Design, synthesis, and biological evalution of bifunctional inhibitors against Hsp90-HDAC6 interplay

HY Chae, SY Park, S Jha, SK Gupta, M Kim… - European journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
HDAC6 and Hsp90, existing as a cytosolic complex play an important role in maintaining the
protein homeostasis. The interplay of HDAC6 and Hsp90 has attracted wide attention due to …

Antifungal discovery

N Robbins, LE Cowen - Current opinion in microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Fungi have a serious impact on human health, causing millions of deaths
worldwide.•Scientific advances have enabled the discovery of novel antifungals.•This review …

Effects of Hsp90 Inhibitor Ganetespib on Inhibition of Azole-Resistant Candida albicans

R Yuan, J Tu, C Sheng, X Chen, N Liu - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Candida albicans is the most common fungal pathogen. Recently, drug resistance of C.
albicans is increasingly severe. Hsp90 is a promising antifungal target to overcome this …

Various biomimetics, including peptides as antifungals

E Efremenko, A Aslanli, N Stepanov, O Senko… - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomimetics, which are similar to natural compounds that play an important role in the
metabolism, manifestation of functional activity and reproduction of various fungi, have a …

Beat the heat: correlates, compounds, and mechanisms involved in fungal thermotolerance

ER Mattoon, A Casadevall, RJB Cordero - Fungal Biology Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the how behind the polyphyletic trait of fungal thermotolerance has important
implications to both medical and industrial pursuits. In this review, our goal is to synthesize …

Synthesis and antimicrobial activity evaluation of pyrazole derivatives containing the imidazo[2,1‐b][1,3,4]thiadiazole moiety

JD Qi, YQ Meng, J Sun, WX Li, HX Zhai… - Archiv der …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Four series of novel pyrazole derivatives (compounds 17a–m, 18a–m, 19a–g, and 20a–g)
were synthesized, and their antibacterial and antifungal activities were evaluated. Most of …

FRET Assays for the Identification of C. albicans HSP90-Sba1 and Human HSP90α-p23 Binding Inhibitors

P Kohlmann, SN Krylov, P Marchand, J Jose - Pharmaceuticals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) is a critical target for anticancer and anti-fungal-infection
therapies due to its central role as a molecular chaperone involved in protein folding and …

The proteasome governs fungal morphogenesis via functional connections with Hsp90 and cAMP-protein kinase a signaling

S Hossain, AO Veri, LE Cowen - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Protein homeostasis is critical for proliferation and viability of all organisms. For Candida
albicans, protein homeostasis also modulates the transition between yeast and filamentous …

Chaperone networks in fungal pathogens of humans

LC Horianopoulos, JW Kronstad - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The heat shock proteins (HSPs) function as chaperones to facilitate proper folding and
modification of proteins and are of particular importance when organisms are subjected to …

Structure-guided approaches to targeting stress responses in human fungal pathogens

EV LeBlanc, EJ Polvi, AO Veri, GG Privé… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
Fungi inhabit extraordinarily diverse ecological niches, including the human body. Invasive
fungal infections have a devastating impact on human health worldwide, killing∼ 1.5 million …