The role of nitroreductases in resistance to nitroimidazoles

C Thomas, CD Gwenin - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Antimicrobial resistance continues to be a major global health threat. It is
estimated by the WHO that 700,000 people die each year because of drug resistance, and …

Quantum dots and gold nanoparticles as scaffolds for enzymatic enhancement: recent advances and the influence of nanoparticle size

GA Ellis, SN Dean, SA Walper, IL Medintz - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticle scaffolds can impart multiple benefits onto immobilized enzymes including
enhanced stability, activity, and recoverability. The magnitude of these benefits is modulated …

Gold nanoparticle templating increases the catalytic rate of an amylase, maltase, and glucokinase multienzyme cascade through substrate channeling independent of …

SA Díaz, P Choo, E Oh, K Susumu, WP Klein… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The templating of enzymes has shown myriad advantages, including increased stability and
kinetic rates. Specifically, the use of nanoparticles (NPs) as templates has been shown to …

Enhancing enzymatic activity with nanoparticle display–an updated compendium and engineering outlook

SL Hooe, JC Breger, IL Medintz - Molecular Systems Design & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Almost all utilization of biocatalysis in the burgeoning field of synthetic biology requires not
only enzymes but also that they function with peak efficiency, especially when paired with …

A novel electrochemical sensor based on Fe3+-curcumin/multi-walled carbon nanotubes complex enabling electrochemical sensing of hydroxylamine

W Xi, Z Kong, Z Deng, Y Chen, H Mou, Y Zhang… - Diamond and Related …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work reported a novel electrocatalyst, Fe 3+-curcumin/multi-walled carbon nanotubes
(MWCNTs) complex, for efficient detection of hydroxylamine by modifying the glassy carbon …

Cell-penetrating peptides as a tool for the cellular uptake of a genetically modified nitroreductase for use in directed enzyme prodrug therapy

SD Anderson, RJ Hobbs, VV Gwenin, P Ball… - Journal of functional …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Directed enzyme prodrug therapy (DEPT) involves the delivery of a prodrug-activating
enzyme to a solid tumour site, followed by the subsequent activation of an administered …

The dinitrobenzamide mustard prodrugs, PR-104A and SN27686, for use in a novel MNDEPT cancer prodrug therapy approach

P Ball, E Thompson, S Anderson, V Gwenin… - Bioscience …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Directed enzyme prodrug therapy is a highly promising anti-cancer strategy. However, the
current technology is limited by inefficient prodrug activation and the dose-limiting toxicity …

Evaluation of two xenobiotic reductases from Pseudomonas putida for their suitability for magnetic nanoparticle‐directed enzyme prodrug therapy as a novel …

P Ball, J Halliwell, S Anderson, V Gwenin… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Directed enzyme prodrug therapy (DEPT) is a cancer chemotherapy strategy in which
bacterial enzymes are delivered to a cancer site before prodrug administration, resulting in …

The YfkO nitroreductase from bacillus licheniformis on gold-coated superparamagnetic nanoparticles: towards a novel directed enzyme prodrug therapy approach

P Ball, R Hobbs, S Anderson, E Thompson, V Gwenin… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The bacterial nitroreductase NfnB has been the focus of a great deal of research for its use
in directed enzyme prodrug therapy in combination with the nitroreductase prodrug CB1954 …

Design and development of small molecule tags and pro-tags for universal CAR T cells in cancer therapy

LK Kok - 2023 - ourarchive.otago.ac.nz
Cancer remains a major health issue in NZ and worldwide. Conventional treatments such as
surgery, radiation and chemotherapy have limited ability to treat cancers and cause …