Role of LDH in tumor glycolysis: regulation of LDHA by small molecules for cancer therapeutics

D Sharma, M Singh, R Rani - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is one of the crucial enzymes in aerobic glycolysis, catalyzing
the last step of glycolysis, ie. the conversion of pyruvate to lactate. Most cancer cells are …

Targeting monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) in cancer: how close are we to the clinics?

M Singh, J Afonso, D Sharma, R Gupta, V Kumar… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a result of metabolic reprogramming, cancer cells display high rates of glycolysis,
causing an excess production of lactate along with an increase in extracellular acidity …

Natural quinazolinones: From a treasure house to promising anticancer leads

H Li, G Fu, W Zhong - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite great advances in the development of modern anticancer drugs, it is still challenging
to find safer and more effective ones due to a new spectrum of diseases and emerging drug …

Targeting lactate dehydrogenase A with catechin resensitizes SNU620/5FU gastric cancer cells to 5-fluorouracil

JH Han, MJ Kim, HJ Kim, SB Jang, SJ Bae… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Resistance to anticancer therapeutics occurs in virtually every type of cancer and becomes a
major difficulty in cancer treatment. Although 5-fluorouracil (5FU) is the first-line choice of …

Natural compounds as lactate dehydrogenase inhibitors: Potential therapeutics for lactate dehydrogenase inhibitors-related diseases

JH Han, EJ Lee, W Park, KT Ha… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is a crucial enzyme involved in energy metabolism and
present in various cells throughout the body. Its diverse physiological functions encompass …

GLUT and HK: two primary and essential key players in Tumor glycolysis

D Yadav, A Yadav, S Bhattacharya, A Dagar… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer cells reprogram their metabolism to become" glycolysis-dominant," which enables
them to meet their energy and macromolecule needs and enhancing their rate of survival …

Design and synthesis of thiazole scaffold-based small molecules as anticancer agents targeting the human lactate dehydrogenase A enzyme

D Sharma, M Singh, J Joshi, M Garg, V Chaudhary… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A new series of thiazole central scaffold-based small molecules of h LDHA inhibitors were
designed using an in silico approach. Molecular docking analysis of designed molecules …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of ethyl pyrimidine-quinolincarboxylates selected from virtual screening as enhanced lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) inhibitors

I Díaz, S Salido, M Nogueras, J Cobo - International Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The inhibition of the hLDHA (human lactate dehydrogenase A) enzyme has been
demonstrated to be of great importance in the treatment of cancer and other diseases, such …

Eremophilane-type sesquiterpenes from a marine-derived fungus Penicillium copticola with antitumor and neuroprotective activities

J Zhang, D Liu, A Fan, J Huang, W Lin - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chemical examination of a marine sponge-associated Penicillium copticola fungus resulted
in the isolation of ten undescribed eremophilanes, namely copteremophilanes A–J (1–10) …

In silico approach in drug design and drug discovery: an update

N Jabalia, A Kumar, V Kumar, R Rani - Innovations and Implementations …, 2021 - Springer
Drug design and drug discovery is a passionate, prolonged, and inter-disciplinary multistep
process. The traditional drug discovery process is costly and time-consuming which …