying small molecules to activate an identical gene network

L Han, GN Pandian, A Chandran, S Sato… - Angewandte …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic dual‐function ligands targeting specific DNA sequences and histone‐modifying
enzymes were applied to achieve regulatory control over multi‐gene networks in living cells …