The application of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes to therapeutic medicines

GW Collie, GN Parkinson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The intriguing structural diversity in folded topologies available to guanine-rich nucleic acid
repeat sequences have made four-stranded G-quadruplex structures the focus of both basic …

Recent Update on Targeting c-MYC G-Quadruplexes by Small Molecules for Anticancer Therapeutics

R Chaudhuri, S Bhattacharya, J Dash… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Guanine-rich DNA sequences have the propensity to adopt four-stranded tetrahelical G-
quadruplex (G4) structures that are overrepresented in gene promoters. The structural …

Applications of isothermal titration calorimetry in pure and applied research—survey of the literature from 2010

R Ghai, RJ Falconer, BM Collins - Journal of Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) is a biophysical technique for measuring the formation
and dissociation of molecular complexes and has become an invaluable tool in many …

Design of Modular G‐quadruplex Ligands

AR Duarte, E Cadoni, AS Ressurreição… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Guanine‐rich nucleic acid sequences able to form four‐stranded structures (G‐
quadruplexes, G4) play key cellular regulatory roles and are considered as promising drug …

Human MYC G-quadruplex: From discovery to a cancer therapeutic target

W Wang, S Hu, Y Gu, Y Yan, DB Stovall, D Li… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Overexpression of the MYC oncogene is a molecular hallmark of both cancer initiation and
progression. Targeting MYC is a logical and effective cancer therapeutic strategy. A special …

Experimental methods for studying the interactions between G-quadruplex structures and ligands

J Jaumot, R Gargallo - Current pharmaceutical design, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
The present paper reviews the recent advances in and applications of experimental
techniques used to study interactions between G-quadruplex structures and ligands that are …

G-quadruplexes: targets and tools in anticancer drug design

M Düchler - Journal of drug targeting, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Guanosine (G)-rich DNA and RNA sequences can adopt a defined secondary
structure, the G-quadruplex, which consists of multiple stacked G-tetrads. Each G-tetrad has …

Anticancer activity and cellular repression of c-MYC by the G-quadruplex-stabilizing 11-piperazinylquindoline is not dependent on direct targeting of the G-quadruplex …

PVL Boddupally, S Hahn, C Beman, B De… - Journal of medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
This G-rich region of the c-MYC promoter has been shown to form a G-quadruplex structure
that acts as a silencer element for c-MYC transcriptional control. In the present work, we …

G-quadruplex binding ligands: from naturally occurring to rationally designed molecules

T Vy Thi Le, S Han, J Chae… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Guanine-rich nucleic acid sequences are known to form G-quadruplex-four-stranded DNA or
RNA structures stabilized by an array of Hoogsteen hydrogen bonds. G-quadruplex …

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of curcumin analogues as multifunctional agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

SY Chen, Y Chen, YP Li, SH Chen, JH Tan… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2011 - Elsevier
A series of novel curcumin analogues were designed, synthesized, and evaluated as
potential multifunctional agents for the treatment of AD. The in vitro studies showed that …