DNA G-quadruplex in human telomeres and oncogene promoters: structures, functions, and small molecule targeting

L Chen, J Dickerhoff, S Sakai… - Accounts of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus DNA G-quadruplex secondary structures formed in guanine-rich human
telomeres and oncogene promoters are functionally important and have emerged as a …

Recent developments in G-quadruplex binding ligands and specific beacons on smart fluorescent sensor for targeting metal ions and biological analytes

L Zhao, F Ahmed, Y Zeng, W Xu, H **ong - ACS sensors, 2022 - ACS Publications
The G-quadruplex structure is crucial in several biological processes, including DNA
replication, transcription, and genomic maintenance. G-quadruplex-based fluorescent …

Topologies of G-quadruplex: Biological functions and regulation by ligands

Y Ma, K Iida, K Nagasawa - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract G-Quadruplex (G4) is one of the higher-order structures occurring in guanine-rich
sequences of nucleic acids, and plays critical roles in biological processes. The G4-forming …

[HTML][HTML] G-quadruplexes in Human telomere: structures, properties, and applications

Y Xu, M Komiyama - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
G-quadruplexes, intricate four-stranded structures composed of G-tetrads formed by four
guanine bases, are prevalent in both DNA and RNA. Notably, these structures play pivotal …

Molecular recognition of the hybrid‐2 human telomeric G‐quadruplex by epiberberine: insights into conversion of telomeric G‐quadruplex structures

C Lin, G Wu, K Wang, B Onel, S Sakai… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Human telomeres can form DNA G‐quadruplex (G4), an attractive target for anticancer
drugs. Human telomeric G4s bear inherent structure polymorphism, challenging for …

An Aggregating Amphiphilic Squaraine: A Light‐Up Probe That Discriminates Parallel G‐Quadruplexes

V Grande, F Doria, M Freccero… - Angewandte Chemie, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract G‐quadruplexes (G4s) are peculiar DNA or RNA tertiary structures that are involved
in the regulation of many biological events within mammalian cells, bacteria, and viruses …

A comprehensive comparative study on LSD1 in different cancers and tumor specific LSD1 inhibitors

J Dong, W Pervaiz, B Tayyab, D Li, L Kang… - European journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
LSD1 was significantly over-expressed in several cancer types, and its aberrant
overexpression was revealed to play a crucial role in the initiation and progression of …

Solution structure of ternary complex of berberine bound to a dGMP–fill-in vacancy G-quadruplex formed in the PDGFR-β promoter

KB Wang, J Dickerhoff, D Yang - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The G-quadruplexes (G4s) formed in the PDGFR-β gene promoter are transcriptional
modulators and amenable to small-molecule targeting. Berberine (BER), a clinically …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the small molecule targeting of biologically relevant G-quadruplexes: An overview of NMR and crystal structures

A Criscuolo, E Napolitano, C Riccardi, D Musumeci… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
G-quadruplexes turned out to be important targets for the development of novel targeted
anticancer/antiviral therapies. More than 3000 G-quadruplex small-molecule ligands have …

Natural protoberberine alkaloids, identified as potent selective LSD1 inhibitors, induce AML cell differentiation

ZR Li, FZ Suo, YJ Guo, HF Cheng, SH Niu, DD Shen… - Bioorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural protoberberine alkaloids were first identified and characterized as potent, selective
and cellular active lysine specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) inhibitors. Due to our study …