Targeting topoisomerase I cleavage to specific sequences of DNA by triple helix-forming oligonucleotide conjugates. A comparison between a rebeccamycin …

PB Arimondo, C Bailly, A Boutorine, JS Sun… - Comptes Rendus de l' …, 1999 - Elsevier
Topoisomerase I is an ubiquitous DNA cleaving enzyme and an important therapeutic target
in cancer chemotherapy for the camptothecins as well as for indolocarbazole antibiotics …

Triple helix-forming oligonucleotides conjugated to indolocarbazole poisons direct topoisomerase I-mediated DNA cleavage to a specific site

PB Arimondo, C Bailly, AS Boutorine… - Bioconjugate …, 2001 - ACS Publications
Topoisomerase I is an ubiquitous DNA-cleaving enzyme and an important therapeutic target
in cancer chemotherapy for camptothecins as well as for indolocarbazole antibiotics such as …

Spatial organization of topoisomerase I‐mediated DNA cleavage induced by camptothecin–oligonucleotide conjugates

PB Arimondo, S Angenault, L Halby… - Nucleic acids …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Triple helix‐forming oligonucleotides covalently linked to topoisomerase I inhibitors, in
particular the antitumor agent camptothecin, trigger topoisomerase I‐mediated DNA …

Design and optimization of camptothecin conjugates of triple helix-forming oligonucleotides for sequence-specific DNA cleavage by topoisomerase I

PB Arimondo, A Boutorine, B Baldeyrou, C Bailly… - Journal of Biological …, 2002 - ASBMB
To achieve a sequence-specific DNA cleavage by topoisomerase I, derivatives of the
antitumor drug camptothecin have been covalently linked to triple helix-forming …

Design of new anti-cancer agents based on topoisomerase poisons targeted to specific DNA sequences

PB Arimondo, C Helene - Current Medicinal Chemistry-Anti …, 2001 - ingentaconnect.com
There is considerable interest in the development of sequence-selective DNA drugs.
Chemical agents able to interfere with DNA topoisomerases-essential nuclear enzymes-are …

Recognition and cleavage of DNA by rebeccamycin-or benzopyridoquinoxaline conjugated of triple helix-forming oligonucleotides

PB Arimondo, P Moreau, A Boutorine, C Bailly… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2000 - Elsevier
Indolocarbazole and benzopyridoquinoxaline derivatives have been shown to have anti-
tumor activity and to stimulate DNA topoisomerase I-mediated cleavage. Two …

Directing topoisomerase I mediated DNA cleavage to specific sites by camptothecin tethered to minor-and major-groove ligands.

PB Arimondo, C Bailly, AS Boutorine… - … (International ed. in …, 2001 - europepmc.org
The covalent linkage of a hairpin polyamide, which binds in the minor groove, to
camptothecin provides an efficient system to direct topoisomerase I mediated DNA cleavage …

Exploring the cellular activity of camptothecin-triple-helix-forming oligonucleotide conjugates

PB Arimondo, CJ Thomas, K Oussedik… - … and cellular biology, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Topoisomerase I is a ubiquitous DNA-cleaving enzyme and an important therapeutic target
in cancer chemotherapy for camptothecins (CPTs). These drugs stimulate DNA cleavage by …

Linkage of a triple helix-forming oligonucleotide to amsacrine-4-carboxamide derivatives modulates the sequence-selectivity of topoisomerase II-mediated DNA …

P Arimondo, C Bailly, A Boutorine… - … Nucleotides & Nucleic …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Amsacrine-4-carboxamide-oligonucleotide conjugates were synthesized and
studied for their capacity to form DNA triple helices and to alter human topoisomerase II …

Targeting DNA and topoisomerase I with indolocarbazole antitumor agents

C Bailly - Small Molecule DNA and RNA Binders: From …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
In the cell, DNA primarily exists in a supercoiled form and therefore unwinding of DNA is
required prior to using it for transcription, replication, or recombination. These functions …