The expression and activity of thymidine kinase 1 and deoxycytidine kinase are modulated by hydrogen peroxide and nucleoside analogs

R Sun, S Eriksson, L Wang - Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… used as oral anti-cancer drugs in combination with thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor in the
treatment of refractory colorectal cancer. [ Citation 26 ] Upon uptake into the cells TFT can be …

Thymidine kinase 1 drives hepatocellular carcinoma in enzyme-dependent and-independent manners

Q Li, L Zhang, Q Yang, M Li, X Pan, J Xu, C Zhong… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
… Using a large-scale transcriptomic database and survival correlation screening, we identify
thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) as a key driver. The progression of HCC is robustly mitigated by …

Optimization of thymidine kinase-based safety switch for neural cell therapy

M Locatelli, F Delhaes, O Cherpin, ME Black… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
… In this study, we evaluated the potential of nucleoside analogs and thymidine kinase-based
suicide genes. Among tested thymidine kinase variants, the humanized SR39 (SR39h) …

Giardia intestinalis thymidine kinase is a high-affinity enzyme crucial for DNA synthesis and an exploitable target for drug discovery

S Krakovka, F Ranjbarian, LA Luján, A Saura… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
… of thymidine kinases from the TK1 family. A, alignment overview of TK1 family members
including thymidine kinases … performed with three of the thymidine kinases. The G. intestinalis …

Cellular uptake and intracellular phosphorylation of GS-441524: Implications for its effectiveness against COVID-19

HB Rasmussen, G Jürgens, R Thomsen, O Taboureau… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
… We here discuss cellular uptake and intracellular … in vitro thymidine kinase-mediated
phosphorylation of the anti-HIV agent zidovudine has been found to be blocked by thymidine [68]. …

[18F]Fluorothymidine(FLT)-PET imaging of thymidine kinase 1 pharmacodynamics in non-small cell lung cancer treated with pemetrexed.

P Aravind, S Popat, TD Barwick, N Soneji, M Lythgoe… - 2022 - ascopubs.org
… TS inhibition upregulates the thymidine salvage pathway including … uptake that subsequently
decreases with reduced proliferation. This study was conducted to assess FLT uptake as an …

SP94-Targeted Triblock Copolymer Nanoparticle Delivers Thymidine Kinase–p53–Nitroreductase Triple Therapeutic Gene and Restores Anticancer Function against …

UK Sukumar, JCB Rajendran, SS Gambhir… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… curve for calculating the copy number of TK–NTR and TK–p53–NTR plasmids delivered into
cells for the respective treatments in the cellular uptake studies and in vivo in living animals. …

Evaluating the genotoxic and cytotoxic effects of thymidine analogs, 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine and 5-bromo-2′-deoxyurdine to mammalian cells

JS Haskins, C Su, J Maeda, KD Walsh… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
BrdU (bromodeoxyuridine) and EdU (ethynyldeoxyuridine) have been largely utilized as the
means of monitoring DNA replication and cellular division. Although BrdU induces gene …

Maize Thymidine Kinase Activity Is Present throughout Plant Development and Its Heterologous Expression Confers Tolerance to an Organellar DNA-Damaging …

M Nájera-Martínez, JA Pedroza-García… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) phosphorylates thymidine nucleosides to generate thymidine
monophosphate. This reaction belongs to the pyrimidine salvage route that is phylogenetically …

Thymidine Kinase-Independent Click Chemistry DNADetect Probes for DNA Proliferation Assessment in Malaria Parasites

DH Hilko, GM Fisher, RS Addison… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
… , EdU requires cellular uptake via nucleoside transporters followed by stepwise phosphorylation
with thymidine kinase (TK), thymidylate kinase, and nucleoside diphosphate kinase to …