MYC and therapy resistance in cancer: risks and opportunities

G Donati, B Amati - Molecular oncology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The MYC transcription factor, encoded by the c‐MYC proto‐oncogene, is activated by
growth‐promoting signals, and is a key regulator of biosynthetic and metabolic pathways …

[HTML][HTML] G-quadruplexes in c-MYC promoter as targets for cancer therapy

B Bahls, IM Aljnadi, R Emídio, E Mendes, A Paulo - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a societal burden demanding innovative approaches. A major problem with the
conventional chemotherapeutic agents is their strong toxicity and other side effects due to …

[HTML][HTML] Structure–activity relationships for the G-quadruplex-targeting experimental drug QN-302 and two analogues probed with comparative transcriptome profiling …

AA Ahmed, S Chen, M Roman-Escorza, R Angell… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The tetrasubstituted naphthalene diimide compound QN-302 binds to G-quadruplex (G4)
DNA structures. It shows high potency in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells …

[HTML][HTML] Structural insights and shedding light on preferential interactions of dietary flavonoids with G-quadruplex DNA structures: A new horizon

S Bag, MD Burman, S Bhowmik - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
G-quadruplex, a structurally unique structure in nucleic acids present all throughout the
human genome, has sparked great attention in therapeutic investigations. Targeting G …

Structurally diverse G-quadruplexes as the noncanonical nucleic acid drug target for live cell imaging and antibacterial study

BX Zheng, J Yu, W Long, KH Chan… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of G-quadruplex structures (G4s) in vitro from guanine (G)-rich nucleic acid
sequences of DNA and RNA stabilized with monovalent cations, typically K+ and Na+, under …

Organometallic pillarplexes that bind DNA 4-way Holliday junctions and forks

JS Craig, L Melidis, HD Williams… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Holliday 4-way junctions are key to important biological DNA processes (insertion,
recombination, and repair) and are dynamic structures that adopt either open or closed …

[HTML][HTML] G4-DNA formation and chromatin remodelling are interdependent in human cells

NB Lawler, A Ou, JJ King, CW Evans, KS Iyer… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) have been identified as important biological targets for
transcriptional, translational, and epigenetic regulation. The stabilisation of G4s with small …

Targeting the RNA G-Quadruplex and protein Interactome for antiviral therapy

LY Zhai, JF Liu, JJ Zhao, AM Su, XG Xi… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In recent years, G-quadruplexes (G4s), types of noncanonical four-stranded nucleic acid
structures, have been identified in many viruses that threaten human health, such as HIV …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Development and application of metallo-phthalocyanines as potent G-quadruplex DNA binders and photosensitizers

A Gil-Martínez, A Hernández… - JBIC Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Metallo-phthalocyanines (MPc) are common photosensitizers with ideal photophysical and
photochemical properties. Also, these molecules have shown to interact with non-canonical …