Interfering with pH regulation in tumours as a therapeutic strategy

D Neri, CT Supuran - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2011 - nature.com
The high metabolic rate of tumours often leads to acidosis and hypoxia in poorly perfused
regions. Tumour cells have thus evolved the ability to function in a more acidic environment …

Multiple binding modes of inhibitors to carbonic anhydrases: how to design specific drugs targeting 15 different isoforms?

V Alterio, A Di Fiore, K D'Ambrosio, CT Supuran… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2. 1.1) are ubiquitous metallo-enzymes, present
throughout most living organisms and encoded by five evolutionarily unrelated gene …

Progress in the development of human carbonic anhydrase inhibitors and their pharmacological applications: Where are we today?

CB Mishra, M Tiwari, CT Supuran - Medicinal Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2. 1.1) are widely distributed metalloenzymes in
both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. They efficiently catalyze the reversible hydration of carbon …

Discovery of novel benzenesulfonamides incorporating 1, 2, 3-triazole scaffold as carbonic anhydrase I, II, IX, and XII inhibitors

A Buza, C Türkeş, M Arslan, Y Demir, B Dincer… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfonamides are among the most promising potential inhibitors for carbonic anhydrases
(CAs), which are pharmaceutically relevant targets for treating several disease conditions …

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 …

Targeting tumor hypoxia: suppression of breast tumor growth and metastasis by novel carbonic anhydrase IX inhibitors

Y Lou, PC McDonald, A Oloumi, S Chia, C Ostlund… - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
Carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) is a hypoxia and HIF-1–inducible protein that regulates intra-
and extracellular pH under hypoxic conditions and promotes tumor cell survival and …

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 …

Overcoming the limits of hypoxia in photodynamic therapy: a carbonic anhydrase IX-targeted approach

HS Jung, J Han, H Shi, S Koo, H Singh… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A major challenge in photodynamic cancer therapy (PDT) is avoiding PDT-induced hypoxia,
which can lead to cancer recurrence and progression through activation of various …

Inhibition of carbonic anhydrase IX targets primary tumors, metastases, and cancer stem cells: three for the price of one

CT Supuran, V Alterio, A Di Fiore… - Medicinal Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Human carbonic anhydrase (CA) IX is a tumor‐associated protein, since it is scarcely
present in normal tissues, but highly overexpressed in a large number of solid tumors, where …