Human telomere, oncogenic promoter and 5′-UTR G-quadruplexes: diverse higher order DNA and RNA targets for cancer therapeutics

DJ Patel, AT Phan, V Kuryavyi - Nucleic acids research, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Guanine-rich DNA sequences can form G-quadruplexes stabilized by stacked G–G–G–G
tetrads in monovalent cation-containing solution. The length and number of individual G …

A hitchhiker's guide to G-quadruplex ligands

D Monchaud, MP Teulade-Fichou - Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, nucleic acid chemists have seen the spectacular emergence of
molecules designed to interact efficiently and selectively with a peculiar DNA structure …

G-quadruplexes at telomeres: friend or foe?

TM Bryan - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Telomeres are DNA-protein complexes that cap and protect the ends of linear
chromosomes. In almost all species, telomeric DNA has a G/C strand bias, and the short …

Targeting telomeres and telomerase

A De Cian, L Lacroix, C Douarre, N Temime-Smaali… - Biochimie, 2008 - Elsevier
Telomeres and telomerase represent, at least in theory, an extremely attractive target for
cancer therapy. The objective of this review is to present the latest view on the mechanism …

G‐quadruplexes: targets in anticancer drug design

T Ou, Y Lu, J Tan, Z Huang… - ChemMedChem …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
G‐quadruplexes are special secondary structures adopted in some guanine‐rich DNA
sequences. As guanine‐rich sequences are present in important regions of the eukaryotic …

Structural basis of DNA quadruplex recognition by an acridine drug

NH Campbell, GN Parkinson, AP Reszka… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The crystal structure of a complex between the bimolecular human telomeric quadruplex d
(TAGGGTTAGGGT) 2 and the experimental anticancer drug BRACO-19, has been …

Platinum (II) complexes with dipyridophenazine ligands as human telomerase inhibitors and luminescent probes for G-quadruplex DNA

DL Ma, CM Che, SC Yan - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
A series of platinum (II) complexes containing dipyridophenazine (dppz) and C-
deprotonated 2-phenylpyridine (N∧ CH) ligands were prepared and assayed for G …

G4LDB: a database for discovering and studying G-quadruplex ligands

Q Li, JF **ang, QF Yang, HX Sun, AJ Guan… - Nucleic acids …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The G-quadruplex ligands database (G4LDB, http://www. g4ldb. org) provides a unique
collection of reported G-quadruplex ligands to streamline ligand/drug discovery targeting G …

Small-molecule quadruplex-targeted drug discovery

SA Ohnmacht, S Neidle - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Repeated guanine tracts in human and other genomes can form higher-order four stranded
structures, termed quadruplexes. In the human genome they have particular prevalence in …

Solution structure of an intramolecular (3+ 1) human telomeric G-quadruplex bound to a telomestatin derivative

WJ Chung, B Heddi, M Tera, K Iida… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Guanine-rich human telomeric DNA can adopt secondary structures known as G-
quadruplexes, which can be targeted by small molecules to achieve anticancer effects. So …