[HTML][HTML] Doxorubicin and other anthracyclines in cancers: Activity, chemoresistance and its overcoming

R Mattioli, A Ilari, B Colotti, L Mosca, F Fazi… - Molecular Aspects of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthracyclines have been important and effective treatments against a number of cancers
since their discovery. However, their use in therapy has been complicated by severe side …

Structural modification and strategies for the enhanced doxorubicin drug delivery

SA Khan, MJ Akhtar - Bioorganic Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Doxorubicin belongs to the anthracycline chemical class of the drug and is one of the widely
used anticancer drugs. The common side effects of doxorubicin include vomiting, hair loss …

One-pot synthesis of glutathione-responsive amphiphilic drug self-delivery micelles of doxorubicin–disulfide–methoxy polyethylene glycol for tumor therapy

X Duan, T Bai, J Du, J Kong - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a novel glutathione-responsive amphiphilic drug self-delivery (DSD) micelle with
one-pot synthesis to synergistically address the problems of controlled drug release …

Polyprodrugs for tumor chemotherapy: From molecular structure to drug release performance

P Liu - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyprodrugs have been recognized as promising carrier-free drug delivery systems (DDSs)
for tumor chemotherapy in recent years, showing distinct superiority in comparison with the …

DNA repair in response to anthracycline–DNA adducts: A role for both homologous recombination and nucleotide excision repair

DMS Spencer, RA Bilardi, TH Koch, GC Post… - Mutation Research …, 2008 - Elsevier
Doxorubicin, a widely used anthracycline anticancer agent, acts as a topoisomerase II
poison but can also form formaldehyde-mediated DNA adducts. This has led to the …

Novel Anthracycline Utorubicin for Cancer Therapy

L Simón‐Gracia, V Sidorenko, A Uustare… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Novel anticancer compounds and their precision delivery systems are actively developed to
create potent and well‐tolerated anticancer therapeutics. Here, we report the synthesis of a …

Synthesis and biological characterization of protease-activated prodrugs of doxazolidine

BL Barthel, DL Rudnicki, TP Kirby… - Journal of medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Doxazolidine (doxaz) is a new anthracycline anticancer agent. While structurally similar to
doxorubicin (dox), doxaz acts via a distinct mechanism to selectively enhance anticancer …

Drug Self‐Delivery Systems Based on Hyperbranched Polyprodrugs towards Tumor Therapy

X Duan, J Chen, Y Wu, S Wu, D Shao… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Amphiphilic hyperbranched polyprodrugs (DOX‐S‐S‐PEG) with drug repeat units in
hydrophobic core linked by disulfide bonds were developed as drug self‐delivery systems …

Design, synthesis, and preliminary evaluation of doxazolidine carbamates as prodrugs activated by carboxylesterases

DJ Burkhart, BL Barthel, GC Post, BT Kalet… - Journal of medicinal …, 2006 - ACS Publications
The synthesis and tumor cell growth inhibition by doxazolidine carbamate prodrugs are
reported. The carbamates were designed for selective hydrolysis by one or more human …

Environmental hazard of anticancer drugs: state of the art and future perspective for marine organisms

F Ribeiro, L Costa‐Lotufo, S Loureiro… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pharmaceutical compounds represent a class of emerging contaminants present in the
environment. Their intense (and increasing) use in human and veterinary medicine leads to …