Nitric oxide donor-based cancer therapy: advances and prospects

Z Huang, J Fu, Y Zhang - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
The increasing understanding of the role of nitric oxide (NO) in cancer biology has
generated significant progress in the use of NO donor-based therapy to fight cancer. These …

Matrix-metalloproteinases as targets for controlled delivery in cancer: An analysis of upregulation and expression

KJ Isaacson, MM Jensen, NB Subrahmanyam… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017 - Elsevier
While commonly known for degradation of the extracellular matrix, matrix metalloproteinases
(MMPs) exhibit broad potential for use in targeting of bioactive and imaging agents in cancer …

Melatonin synergizes the chemotherapeutic effect of 5‐fluorouracil in colon cancer by suppressing PI 3K/AKT and NF‐κB/iNOS signaling pathways

Y Gao, X Xiao, C Zhang, W Yu, W Guo… - Journal of pineal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorouracil (5‐FU) is one of the most commonly used chemotherapeutic agents in colon
cancer treatment, but has a narrow therapeutic index limited by its toxicity. Melatonin exerts …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammatory microenvironment in the initiation and progression of bladder cancer

X Sui, L Lei, L Chen, T Xie, X Li - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Accumulating evidence suggests the idea that chronic inflammation may play a critical role
in various malignancies including bladder cancer and long-term treatment with non-steroidal …

Hybrid compounds as multitarget directed anticancer agents

E Kucuksayan, T Ozben - Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Cancer is a multifactorial disease including interactions of complex genetic and
environmental factors. Clinical efficacy of anticancer chemotherapies is hampered by …

A two-photon excitable and ratiometric fluorogenic nitric oxide photoreleaser and its biological applications

X Xie, J Fan, M Liang, Y Li, X Jiao, X Wang… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We report for the first time the development of a two-photon excitable NO photoreleaser,
CNNO, for ratiometric imaging and tracking of NO release in live cells. CNNO exhibits the …

[HTML][HTML] Zinc depletion by TPEN induces apoptosis in human acute promyelocytic NB4 cells

B Zhu, J Wang, F Zhou, Y Liu, Y Lai, J Wang… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2017 - karger.com
Background/Aims: The effects of zinc signaling on proliferation or apoptosis of leukemia
cells remain elusive. In the present study, we used N, N, N', N'-tetrakis-(2-pyridylmethyl) …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic regulation of nitric oxide synthase 2, inducible (Nos2) by NLRC4 inflammasomes involves PARP1 cleavage

CL Buzzo, T Medina, LM Branco, SL Lage… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Nitric oxide synthase 2, inducible (Nos2) expression is necessary for the microbicidal activity
of macrophages. However, NOS2 over-activation causes multiple inflammatory disorders …

[HTML][HTML] NO-Donor Iron Nitrosyl Complex with N-Ethylthiourea Ligand Exhibits Selective Toxicity to Glioma A172 Cells

N Sanina, N Shmatko, T Stupina, A Balakina… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
We studied effects of NO-donor iron nitrosyl complex with N-ethylthiourea ligand (ETM) on
normal or tumor-derived cell lines. ETM was mildly toxic to most cell lines studied except the …

[HTML][HTML] JS-K, a nitric oxide pro-drug, regulates growth and apoptosis through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in prostate cancer cells

G Tan, M Qiu, L Chen, S Zhang, L Ke, J Liu - BMC cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background In view of the fact that JS-K might regulate ubiquitin E3 ligase and that ubiquitin
E3 ligase plays an important role in the mechanism of CRPC formation, the goal was to …